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Athlete
List
Most Visited:
Kelly
Sotherton
Kelly
Holmes
Paula
Radcliffe
Yelena
Isinbayeva
Emily Pidgeon
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Andy Baddeley
Steve
Backley
Roger
Bannister
Sarah Barker
Danielle Barnes
Charlotte Bates
Jamie Baulch
Tim Benjamin
Phillip Berntsen
Charlotte
Best
John Bird
Louise Bloor
Lucy Bowers
Laura Brenton
Charlotte
Browning
Mark Burgess
Sarah Burgin
Mickey
Bushell
Kathy
Butler
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Personal Bests:
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400m
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58.2
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2003
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N/A
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800m
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2:08.48
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2003
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N/A
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1500m
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4:22.16
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2003
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N/A
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2000
Charlotte was 27th in
the Under 13s race at Reebok CAU Inter-counties in Nottingham in a time of
11:25.
Charlotte set the AFD U13
girls 800m, 1000m and 1500m records with 2:19.8, 3:06.4 and 4:47.2
respectably.
Charlotte won silver at the
English Schools Championships (Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield), running 4:37.68
in the final after 4:43.87 in the heat.
English Schools Track and
Field Championships 2000, 1500m Heat 2. Time: 4:43.87
English Schools Track and
Field Championships 2000, 1500m Final. Time: 4:37.68
2001-2002
 As
an Under 15, she won the series.
2002
Charlotte
was the Sussex Cross Country Champion and the South of England Cross Country
Champion.
| Charlotte
won the Under 15s race at the English
Cross-country Championships at Bristol's Ashton Court. |
Charlotte
won the UK Inter Counties at Nottingham for the 3rd year
running.
| English Schools Cross
Country Championships, Chelmsford: Junior Girls
The Junior Girls' race
also provided something of a surprise. Emily
Pidgeon (Gloucester AC), who has won the Under 13 titles at Reebok
Inter-Counties and View From English National Cross Country Championships
this winter, finished 19 seconds clear of Charlotte Browning (Aldershot,
Farnham & District), who has won the Under 15 titles at Reebok
Inter-Counties and View From English National Cross Country Championships
this winter.
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English Schools Cross-Country
Championships 2002, Hylands Park, Chelmsford 2nd Time: 13:51 Left - Stacey
Preston, Right, Charlotte Browning
Charlotte set the AFD U15
girls 1500m record with 4:30.12.
Charlotte was 2nd on the uka:
U15 girls outdoor rankings for 2002 with 2:12.31, behind Nikki
Hamblin. She was 1st on the 1500m rankings with 4:30.12.
Charlotte was disqualified
from the final at the English Schools Championships 2002 (Harvey Haddon Stadium,
Nottingham), after winning her heat in 2:15.18.
2003
Charlotte was 11th in the
Inter Girls' race at
the English Schools Cross-country Championships (Stanmer Park, Brighton) in March.
Charlotte set the AFD
U20
girls 400m, 800m and 1500m records with 58.2, 2:08.48 and 4:22.16 respectably.
These times put her top of the UK U17 rankings at 800m and 1500m, 9th
at 400m, and she was also 4th in the UK 3000m rankings.
She
was the Sussex 800m and 1500m U17 Champion, the AAA 1500m U17 Champion and also
took silver in the AAA U20 Championships.
Charlotte
had an
impressive performance in the World Youth Championships in Canada where,
representing Great Britain, she came 6th in the 1500m final.
| At 15, Charlotte was 4th in
the Junior Great North Mile event, and only 4 seconds on winner, Faye
Fullerton.
Saucony Sponsored athlete, Charlotte
Browning showed her class over a shorter distance, taking fourth place in
the Great North Mile event. Fifteen year-old Charlotte was in the
front pack for the entire race and finished only five seconds down on
winner Faye Fullerton,
despite giving away several years to the other leading contenders.
With several more seasons to go in this Junior age group, the future is
undeniably bright for Charlotte.
She is now looking forward to
competing for her club at the Saucony National Cross Country Relay
Championships at Mansfield on 8th November 2003 and then in Leeds at the
Saucony National Cross Country on 21st February 2004. |
Charlotte was 7th in the
U17s/U20s race at the Reebok Challenge in
Margate, in a time of 12.19.
Charlotte won the 2003 Youth
Achievement Award, given by Chichester District Council. She was described as "an
outstanding runner who in the past twelve months has become the Southern
Inter-Counties Champion and the UK Inter-Counties Champion at 1500m."
2004
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Bute Park,
Cardiff |
U17 |
4th |
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Southern XC |
Parliament Hills, London |
U17 |
8th |
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South-East
Schools |
Wellington College,
Berkshire |
Intermediate
Girls |
1st |
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National XC |
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U17 |
4th |
1st
Feb - Charlotte (currently) tops the U17 and U20 girls indoor rankings
2004 with 4:36.57 for 1500m (8th senior).
Charlotte
Browning, aged 16, won U17s 1500m race at the AAA Indoor Championships in
Birmingham in a time of 4:29.90, the fifth fastest on the UK all-time list for
Under-17s.
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Pre-race:
Nottingham: Charlotte Browning (368),
who
was sixth in the 1500m at last summer’s IAAF World Youth Games in Canada, has
accumulated 56 points in the Reebok Cross Challenge standings this winter and
was fourth in the English
National when leading her Aldershot, Farnham and District AC training mates
to yet more Team Gold medals. She has already achieved Inter-Counties and
English National double victories as an Under 13 in 2001 and an Under 15 in
2002. She repeated her Under 15 success in last year’s Inter-Counties
Championships. |
| Charlotte
was 7th in the U20s race at the Reebok
Inter-counties in Nottingham. |
Charlotte
Browning won the AFD Jill Naylor Trophy for her performances on the track during
2003. She topped the rankings of arguably the best middle distance club in the
country at 400m, 800m and 1500m, and in the latter two also beat the senior
records.
Sussex's
Charlotte Browning finished 5th in the Intermediate Girls' 800m at the English
Schools Track and Field Championships in Gateshead, in 2:12.36 after winning her
heat in 2:16.36 and qualifying 2nd in her semi-final in 2:14.01.
Browning, English Schools Track
and Field Championships, Inter Girls 800m heat 1, time 2:16.36 - 1st qualifier
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On
Camp with Kelly
One of the
participants in next month’s “On
Camp with Kelly”, Charlotte Browning, 17, trains six times a week,
often waking up at 5.30 in the morning to run before her A-level lessons
begin — and fits in a social life.
“I left home and
moved to Loughborough in order to train with the best possible
facilities,” Browning said.
“It’s still possible to go out and have
fun with friends. My fresher’s week may have been toned down compared to
other students’ experiences, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to
make.” |
2005
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On
Camp with Kelly
25 Apr 2005
Dame
Kelly met up with the junior girls she took to South Africa last year, at
Loughborough University on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 April and gave her
full support to mentoring the talented middle distance runners to achieve
their dreams in athletics.
Kelly
started the two-day programme talking to the athletes, parents and
coaches, reflecting on the Norwich Union sponsored ‘On Camp with
Kelly’ experience in South Africa and looking ahead to their future:
“I
really believe some of you will be at the 2012 Olympic Games, hopefully in
London. Competing in front of a home crowd would be absolutely
fantastic!”
Kelly
announced plans for the girls to compete in two unique junior races this
summer; at the Norwich Union International in Glasgow on 5 June and what
promises to be a wonderful occasion at Sheffield on 21 August when Kelly
races in her last track meeting in Great Britain.
She
added: “Sheffield
will be amazing, we’ve got big plans for that event! I want you all to
be there racing.”
Kelly
arranged for her Coach, Margo Jennings, currently teaching at an
Elementary School in Oregon, USA to fly over to give inspirational talks
on motivation and planning to the group.
Margo
was passionate about the importance of mental training to athletes’
preparation, she said: “The
greatest athletes in the world, all have highly developed mental skills,
which take years to develop. I firmly believe that training your brain is
as important as training your body.
“Setbacks
should be seen as springboards. Adversity can be an inspirational
teacher!”
“It
is so important to surround yourself with motivating people, that believe
in you. In Athens, Kelly’s room was full of motivational statements,
quotes and good luck messages. That makes you feel positive.
“I
have never seen such focus and concentration in an athlete, as Kelly was
in Athens. She was completely absorbed and performed precisely as she
visualised. It took incredible mental strength to win the 1500m, after the
800m, but she did it!”
Sports
Physician Dr Paul Dijkstra, who is based in Potchefstroom, South Africa
also made the trip to Loughborough and gave a series of detailed lectures,
reviewing the topics covered ‘On Camp with Kelly’ and presentations on
nutrition and injury prevention.
Each
athlete also benefited from a physiotherapy check up with Alison Rose, a
member of Kelly’s invaluable support team in Athens and a full medical
with Paul Dijkstra.
On
the final day, Kelly confirmed that she would take three athletes and
their coaches to train with her in Europe in June,
The
lucky three are: Dani Christmas
(Crawley AC), Non Stanford (Swansea
Harriers) and Charlotte Browning (Aldershot, Farnham and District AC).
Rounding
off an inspirational weekend, Dame Kelly said:
“The
girls have all matured beyond belief, they are very motivated. Everyone of
you can achieve great things. I believe that you can make it, that’s why
I put my time, energy and commitment into you girls.
“I
will be your mentor for as long as you want me to be. No matter how busy I
am in my life, and it’s pretty hectic at the moment, I will always have
time for you.
“It
will not be easy, there will be obstacles in your way. My obstacles and
darkest days were very very long. I came from those darkest darkest days
to the biggest light there can ever be, winning at the Olympic Games!”
“When
I retire, I want to see my girls performing the best you can!” |
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AAA U20 Track & Field
Championships
Pre-race:
1500m (4:20.00):
While the amazing Emily Pidgeon
(Gloucester) is expected to aim for the 5000m in Kaunas, she inevitably
dominates the rankings all through the distances. She is European Juniors
No.1 at 1500m has gone three seconds quicker this season than MacLarty,
who is second in the UK rankings and fourth in Europe with 4:20.97.
To
underline the growing UK strength, Abby Westley is seventh in Europe with
4:21.99 – and then there are Kelly’s
Campers entering the fray Charlotte Browning (Aldershot, Farnham and
District), Danielle Christmas
(Crawley), Hannah England (Oxford City), the Euro Juniors 3000m rankings
leader Non Stanford (Swansea), Danielle
Walker (Royal Sutton Coldfield) and Marrakech-bound Sian
Edwards (Kettering).
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2006
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Pre-race:
Emily
Pidgeon
will be the overwhelming favourite even though the field includes
European Junior 1500m Champion Morag
MacLarty (Central AAC), who won at
the Birmingham Cross Challenge at the start of this month and was last
weekend named Scotland’s Athlete of the Year; in-form Nicola
Sykes, who set a course record
in leading Bedford and County AC to victory at the ECCA Relays
Championships a fortnight ago; and several members of the squad being
mentored by Olympic double Champion Dame
Kelly Holmes including Charlotte
Browning (Aldershot, Farnham and
District), Dani
Christmas (Crawley), Sian
Edwards (Kettering), Hannah
England (Oxford) and Non
Stanford (Swansea Harriers). |
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