Our 2022/23 Scholars
Loughborough's elite athletes
Abbie Donnelly
10,000m
Coach: Bill Foster & Rob Lewis
Recent achievements:
- 24th place World XC Championships 2023 - fastest Brit & European
- BUCS Outdoor 5000m Champion 2022
- 2nd place BUCS XC 2022 & team gold
- 3rd place BUCS XC 2023 & team silver
- 9th place SNR Euros XC 2022
Abi Pawlett
Heptathlon
Coach: Ashley Bryant
Recent achievements:
- Ranked 7th on the UK U20 all-time heptathlon list
- 7th place European Junior Championships 2021
- 2nd place 100mH England U20 Championships 2021
- British Athletics Futures program for the 2021/22 season
- Heptathlon Gold at the England U20 Championships 2022
Alex Cooper
400m
Coach: Grant Barker
Recent achievements:
- BUCS Outdoor 400m Champion 2022
Alex Haydock-Wilson
400m
Coach: Benke Blomkvist
Recent achievements:
- 400m Bronze European Championships 2022
- 4x400m Gold European Championships 2022
- 4x400m 6th place World Indoor Championships 2022
- BUCS Outdoor 400m Champion 2020
Alex Melloy
800m
Coach: Mark Vile
Recent achievements:
- Bronze 1500m BUCS Indoors 2023
- 3rd place 3000m British Championships 2021
- 3rd place 3000m European U20 Championships 2021
- 6th place 1500m England Senior Championships 2022
Alexandra Millard
1500m
Coach: Bill Foster
Recent achievements:
- BUCS XC Champion 2023 & team silver
- 3rd place SNR Euros XC 2022
- 4th place 1500m BUCS Outdoors 2022
- 6th place 1500m British Outdoor Champs 2022
- 1st place 3000m Loughborough International 2022
Archie Yeo
Triple Jump
Coach: Lukasz Zawila
Recent achievements:
Triple Jump
- 5th place English Senior Champs 2022
- 7th place UK Champs 2022
- Silver U17 Indoor English Championships 2019
- Gold U17 English Championships 2018
- UK School Games Champion 2018
Long Jump
- Ranked 6th U18 for Long Jump 2019
- SIAB U17 Champion 2019
- Gold U17 Outdoor English Championships 2019
Ben Pattison
800m
Coach: Dave Ragan
Recent achievements:
800m
- Bronze medallist Commonwealth Games 2022
- Gold medallist England U23 Championships 2021
- 4th place European U23 Championships 2021
- 2nd place European U20 Championships 2019
- 2nd in UK U20 rankings 2019
- 9th in UK U20 All Time list
400m
- 2nd in the UK U20 rankings 2019
Ben West
3000m
Coach: Kyle Bennett
Recent achievements:
- 1st place British Athletics Cross Challenge 2021
- 1st place European Cross Country Relay 2021
- 5th place 1500m Loughborough International 2021
- 6th place 1500m English Championships 2021
- 4th place 3000m Loughborough International 2019
Charlie Dobson
200m
Coach: Benke Blomkvist
Recent achievements:
- Gold 4x400m European Championships 2022
- 4th place 200m European Championships 2022
- BUCS Indoor 60m Champion 2020
- 5th place 200m British Championships 2019
- Silver 200m World U20 Championships 2018
Charlotte Dannatt
10,000m
Coach: Kyle Bennett
Recent achievements:
- Bronze 5000m Big East Championships 2022
- 8th place 10,000m NCAA D1 Championships 2022
- 4th place BUCS XC 2020
David Race
1500m
Coach: Kyle Bennett
Recent achievements:
- Bronze 800m BUCS Indoors 2023
- 1st place 800m England U20 Indoor Championships 2023
- 2nd place 800m England U20 Championships 2022
- 4th place 1500m England U20 Championships 2021
- 6th place 3000m British Championships 2021
Emily Newnham
400mH
Coach: Nick Dakin
Recent achievements:
- BUCS Indoor 400m Champion 2023 & Championship record
- 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:
- 3rd place England U20 Indoor Championships 2022
- 2nd place Southern U20 Indoor Championships 2022
- 4th place 100m England U20 Championships 2022
George Hyde
Shot Put
Coach:
Recent achievements:
- BUCS Outdoor Champion 2022
- Bronze BUCS Indoor Championships 2023
- 4th place UK Indoor Champs 2022
- 5th place Loughborough International 2022
- 6th place UK Champs 2022
- 5th place UK Indoor Champs 2023
Ioanna Malli
Javelin
Coach: Dave Turner
Recent achievements:
- 2nd place UK Winter Long Throws Championships 2023
- 1st place National Athletics League Championship North 2022
- 1st place Manchester International 2022
- 6th place Loughborough International 2022
Jamie Webb
800m
Coach: Matt Yates
Recent achievements:
- 4th place 800m Commonwealth Games 2022
- 2nd place 800m European Indoor Championships 2019
- 3rd place 800m British Outdoor Championships 2019
- BUCS Outdoor 1500m Champion 2018
- 3rd place 800m BUCS Outdoor Championships 2018
Jazmine Moss
200m
Coach: Leon Baptiste
Recent achievements:
- 1st place Northern Championships 2022
- 3rd place UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2022
- 3rd place Loughborough International 2022
- 3rd place England Athletics Senior Championships 2021
- BUCS Indoor Champion 2020
Kelechi Aguocha
High Jump
Coach: Robbie Grabarz
Recent achievements:
- BUCS Indoor Champion 2023
- 3rd place UK Athletics Championships 2022
- BUCS Indoor & Outdoor HJ Champion 2022
- 2nd place Loughborough International 2022
- 1st place U23 England Championships 2022
- 1st place UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2022
- 3rd place England Athletics Senior Championships 2022
Lily Hulland
Triple Jump
Coach: Lukasz Zawila
Recent achievements:
- 2nd place UK Indoor Championships 2023
- Bronze BUCS Indoors 2023
- 3rd place UK Outdoor Championships 2022
- BUCS Indoor TJ Champion 2020 & 2022
- 3rd place BUCS Outdoor Championships 2022
- 4th place England Senior Chamionships 2022
- England U23 Champion 2021
Lucy-Jane Matthews
100m Hurdles
Coaches: Benke Blomkvist/Ashley Bryant
Recent achievements:
- Silver British Championships 2020
- Bronze European U20 Championships 2019
- Gold England U20 Championships 2019
- 1st in the U20 UK 2020 rankings
- 3rd in the UK 2020 rankings
- 3rd UK U20 all time list
Luke Nuttall
Para 1500m
Coach: Alison Wyeth
Recent achievements:
- 9th place Paralympics Games 2021
- Bronze European Para Championships 2021
Lydia Church
Para Shot
Coach:
Recent achievements:
- 7th place World Para Championships 2019
- 8th place Paralympic Games 2021
- Silver European Para Championships 2021
- BUCS Indoor & Outdoor Para Shot Champion 2022
- Silver England Athletics Senior Championships 2021 & 2022
Matt Stonier
1500m
Coach: Chris & Sonia McGeorge
Recent achievements:
- 7th place Commonwealth Games 2022
- 2nd place & team gold BUCS XC 2023
- 5th place European Championships 2022
- BUCS Outdoor 1500m Champion 2022
- 8th place European Cross Country Championships 2022
- Gold 3000m Loughborough International 2021
Molly Caudery
Pole Vault
Coach: Scott Simpson
Recent Achievements:
- U20 National record
- Ranked 3rd on UK All-time list
- Silver Commonwealth Games 2022
- Silver British Championships 2021 & 2022
- 7th place European Championships 2022
- 9th place World Junior Championships 2018
Molly Palmer
Long Jump
Coach: Lukasz Zawila
Recent achievements:
- 11th place U20 World Championships 2022
- 9th place UK Athletics Championships 2022
- 2nd place Loughborough International 2022
- U20 English Champion 2021
Natasha Harrison
400m
Coach: Alex O'Gorman
Recent achievements:
- BUCS Indoor & Outdoor 400m Champion 2022
- Silver U23 England Championships 2022
- Bronze U23 England Championships 2021
Niamh Emerson
Heptathlon
Coaches: Ashley Bryant
Recent achievements:
- World Junior Gold 2018
- Bronze Commonwealth Games 2018 at first major championships
- Silver Pentathlon European Indoor Championships 2019 (World best score for a 19 year old)
- Ranked 4th on Pentathlon UK All-time list
- Ranked 8th on Heptathlon UK All-time list
Nicolas DeLuca
High Jump/Triple Jump
Coach: Aston Moore
Recent achievements:
- Bronze BUCS Indoor Championships 2022
Owaab Barrow
110mH
Coach: Jerzy Maciukiewicz
Recent achievements:
- 4th place BUCS 60m Indoor 2022
- Gold U20 100mH Welsh Athletics International 2019
Owen Merrett
Hammer Throw
Coach: Matt Spicer
Recent achievements:
- 1st place U20 English Championships 2022
- 9th place U20 World Athletics Championships 2022
- English Schools Champion 2022
- 1st place Loughborough International 2022
Rebekah Walton
Javelin
Coach: David Turner
Recent achievements:
- British Champion 2021 & 2022
- Ranked 6th UK All-time list
- BUCS Outdoor Champion 2019 & 2022
- 1st place UK Winter Throws 2022
- 1st place Q European U23 Championships 2021
- 5th place European U23 Championships 2021
- 1st place England U23 Championships 2019 & 2021
- 1st place Loughborough International 2019
Ruby Jerges
Long Jump
Coach: Lukasz Zawila
Recent achievements:
- Bronze BUCS Indoors 2023
- English Schools Champion 2022
- Silver England U20 Indoor Championships 2022
- 4th place England U20 Championships 2022
- Gold Southern U20 Championships 2022
Sam Brereton
High Jump
Coach: Robbie Grabarz
Recent achievements:
- Bronze European Juniors 2021
- English Schools Champion 2019 & 2021
- Bronze British Championships 2020
- U20 & U17 England National Champion 2019
- Gold SIAB International 2019
Sophie Ashurst
Pole Vault
Coach: Kate Rooney
- Silver BUCS Indoors 2023
- 6th place World U20 Championships 2022 (& GB team captain)
- Bronze UK Indoor Championships 2022
- 2nd place Loughborough International 2022
- Silver BUCS Indoors 2022
- 5th place UK Outdoor Champs 2022
- England U20 Champion 2021 & 2022
- 5th place U20 European Championships 2021
Steph Driscoll
800m
Coach: Trevor Painter
Recent achievements:
- Silver 800m BUCS Indoors 2023
- England Senior 800m Champion 2022
- Silver U23 800m England Championships 2022
- Bronze U20 400m Northern Championships 2020
Taia Tunstall
Discus
Coach:
Recent achievements:
- BUCS Outdoor Champion 2022
- 6th place UK Championships 2022
- England U23 Champion 2022
- 3rd place UK Winter Throws 2023
Tom Hewson
Javelin
Coach: Mark Bradford
Recent achievements:
- Bronze British Championships 2020
- 3rd place Loughborough Winter Throws 2020
- 2nd place Loughborough International 2019
- Welsh U20 Champion 2019
- Silver U20 England Championships 2019
Thomas Holmes
Javelin
Coach: Mark Bradford
Recent achievements:
- 4th place European U20 Championships 2021
- England U20 Champion 2021
- 5th place British Championships 2021
- 4th place Loughborough International 2021
Thomas Young
Para Sprints
Coach: Joe McDonnell
Recent achievements:
- Gold 100m Paralympics 2021
- Gold 100m European Para Championships 2021
- Silver 100m World Para Championships 2019
- Gold 100m & 200m European Para Championships 2018
- BUCS Outdoor 100m & 200m Champion 2022
- BUCS Indoor 60m Champion 2022
- Silver UK Indoor Championships 2022
Tom Mortimer
5000m
Coaches: Chris & Sonia McGeorge
Recent achievements:
- 4th place 3000m UK Indoor Championships 2022
- 1st place 1500m Loughborough International 2021
- 4th place 5000m European U23 Championships 2021
- 14th place European Cross Country Championships 2021
- Bronze 5000m British Championships 2020