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Our Connie has been honoured with an MBE
After working tirelessly to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people, Track Academy founder Connie Henry has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022. The former international athlete will receive an MBE for her Charitable Services to Young People...
We are now accepting donations with ADA Pay!
We are happy to announce that we have integrated ADA Pay into our website to allow us to accept donations in $ADA. Our founder Connie Henry said: “Track Academy would like to thank COTI for the incredible support they’ve given us in setting up and integrating their...
Impressive results at county championships
Track Academy athletes returned from the Middlesex Indoor Championships with a grand total of four medals and 30 personal bests achieved across the two-day event. Fifteen students and two coaches from the academy took part in the championships at the Lee Valley...
Young athletes shine at Track Academy schools’ meet
Junior athletes from schools across London came together at the Willesden Sports Centre for a fun and competitive evening of sport hosted by Track Academy. More than 70 young athletes took part in the event, which was licensed by British Athletics. For many of them,...
Lia Stephenson
Q&A with Lia Q. How old were you when you started at Track Academy?A: 13 Q. Did you do any sport before you joined Track Academy?A: I was in a range of sports! Swimming, cheerleading, dance, ballet and playing a musical instrument. Q. Why did you join Track...
Confidence Lawson
Confidence joined Track Academy at the age of 15. At that time, he was getting in a lot of trouble at school and was on the verge of a custodial sentence for out of school activities. When he first joined, he was an angry young man and found it difficult to control...
Tsimang Ekango
Tsimang is one of Track Academy’s role model alumni and has been with us for many years. She lives with regular bouts of chronic illness and has been admitted to hospital for many months at a time over the past years. This has been very frustrating for her as she...
Amar Aichoun
Amar has been engaged with Track Academy since the age of 13. He joined after a hospital stay where he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He developed a strong relationship with his coach Shereen Rose, pictured above with Amar. According to his mother, this has...
Leroy Cain
Leroy Cain came to Track Academy at the age of 16 having travelled from his home in Jamaica to settle in the UK. He took to our athletics programme very well in the sprinting events; however, it soon became apparent that he needed some guidance in his education with regards to post-16 options.
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