Our 2023/24 Scholars
Loughborough's elite athletes
Abbie Donnelly
10,000m
Coach: Bill Foster & Rob Lewis
Recent achievements:
- 24th World XC Championships 2023 - fastest European
- Bronze BUCS XC 2023 & team silver
- Gold 5000m BUCS Outdoors 2022 & 2023
- Silver BUCS XC 2022 & team gold
- 9th SNR Euros XC 2022
Abi Pawlett
Heptathlon
Coach: Ashley Bryant
Recent achievements:
- 9th Pentathlon World Indoor Athletics Championships 2024
- Ranked 8th on the UK all-time pentathlon list
- Gold 60mH BUCS Indoors 2024 & Championship Record
- Silver Shot Put BUCS Indoors 2024
- Gold Heptathlon BUCS 2023
- Gold 100mH U23 England Championships 2023
- Ranked 7th on the UK U20 all-time heptathlon list
- Gold Heptathlon England U20 Championships 2022
- British Athletics Futures program for the 2021/22 season
- 7th European Junior Championships 2021
Alex Cooper
400m
Coach: Grant Barker
Recent achievements:
- Silver 400m BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Gold 4x400m BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Gold 400m BUCS Indoors 2022
Alex Haydock-Wilson
400m
Coach: Leon Baptiste
Recent achievements:
- Bronze 400m European Championships 2022
- Gold 4x400m European Championships 2022
- 6th 4x400m World Indoor Championships 2022
- Gold 400m BUCS Outdoors 2020
Alex Melloy
800m
Coach: Mark Vile
Recent achievements:
- Bronze 1500m BUCS Indoors 2023
- 4th 1500m BUCS Outdoors 2023
- 6th 1500m England Senior Championships 2022
- Bronze 3000m British Championships 2021
- Bronze 3000m European U20 Championships 2021
Alexandra Millard
1500m
Coach: Bill Foster
Recent achievements:
- Gold 3000m BUCS Indoors 2024 & Championship Record
- Silver 5000m U23 England Championships 2023
- Individual gold & team silver BUCS XC 2023
- Silver 5000m BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Bronze SNR Euros XC 2022
- 1st 3000m Loughborough International 2022
Archie Yeo
Triple Jump
Coach: Lukasz Zawila
Recent achievements:
- Gold TJ UK Indoor Championships 2024
- Gold TJ & Silver LJ BUCS Indoors 2024
- Gold TJ U23 England Championships 2023
- Gold TJ BUCS Outdoors 2023
- 4th LJ BUCS Outdoors 2023
- 5th TJ English Senior Champs 2022
- 7th TJ UK Champs 2022
- Silver U17 TJ Indoor English Championships 2019
Ben West
3000m
Coach: Kyle Bennett
Recent achievements:
- 1st British Athletics Cross Challenge 2021
- 1st European Cross Country Relay 2021
- 5th 1500m Loughborough International 2021
- 6th 1500m English Championships 2021
- 4th 3000m Loughborough International 2019
Charlotte Dannatt
10,000m
Coach: Kyle Bennett
Recent achievements:
- Silver 10,000m BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Bronze 5000m Big East Championships 2022
- 8th 10,000m NCAA D1 Championships 2022
- 4th BUCS XC 2020
David Race
800m
Coach: Kyle Bennett
Recent achievements:
- Bronze 800m BUCS Indoors 2024
- Gold 800m England U20 Indoor & Outdoor Championships 2023
- Bronze 800m BUCS Indoors 2023
- Silver 800m England U20 Championships 2022
- 4th 1500m England U20 Championships 2021
- 6th 3000m British Championships 2021
Emily Newnham
400mH
Coach: Nick Dakin
Recent achievements:
- Gold 400m BUCS Indoors 2024 & Championship Record
- Gold 400mH U20 England Championships 2023
- Gold 400mH & 4x400m BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Gold 400m BUCS Indoors 2023 & Championship Record
- Silver 400m England Championships 2023
- Bronze 400mH UK Championships 2023
- 4th 400mH U20 European Championships 2023
- Gold 400m U20 UK Indoor Championships 2022
- Gold 400mH U20 English Championships 2021
- Gold 400mH U20 English Schools 2021
Emmanuel Duruiheoma
100m
Coach: Leon Baptiste
Recent achievements:
- Silver Southern U20 Indoor Championships 2022
- Bronze England U20 Indoor Championships 2022
- 4th England U20 Championships 2022
Hilary Gode
100m
Coach: Owen McNally
Recent Achievements:
- Silver European U23 Championships 4x100 2023
- Silver Mediterranean U23 Indoor Championships 60m 2023
- Bronze French Indoor Championships 60m 2023
- Silver French Indoor U23 Championships 60m 2023
- Gold English schools 100m 2022
Ioanna Malli
Javelin
Coach: Dave Turner
Recent achievements:
- 2nd UK Winter Long Throws Championships 2023
- 1st National Athletics League Championship North 2022
- 1st Manchester International 2022
- 6th Loughborough International 2022
Jamie Webb
800m
Coach: Matt Yates
Recent achievements:
- 4th 800m Commonwealth Games 2022
- Silver 800m European Indoor Championships 2019
- Bronze 800m British Outdoor Championships 2019
- Gold 1500m BUCS Outdoors 2018
- Bronze 800m BUCS Outdoor Championships 2018
Jazmine Moss
200m
Coach: Leon Baptiste
Recent achievements:
- Silver BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Gold Northern Championships 2022
- Bronze UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2022
- 3rd Loughborough International 2022
- Bronze England Athletics Senior Championships 2021
- Gold BUCS Indoors 2020
Jessica Astill
400m
Coaches: Nick Dakin
Recent Achievements:
- Silver 400m English Schools Championships 2023
- Silver 400m Manheim International 2023
- Gold Medley Relay European u18 Championships 2022
- Bronze 4x400m World u20 Championships 2022
Lily Hulland
Triple Jump
Coach: Lukasz Zawila
Recent achievements:
- Gold UK Indoor Championships 2024
- Gold BUCS Indoors 2024
- Gold U23 England Championships 2023
- Silver UK Indoor Championships 2023
- Bronze BUCS Indoors 2023
- Bronze UK Outdoor Championships 2022
- Gold BUCS Indoors 2020 & 2022
- Bronze BUCS Outdoor Championships 2022
- 4th England Senior Chamionships 2022
- Gold England U23 Championships 2021
Lucy-Jane Matthews
100m Hurdles
Coaches: Nick Dakin
Recent achievements:
- Silver British Championships 2020
- Bronze European U20 Championships 2019
- Gold England U20 Championships 2019
- 1st U20 UK 2020 rankings
- 3rd UK 2020 rankings
- 3rd UK U20 all time list
Luke Nuttall
Para 1500m
Coach: Alison Wyeth
Recent achievements:
- 9th Paralympics Games 2021
- Bronze European Para Championships 2021
Lydia Church
Para Shot
Coach:
Recent achievements:
- Gold BUCS Indoors 2024
- Gold BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Gold BUCS Indoor & Outdoors 2022
- Silver England Athletics Senior Championships 2021 & 2022
- 8th Paralympic Games 2021
- Silver European Para Championships 2021
- 7th World Para Championships 2019
Matt Stonier
1500m
Coach: Chris & Sonia McGeorge
Recent achievements:
- 5th London Diamond League 2023 - British U23 record, 2024 Olympic qualifying time & broke Seb Coe's 1981 Loughborough Students' 1500m record
- Silver & team gold BUCS XC 2023
- 7th Commonwealth Games 2022
- 5th European Championships 2022
- Gold BUCS Outdoors 2022
- 8th European Cross Country Championships 2022
- Gold 3000m Loughborough International 2021
- Ranked 14th 1500m UK all-time list
Molly Palmer
Long Jump
Coach: Lukasz Zawila
Recent achievements:
- Bronze UK Indoor Championships 2024
- Silver BUCS Indoors 2024
- Gold BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Silver U23 England Championships 2023
- 11th U20 World Championships 2022
- 9th UK Championships 2022
- 2nd Loughborough International 2022
- Gold U20 English Championships 2021
Natasha Harrison
400m
Coach: Alex O'Gorman
Recent achievements:
- Gold BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Silver U23 England Championships 2023
- Gold 4x400m BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Gold BUCS Indoor & Outdoors 2022
- Silver U23 England Championships 2022
- Bronze U23 England Championships 2021
Ntando Mahlangu
T61 200m and T63 Long Jump
Coach: Joe McDonnell
Recent Achievements:
- Gold Ambulant LJ BUCS Indoors 2024
- T63 Long Jump World Record Holder
- Gold LJ Paralympics 2021
- Gold 200m Paralympics 2021
- Gold 200m World Para Championships 2019
Onyeka Okoh
400m Hurdles
Coach: Nick Dakin
Recent Achievements:
- Gold 400m England U20 Indoor Championships 2023
- Bronze 400m Hurdles England U20 Championships 2023
- Silver 400m Hurdles English Schools Championships 2023
- Semi Finalist 400m Hurdles European u20 Championships 2023
- Semi Finalist 400m Hurdles World u20 Championships 2022
Owaab Barrow
110mH
Coach: Jerzy Maciukiewicz
Recent achievements:
- 4th 60m BUCS Indoors 2022
- Gold U20 100mH Welsh Athletics International 2019
Owen Merrett
Hammer Throw
Coach: Matt Spicer
Recent achievements:
- Bronze BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Bronze U20 England Championships 2023
- Gold U20 English Championships 2022
- Gold English Schools 2022
- 9th U20 World Athletics Championships 2022
- 1st Loughborough International 2022
Poppy Malik
400m
Coach: Grant Barker
Recent Achievements:
- Bronze 200m BUCS Indoors 2024
- Bronze 400m England U23 Championships 2023
- Bronze 4x4 World U20 Championships 2023
- 1st 4x4 Loughborough International 2023
- Finalist mixed 4x4 World U20 Championships 2022
- Bronze 400m England U20 Championships 2022
Rebekah Walton
Javelin
Coach: David Turner
Recent achievements:
- 4th UK All-time list
- Gold BUCS Outdoors 2019, 2022 & 2023
- BUCS Record Holder
- Gold British Championships 2021 & 2022
- 1st UK Winter Throws 2022
- 5th European U23 Championships 2021
- Gold England U23 Championships 2019 & 2021
Ruby Jerges
Long Jump
Coach: Lukasz Zawila
Recent achievements:
- Bronze BUCS Indoors 2024
- Bronze BUCS Indoors 2023
- Gold English Schools 2022
- Silver England U20 Indoor Championships 2022
- 4th England U20 Championships 2022
- Gold Southern U20 Championships 2022
Sam Brereton
High Jump
Coach: Robbie Grabarz
Recent achievements:
- Bronze European Juniors 2021
- Bronze British Championships 2020
- Gold English Schools 2019 & 2021
- Gold SIAB International 2019
Sophie Ashurst
Pole Vault
Coach: Kate Rooney
- Silver BUCS Indoors 2024
- Silver U23 England Championships 2023
- Silver BUCS Indoors & Outdoors 2023
- 6th World U20 Championships 2022 (& GB team captain)
- Bronze UK Indoor Championships 2022
- Silver BUCS Indoors 2022
- 5th UK Outdoor Champs 2022
- Gold England U20 Championships 2021 & 2022
- 5th U20 European Championships 2021
Taia Tunstall
Discus
Coach:
Recent achievements:
- Gold U23 England Championships 2022 & 2023
- Silver BUCS Outdoors 2023
- 3rd UK Winter Throws 2023
- Gold BUCS Outdoors 2022
- 6th UK Championships 2022
Tom Hewson
Javelin
Coach: Mark Bradford
Recent achievements:
- 4th BUCS Outdoors 2023
- Bronze British Championships 2020
- 3rd Loughborough Winter Throws 2020
- 2nd Loughborough International 2019
- Gold Welsh U20 Championships 2019
- Silver U20 England Championships 2019
Thomas Holmes
Javelin
Coach: Mark Bradford
Recent achievements:
- Gold England U20 Championships 2021
- 4th European U20 Championships 2021
- 4th Loughborough International 2021
- 5th British Championships 2021
Thomas Young
Para Sprints
Coach: Joe McDonnell
Recent achievements:
- Gold 60m BUCS Indoors 2024
- Gold 100m & 200m BUCS Outdoors 2022 & 2023
- Gold 60m BUCS Indoors 2022
- Silver UK Indoor Championships 2022
- Gold 100m Paralympics 2021
- Gold 100m European Para Championships 2021
- Silver 100m World Para Championships 2019
- Gold 100m & 200m European Para Championships 2018
Tom Mortimer
5000m
Coaches: Chris & Sonia McGeorge
Recent achievements:
- Gold 5000m BUCS Outdoors 2023 & Championship Record
- U23 3000m UK Record Holder
- 4th 3000m UK Indoor Championships 2022
- 1st 1500m Loughborough International 2021
- 4th 5000m European U23 Championships 2021
- 14th European Cross Country Championships 2021
- Bronze 5000m British Championships 2020