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| Full Name: |
Laura
Kenney |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Born: |
198?
(Blackpool) |
| Lives: |
Sutton
Coldfield |
| Club: |
Royal
Sutton Coldfield |
| County: |
West
Midlands |
| Coach: |
Margaret
and Ian Riley |
| Event: |
Middle/Long
Distance, Cross-country |
| Family: |
Sister:
Olivia |
Personal Bests:
| 800m |
2:12.7 |
21
Aug 2005 |
Tamworth |
| 1500m |
4:19.78 |
10
June 2006 |
Watford,
GBR |
| 3000m |
9:20.79 |
22
May 2005 |
Loughborough,
GBR |
| 5000m |
16:12.29 |
25
June 2005 |
Solihull,
GBR |
| 5kmR |
16:58 |
2003 |
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2002
Laura had a
splendid season in 2003, improving first to 9:33.78 and, after 2nd in the AAA
U20s, to 9:29.71 when third on her junior international debut against Italy. She
then won the English Schools in 9:31.68 and was fourth at the European Juniors
in 9:29.80. She was also Midland champion at 1500m. She had earlier had an
excellent cross-country season with 2nd in the Midlands, 8th CAU and 4th
National at U20 level as well as 3rd at the English Schools. She won the junior
CC race at Birmingham, confirming that form with fourth in the trials race at
Liverpool before 29th at the European Championships on the gold-medal winning
junior team
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National XC |
Ashton
Court, Bristol |
U17 |
6th |
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English Schools XC |
Chelsmford |
Senior girls |
6th |
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English
Schools Track & Field |
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3000m |
senior girls |
9:49.07 |
5th |
2003
At the English Schools Cross-country
Laura hung onto the strong leaders to finish in the Bronze Medal position behind
Cornwall's Dani Barnes and Dorset's Charlotte
Moore.
Laura
had a splendid season in 2003, improving first to 9:33.78 and, after 2nd in the
AAA U20s, to 9:29.71 when third on her junior international debut against Italy.
She then won the English Schools in 9:31.68 and was fourth at the European
Juniors in 9:29.80. She was also Midland champion at 1500m.
Laura took the Silver medal
at the first ever Flora Light Challenge in Birmingham in 16:58, behind Susan
Partridge.
 Laura
won the U20s
race at the Reebok Challenge in
Birmingham, in a time of 17.16 ahead of Dani
Barnes.
Laura
was 4th in the U20s
race at the Reebok Challenge in Sefton Park, Liverpool, in a time of
14.41.
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European Cross-country
Pre-race: Euro
xc: "I
am absolutely amazed I was fourth in the Trial. Racing in Edinburgh will be a
step for me on the way to being recognised.”
Laura was ??th in the Junior
race at the European Cross-country in Edinburgh.
Laura said:
“I think I had a bit too much left at the end. I expected the
race to go off fast. I liked the hill best. I would have preferred it if we had
gone up it a few more times!”
Great Britain
took the team Gold medal.
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2004
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Laura
won the U20s race at the Reebok Challenge in
Cardiff, in a time of
18:12.
After
maintaining a furious pace to win by 47 seconds, Kenney explained: “I
knew it would be a fast start because it’s such a flat course. Suddenly I was
in the lead, so I kept pushing on.”
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| Pre-race:
The Junior Women’s race will feature Laura Kenney (Loughborough
Students) who was part of the Gold medal winning GB Junior Team at last
year’s European Cross Country Championships and Claire
Holme (Ipswich Harriers), who was a member of the Norwich Union GB
Junior Team at this year’s World Cross Country Championships.
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Laura was
6th in the Under 20s race at the Reebok Cross Challenge race in
Birmingham. |
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Pre-race:
Laura Kenney (Royal Sutton
Coldfield AC), member of the Norwich Union GB Junior Team at last year’s
European Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh also goes in the Under
20 field. Kenney missed out on selection for the European Cross this year,
finishing the trial in sixth place, but probably starts as favourite in
Liverpool in the Under 20 age group.
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Laura was ?th
in the Under 17/Under 20s race at the Reebok Cross Challenge race in
Liverpool.
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Laura ran at the Iris Lotto Crosscup in Brussels on 19th December. She ran as a
Junior woman,
and came in 7th position. |
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Pre-race:
Likely
to challenge is Laura Kenney (Loughborough Students) who was part of the
Gold medal winning team at last year’s European Cross Country
Championships.
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Laura was ?th
in the Under 17/Under 20s race at the Reebok Cross Challenge race at
Parliament Hills in London.
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She was fourth
in the British Universities CC in 2004 and on the track at 3000m set personal
bests when winning in a junior international match and when 6th at the World
Juniors. She won the AAA U20 5000m in 16:45.15 in her debut at the event. She
took over 20 seconds off that time to win the British Universities title in
2005, having won the National Junior CC title two months earlier. She was 3rd in
the British Universities CC in 2006 and outdoors reduced her 5000m best to
16:17.49 and then 16:14.36 (4th AAAs). She made her senior international debut
in the Chiba Ekiden in November.
2005
UK Inter-Countries XC
Pre-race:
Senior
Women’s 4km Championship:
Running:
Last year’s three medallists face a re-match: Kate Reed (Bristol and
West AC) is hopefully over a foot injury sufficiently to put up a fitting
defence of her title; last year’s Silver medallist Lisa Dobriskey
(Ashford AC) proved her form by winning the British Students Indoors 3000m
in 9:08 last weekend; Bronze medallist Freya Murray (Edinburgh) is a
former European Junior medallist for Norwich Union GB.
Among
the other contenders, Hattie Dean (Radley AC) is in the form of her life
having won the British Students’ Cross Country title and the National
Silver medal; former Inter-Counties Under 20 Silver medallist Aine Hoban
(Wakefield Harriers) is a student at Nottingham University and ideally
placed to have done her homework on Wollaton Park’s vagaries; Laura
Kenny (Royal Sutton Coldfield) won the English National Junior title a
fortnight ago; Getenesh Tamirat (Belgrave Harriers) was seventh in the
European Trials over 5km at the Reebok London Challenge in November and is
stronger over shorter distances; and Katrina Wootton (Bedford and County
AC) won Inter-Counties medals at every age group as a teenager – Gold as
an Under 13 in 1999, Gold as an Under 15 in 2000, Silver as an Under 17 in
2002 and Silver as an Under 20 in 2004.
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Laura
was 5th in the senior women's 6km race in Cardiff. |
| 16-year-old
Emily Pidgeon (Gloucester AC) broke away from English National
Cross Country Bronze medallist Hattie Dean (Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield
just after halfway and won in 19:46. Dean was second in 19:54 with
Challenge Series leader Kate Ramsey (Charnwood AC) third in 20:09; recent
Norwich Union GB Junior international Claire Holme (Ipswich) fourth in
20:14; Norwich Union GB Under 23 international Laura Kenney (Royal Sutton
Coldfield) fifth in 20:21; veteran Wendy Jones (Cirencester) sixth in
20:29; six-times Welsh long course Champion Catherine Dugdale (Swansea)
seventh in 20:47; Gemma Turtle (Shaftesbury Barnet) eighth in 20:50 with a
positive run on her move out of the Junior ranks; Clare Martin (Wells
City) ninth in 21:31; and Courtney Birch (Oxford University) tenth in
21:42.
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2006-7 season
| 28th
October |
UK
Challenge |
Birmingham |
Senior |
18th |
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