Athlete and Athletics Development in the UK
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February 1st, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
On Track Athletics has updated our Results Page to include the results from the following competitions:
Avivia Indoor International
London Indoor Games
Visit our Results Page to veiw these results.
Tags: Aviva International Results, Glasgow, Indoor Athletics, Indoor Athletics Results, Kelvin Hall, Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre, London Indoor Games, On Track Athletics, Running Results
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February 1st, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
On Track Athletics has launched an online shop as part of our website. The shop will only stock a few products to start with but more products will be added in the coming weeks and months. If you would like to see any products please let us know via e-mail.
Visit our online shop now
Tags: Agility Training Hurdles, Athletics equipment for sale, Athletics running spikes, On Track Athletics, Online Athletics Shop, Replacement Pyramid Running Spikes, Sports Equipment
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January 30th, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
World Champion Jessica ENNIS broke the UK Indoor 60m Hurdles Record at the Aviva International Match Glasgow in Glasgow. Jessica running as guest ran 7.95s to win her race and break the previous best of 7.96s held by Sarah Claxton who finished 4th in the same race.
View Live Results and Start Lists from Glasgow here
Tags: Aviva, Aviva International Results, Indoor Athletics, Jessica Ennis, Kelvin Hall, Live Athletics Results, On Track Athletics Results, UK Athletics
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January 24th, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
Kate Dennison continued her strong start to 2010 by smashing her own Indoor pole vault record at a meeting in Wuppertal, Germany on Friday night.
Dennison, who increased the record to 4.49m in March 2009, added an extra 8cm in reaching 4.57m in winning the event.
View and download the Full Results
View Kates Power of 10 Athlete Profile
Tags: Athletics, Athletics Sports News, Kate Dennison, On Track Athletics, Pole Vaulting, UK Indoor Pole Vault Record, UKA
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January 21st, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
UKA yesterday announced the diverse starting line-up that will represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the forthcoming Aviva International Match at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on 30 January.
The seventeen-strong team will face tough opposition from teams representing USA, Sweden, Commonwealth Select, and Germany at the highly anticipated event which marks the beginning of the indoor season.
With more than half the team enjoying a successful World Championship campaign in Berlin last August, including three medallists, GB&NI pose a real threat to their overseas competitors who they may meet again at the World Indoor Championships, in Doha, Qatar from 12-14 March 2010. Read more »
Tags: Ashford AC, Athletics, Aviva, AVIVA GREAT BRITIAN & NORTHERN IRELAND TEAM FOR GLASGOW, Aviva International Match, Glasgow, Jessica Ennis, Kelvin Hall, Lisa Dobriskey, On Track Athletics, UK Athletics, UKA
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January 20th, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
Kent University, Canterbury will host the KENT COUNTY JUNIOR SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS on Saturday 13th March starting from 10am. The event has been organised by Kent College Junior and Infant School, Canterbury for the past 5 years with over 1300 pupils racing each year. This year they are looking to make the event even bigger. The event is open to any primary school in Kent and has races for Year 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Download the Event Information & Entry Form
Tags: Athletics, Canterbury, Event Management, KENT ATHLETICS, Kent athletics events, Kent College Junior and Infant School, KENT COUNTY JUNIOR SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Kent Cross Country, Kent University, On Track Athletics, Running, Running Events, Sports Events
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January 19th, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
The latest On Track Athletics Sports Psychology article has been uploaded to our resources pages.
V is for Victory
There is often a lot of talk about how to cope with failure, the need to be resilient, and how to learn from mistakes. Whilst this is all true and very valuable, less is said about dealing with Victory. Whilst this may sound strange, being able to cope with success is just as important a skill to have.
To read the full article visit the On Track Sports Psychology Page
Tags: Athletics, Middle Distance, On Track Athletics, On Track Sports Psychology, Running, Sporting Success, Sporting Success - Sports Psychology, Sports Psychology, Winning
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January 18th, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
On Track Athletes competed at day 2 of the South of England Indoor Athletics Championships at Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre. Caitlin Dock ran a personal best of 8.6s in her U17 Womens 60m heat to make her first ever semi-final. Abbie Purkis followed in her footsteps making the Semi-Final of the U15 Girls 60m event with a best time of 8.63s.
Stevie Walder competing the U17 Mens 60m ran a good race to finish in a time of 7.8s very close to his best of 7.78s.
View the full results on our Results Page
Tags: Athletics Results, Indoor Athletics, Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre, On Track Athletics, SEAA Indoor 2010 Championships Results
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January 17th, 2010 by Peter Le Rossignol
On Track Athletics coached athletes competed at the South of England Indoor Athletics Championships at Lee Valley Athletics Centre on Saturday 16th January.
Rachel Hanagan competing off the shortest run in the competition jumped a distance of 10.57m to win the Bronze medal and get her 2010 season off to a good start. In the U15 Girls 200m Abbie Purkis run a strong race in her heat to finish 3rd with 28.69s just missing out on a place in the Semi-Final. In the U17 womens 200m Caitlin Dock also ran a strong race to finish 5th in her heat with a time of 29.04s.
In the U17 Mens 200m Stevie Walder ran an indoor personal best of 25.52s to finish 4th in his heat missing out on the semi-final. Laura Hanagan competing in the U17 Womens Triple Jumped finished 5th with a jump of 9.72m and like her sister she was jumping off a very short run up.
View and download all the results from Day 1 here, to view more results from this weekend visit our Results Page
Tags: Abbie Purkis, Athletics, Athletics Results, Caitlin Dock, Indoor Athletics, Laura Hanagan, Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre, On Track Athletics, Rachel Hanagan, SEAA Indoor Championships Results, South of England Indoor Championships Results, Stevie Walder
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