Year 9 Pupil Mia Walker Ranked First in the North West for Hurdles thumbnail image Year 9 Pupil Mia Walker Ranked First in the North West for Hurdles Published on 27th April 2021

We are very proud of Year 9 pupil Mia Walker who is currently ranked 4th best in the UK for the 300 metres with a time of 42.16 and a personal best of 42.00, placing Mia 2nd best in the north west for the 300m. Mia is also ranked number 3 in the UK for the 75 metre hurdles with a time of 12.19 and a personal best of 11.95, which ranks her No 1 in the North West!

Mia training weekly training programme is as follows:

Monday          Strength and core 40 minutes session
Tuesday          Track 400/800m session for 1 hour
Wednesday    Track session for 1 hour 30 minutes short hurdles and long hurdles
Thursday        Long Hurdles for the 1st hour then 800m for the 2nd hour
Friday              Rest Day
Saturday         Competition or hurdles/block starts 1 hour
Sunday            10k easy run with endurance squad.

We are all looking forward to seeing Mia in hurdling action at Abbey Gate College as she has only recently joined the college in Year 9.