Committee 2020/2021
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George Loxton
Club President
5k/10k/XC
Mathematics
Coming from a background of casual running, having started out at parkrun back in 2014, I had no experience of club running or structured training before coming to university. I'd competed in a handful of track and road races, but since joining BUAC, I have improved drastically, dropping minutes off both my 5k and 10k times.
Jamie Worman
Men's Track & Field Captain
Decathlon
Chemical Engineering
I started athletics when I was 12 after attending an athletics summer camp. I started out as a high jumper but at the age of 14 I took up combined events, after a few separate coaches suggested I give it a try. I completely fell in love with combined events after completing my first pentathlon at top year u15. Then, as they say, the rest is history. I haven't turned back since and my experience in athletics has been incredible. To now be track captain is an amazing experience and I look forward to leading the team into 2021!
Maisie Grice
Women's Track & Field Captain
Steeplechase/1500m/800m/XC
Physiotherapy
I have been doing athletics for around 10 years, and I have participated in every single event possible. Although going to English Schools for multi-events, javelin and cross country, my main event is now 3000m steeplechase, where I represented GB Juniors in 2020. I love taking part in any event, with my favourite event of the year being BUCS track and field, indoor and cross country. In 2020 I loved participating in British Champs and IFAM in Belgium for steeplechase, and I am looking forward to another busy season in 2021 and hope to represent GB again in the future.
Charlie Davis
Men's Cross Country Captain
5k/10k/XC
Dentistry
I’m from Bromley in south-east London, and started out running cross country in primary school before joining my local club Blackheath & Bromley in 2010 aged 11. I continued with athletics alongside football throughout my school years but was never able to make it to English Schools.
I came to Birmingham in 2017 to study dentistry and since joining BUAC I have been fortunate enough to compete at BUCS 4 times, making the final of the steeplechase in 2019 and helping us to a team silver at the 2020 cross country champs.
Maddie Mastrolonardo
Women's Cross Country Captain
1500m/3000m/XC
Sports Science
I’ve been running for about 9 years and it’s always been a big part of my life but joining BUAC when I first got to uni in 2018 is when I really started to properly enjoy running and started to be more competitive. I grew up in a small town so never had a huge group to train with, then I came to uni and suddenly had a huge group of friends to train with which I think is pretty cool.
Luke Okosieme
PR, Media & Kit Officer
High Jump
Modern Language with Business Management
After doing many different sports when I was younger, I started to focus on athletics in 2017 and never looked back. I joined BUAC in 2019. After joining the club, I improved on my High Jump PB by 4cm in the 2020 indoor season, placing 5th at BUCS and 4th at U20 Nationals.
Abby Rex
Social Secretary
800m/1500m
Sport Exercise & Health Science
I started athletics and cross country at senior school at the age of 12, competing for fun. Falling in love with it I then decided to join Basildon Athletics and competed for them and Essex for 7 years before joining BUAC. My experience throughout has been fantastic, even with the ups and downs, and joining BUAC has been one of the many highlights.
Jasmine Clark
Social Secretary
400m hurdles
Ancient History
I started off as a mediocre long jumper then found hurdles as a U17 and fell in love with the 300H, after a breakthrough year coming 4th at English schools and second at the UK school games. Then after a very successful indoor season picking up medals regionally & nationally in 60mH, I picked up a back & hamstring injury which kept me out for the full season. Moving onto 400mH as an U20, I have won Regional medals and at Scottish Nationals. In 2019 I was ranked 6th in UK and the highlight was qualifying and running in my first British Championships.
During my first year at uni I was a member of the Silver medal 4 x 200m relay team at the BUCS indoors event, but sadly due to COVID-19 the rest of the BUCS season was cancelled.
Holly Bankes
Welfare Officer
400m/800m
Sport & Exercise Sciences
I’m going into my third year studying sport and exercise sciences and have been a part of BUAC since day 1 of uni. I have been competing in athletics for 10 years now in both cross country and track. Athletics has been a main part of my life for such a long time and I have well and truly experienced the ups and downs of athletics!
Noah Armitage-Hookes
Welfare Officer
3000m
Material Science & Engineering
I've been running since I started secondary school. I've always like being part of the running club culture. The highlight of my athletics career was jumping 1.27m in the high jump.
