Personal Bests

800m 2:08.8 (2007), 1500m 4:18.75 (2007), 3000m 9:20.44 (2007)


Involvement with OCWK

Jess joined ‘On Camp with Kelly’ in 2007 and has taken part in the following OCWK events:
Loughborough Educational Camp 2007
Bath Get-Together Weekend 2007
Loughborough Educational Camp 2008
Tonbridge Get-Together 2008
Loughborough Get-Together 2009
Birmingham Get-Together 2010
Tonbridge Training Camp 2010

Jess received an ‘On Camp with Kelly’ Excellent Achievement Award in 2007 in recognition of her participation in the European Athletics Junior Championships. She was part of the OCWK group that competed in the Meeting Lille Metropole in France in June 2007.


Athletics Achievements

7th European Junior 3000m 2007
1st England Under 20 3000m 2007
26th World Junior Cross Country 2007
14th European Junior Cross Country 2006
1st English Schools Inter 3000m 2006
1st AAA Under 17 1500m 2006


2007 Performances

Jess was an easy winner of the 3000m at the Norwich Union England Athletics Under 20 Championships and went on to finish seventh over the same distance at the European Athletics Junior Championships. Earlier in the season she had improved her 3000m best to 9:20.44 and has also set personal bests for 1500m of 4:21.82 and for 800m of 2:08.8. In March she finished 26th in the IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships in Kenya.

Personal Bests set in 2007

800m – previous PB 2:16.6
2:08.8, 2/06/07, Stockport

1500m – previous PB 4:22.87
4:21.82, 15/05/07, Stretford
4:18.75, 30/06/07, Watford

3000m – previous PB 9:24.61
9:20.44, 20/05/07, Loughborough


Introduction to Athletics

Jess qualified for the English Schools Cross Country in 2004 and came 23rd. She enjoyed it so much that she joined the running club a couple of weeks later. In 2005 she had a good cross country season and realised that she had potential and could do even better if she took it a little more seriously.

Jess’s training group under coach Dave Turnbull includes European 800m bronze medallist Becky Lyne.


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