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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.
Track Academy enjoy storming success at county championship
Athletes from Track Academy by Connie Henry in Willesden returned victorious from the Middlesex Indoor Championships, with nine medals under their belts.Four golds came home to the Willesden Sports Centre, with two won by Reece Earle who ran a personal best of 7.11...
Girls just want to have fun with RunTogether
Females of all ages and fitness levels are invited to a new Track Academy running club on Saturday mornings at the Willesden Sports Centre.RunTogether is aimed at women and girls who are looking to start or get back into running. Two qualified and friendly athletics...