Here at Brunel University, we are extremely proud of our athletics heritage – our first international vest was earned at the London 1948 Olympics. Being one of the biggest sports club on campus, there is a wide range of athletic disciplines for people of all abilities to become involved with.
There are fixtures throughout the academic year ranging from the London Colleges Cross Country League to the Brunel Indoor Jumps & Throws Festival to afford all Club members an opportunity to compete in the Brunel University AC vest. BUCS Cross Country, BUCS Indoor Athletics and BUCS Outdoors Athletics are the most prestigious competitions in the fixture calendar.
We work together towards beings successful at these championships, and have excelled on numerous occasions in the recent past – including winning both the Men’s and Women’s BUCS Indoor Athletics titles in 2009 and the recent LUCA victory in 2018, which saw 13 medals between 10 athletes.
As well as excelling on the track and field, the club is a formidable force when it comes to socials. They are held regularly throughout the year with events such as the chunder run, toga and many more! So please come along, have fun and join one of the largest,friendliest and most successful clubs on campus.
If you have any questions, feel free to email any of the committee members.
Social media accounts:
Brunel Athletics Club Coaching Team:
Sprints:
- Laura Turner - laura@westlondontrackandfield.com
- Linford Christie/Margaret Adeoye - linfordchristieacademy@yahoo.com
- Costas Karageoghis - costas.karageorghis@brunel.ac.uk
Middle distance/long distance/cross country:
- Richard Ashe - richard.ashe@brunel.ac.uk
- Chris Hepworth - christopher.hepworth@brunel.ac.uk
Jumps:
- Danny Sawyers - danny.sawyers@gmail.com
Throws:
- Gary Power - garry.power@olympian.org
To join Brunel Athletics:
- Buy a union sports membership either online or in person from the union reception (£40)
- Go onto the union website and under the subheading "Activites", find Team Brunel
- From this, you will find a variety of options and information about Team Brunel as a whole. To find the athletics page, go onto find a club.
Meet the Team!
Chair - Jason Kalala
Vice Chair - Tyler Panton
Men's Track and Field Team Captain - Toby Dronfield
Women's Track and Field Team Captain - Jess Hopkins
Secretary - Zara Action
Social Secretary - Shelby Odier
Treasurer - Shawn Ampofo
Web Officer - Jonathan Brew
Jumps & Throws Coordinator - Harry Ricketts
When do we meet?
Training 2023/24
Training groups generally meet weekday evenings and weekend mornings. Exact times may vary so further information regarding training please join the Brunel Athletics 2023/24 Instagram page, vital information is constantly updated there.
Location - IAC
Time - 5 pm - 5.50pm
Fixtures
Our fixtures include: More info to come for 2023/24 season!
BUCS Indoors Championships -> 23rd-25th February 2024
Entries have to be done individually via the BUCS play app:
https://bucsappsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360031772352-How-to-enter-an-event
More Information to come out later on in the academic year.
The standard information to know would be that there will be 2 athletes selected per event based on entered personal bests/season bests.
Personal Bests / Seasons Bests achieved between 1st October 2020 - 23rd January 2024 Events:
60m, 60m Hurdles, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 4x200m relay Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Shot Put Ambulant Events: 60m, Long Jump, Shot Put
Entry Standards: Men's 3000m - 09:50.00 Women’s 3000m - 12:00.00
Men's Pole Vault - 3.50m Women’s Pole Vault - 2.65m
Men's Triple Jump - 12.00m Women’s Triple Jump - 10.00m
Any further questions, get in contact with any of the commitee on information on BUCS.
Information about BUCS Indoors:
As the season has yet to commence, little information with the exemption of date has been released to the public, when more information arises this page will be updated.
BUCS Outdoors Championships
As the season has yet to commence, little information with the exemption of date has been released to the public, when more information arises this page will be updated.
Inter-Varsity Indoors
More Information to come!!
Other Essentials
Sport Performance Programme (SPP)
Don't forget to get your SPP membership and your IAC membership, extremly important stuff! Here's a lil sneak peak on what it offers.
Feedback
Got any thoughts or feedback about the club? If so drop our chair an email - 2107857@brunel.ac.uk
Club Aims
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Maintain our status as a top athletics club by placing in the top few universities at indoor, outdoor and XC BUCS
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We look to continue our recent trend of winning the annual intervarsity meet
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With the facilities and coaching available at Brunel Athletics Club, we look to develop and progress each member in their athletic event(s).
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