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King’s College London Athletics, Running & Cross Country Club

Information Pack 2016/17

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Welcome from the President Welcome to the King’s College London Athletics, Running & Cross Country Club. You have joined a club full of history makers. In fact, just by joining you have helped us make history as we move to our new home at Southwark Park Athletics Centre. This is the newest chapter in a story that stretches back 149 years. In 1867, our students were among the founders of the United Hospitals Athletics Club and the University of London Athletics Club – two of the world’s oldest athletics clubs. In more recent history, King’s Student Dina Asher-Smith has broken the British 60m, 100m 200m and 4X100 records and won the European 200m Championship. She competed at this year’s Olympic Games and finished an astonishing 5th in the 200m final. Our club has also been at the forefront of establishing the governing body of university athletics in London, London Universities and Colleges Athletics (LUCA) and the pan-London alumni club, Motspur AC. In 2015, our club won the inaugural London Colleges Athletics Series (LCAS; now, LUCA Outdoor Series). Our history makes us strong but our culture of cohesion and inclusiveness makes us even stronger. Everyone is welcome to train and compete with us. It doesn’t matter what level of ability you’re at. You may never have run on a track before. We’ll teach you to conquer the burn. You may never have picked up a javelin before. We’ll teach you how to release it with strength. You may not have run cross-country before. We’ll teach you how to love the mud. It doesn’t matter if you have a disability – be it mental or physical. Our club is a safe space for anyone who wants to give athletics and running a go. We will support you no matter what your aim is. Maybe you want to get healthy and lose those summer pounds. Our Bootcamp run and circuits are perfect for that. Perhaps you want to train hard and win a BUCS medal. Our track and field coaches will get the best out of you. Maybe you just want to make friends and get fit in the process. At King’s Athletics you’ll find your sporting and social home. So on behalf of the committee, welcome (or welcome back!) to your home of athletics, running and cross country at King’s College London.

James Findon, Kings Athletics President 2016-2017

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A history of the club There is a rich history of athletics at King’s College London and our medical schools. When university athletics started in London, it was dominated by the medical schools. In 1867 the six London medical schools (including King’s, Guy’s and St Thomas’s) formed the United Hospitals Athletics Club which later became incorporated into the University of London Athletics Club. The United Hospitals Club held an annual competition for the ‘United Hospitals Athletics Shield’. The shield has been awarded since 1867 and the current holders are Imperial Medics. As a constituent college of the University of London, King’s students trained and competed for the University of London (UL). For many decades, training was held at UL’s athletics stadium at Motspur Park. King’s student still had the opportunity to compete for King’s in the annual University of London Athletics Championships (ULAC) and in the cross-country league, the London Colleges League. Both competitions are still going strong today.

Guys Athletics with the UH shield in 1967

But, in the early 1990’s UL sold Motspur to Fulham FC, who converted the space into a football training ground. Without a track, membership of the club nose-dived. In response to the lack of athletics and running provision, many of the UL colleges established their own athletics/running clubs. At the turn of the millennium, a group of King’s students founded ‘KCL Running’. Training was held twice a week in Regents Park. But by 2009, the club was struggling to get more than ten members. In response, President Glenn Barden rebranded the club as ‘KCL Athletics and Cross-Country’ and successfully recruited over 30 members. The transition to a fully functioning athletics club had begun. Yet, the University of London Athletics Club continued to recruit athletes to represent them at BUCS. This was considered by many as a barrier to the growth of the college clubs. In 2014, UCLU Athletics Club withdrew their athletes from UL and decided to compete under the UCLU banner at all major Former President, Theo Irvine representing UL

competitions. King’s followed suit in 2015.

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The club’s decision to enter BUCS as King’s was coincidently tied to the arrival of some high performance athletes at the University. British sprinters, Dina Asher-Smith, Laviai Nielsen and Shona Richards and British mountain runner, Max Nicholls brought with them renewed attention on athletics at King’s.

Kings athletics before a LCL race in 2013

This, combined with the club moving to Parliament Hill Athletics Track in 2014, resulted in the club being granted ‘Focus club’ status by King’s Sport. This gave the club additional support and funds to bring in coaches. Within the same year, some club members recognised that the lack of track and field competition for university athletes made it difficult to build a squad. King’s students James Findon, Emma Reynolds, Calvi Thompson, Mimi Corden-Lloyd and Ed Trump worked with UCLU and Imperial students to found the London Colleges Athletics Series (LCAS). King’s won the inaugural series title but lost to UCLU in 2015-16.

King's win the inaugural LUCA Outdoor Series in 2015

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In 2015, the club moved to Battersea Park Athletics Track and started coached sessions for jumps, throws, sprints and distance. With over 70 members, the club entered its first squad into BUCS cross-country, BUCS indoor and BUCS outdoor championships. Also in 2015, the club was instrumental in founding the London Universities and Colleges Athletics (LUCA) – a federation of 20 London University athletics clubs charged with the responsibility to manage the competitions and promote the sport within the higher education sector in London.

King's Athletics at BUCS Outdoor Championships 2016

LUCA took over the organisation of all competitions unique to London university clubs, including LCAS which has since been rebranded as LUCA Outdoor Series. Today, the club is in a strong position to provide coaching for almost every athletics discipline. We have a new partnership with Southwark Council which grants us co-residence status of Southwark Park Athletics Centre. This has enabled us to work with our community partners, London City Athletics Club. The club is one of the fastest growing university athletics clubs in the whole of the UK. We continue to make history and 2016-17 will be no exception.

Club goals for 2016-17 As a club, we have set the aim to;     

Win the LUCA indoor championship Win the United Hospitals Shield Finish in top three teams in both men and women’s LCL team standings Win the LUCA Outdoor Series Send even bigger teams to BUCS XC, Indoor and Outdoor Championships

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Contents Welcome from the President .................................................................................................................. 2 A history of the club ................................................................................................................................ 3 Your 2016/17 Committee Members ....................................................................................................... 7 Training Schedule .................................................................................................................................. 10 Training Plans ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Training venues ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Competition dates ................................................................................................................................ 12 Inclusive Athletics ................................................................................................................................. 13 Selection Policy ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Kit .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Socials.................................................................................................................................................... 18 Weekend Training Camp ....................................................................................................................... 19 Great King’s Run.................................................................................................................................... 20 King’s Move ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Get involved with LUCA ........................................................................................................................ 22 LUCA services for you ........................................................................................................................... 23 Communication ..................................................................................................................................... 24 Social Media .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Contacts ................................................................................................................................................ 25 Awards & Colours.................................................................................................................................. 25 Alumni ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Summer training and Competition ....................................................................................................... 28 Membership Pricing .............................................................................................................................. 29 Useful Definitions.................................................................................................................................. 30

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Your 2016/17 Committee Members President: James Findon [email protected] James is a 3rd year PhD Neuroscience student and level 2 athletics coach. James first joined the club during his MSc in 2013. Before turning to athletics, he rowed at the University of Kent as well as serving on their committee and coaching novice rowers. James works with KCLSU and King’s Sport to organise the running of the club. He is also President and founder of London Universities and Colleges Athletics (LUCA).

Treasurer: Joseph Shaw [email protected] Joseph is a 3rd year Theology BA Student. Joe is a keen cross-country and steeplechase athlete. He won Gold in the 2016 LUCA outdoor series 3K steeplechase. Joe is responsible for the financial dealings of the club. Contact him for reimbursements.

Sprint and Hurdles Captain: Max Arzt-Jones [email protected] Max is a 2nd year German BA student, and has the assistant coach qualification, helping coach the sprints and hurdles events. Max joined the club as a performance scholar in 2015. In his role as Sprint and Hurdles Captain, Max is also responsible for the development of the King’s Athletics Talent Programme.

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Distance Captain: Jonathan Burton [email protected] Jonathan is a 3rd year Computer Science student. This is Jonathan’s third year in the club and second year as distance/cross-country captain. Jonathan focuses on the 800m on track and is also the entries secretary for the LUCA outdoor series.

Social Runner Captain: Francesca Ashworth [email protected] Fran is a 2nd year political science student. This is Fran’s second year in the club. She helped the team to win the LUCA London Colleges League (XC) and won the LUCA indoor championships 800m. She reached the semi –finals in the 800m in BUCS indoor and outdoor championships. She won Gold in the LUCA outdoor series 800m. Fran leads our social running sessions, including the Bootcamp run and BeActive Halls runs.

Field Captain: Louise Pech [email protected] Louise is a 2nd year law student. Her primary event is the long jump but she has been seen to compete in sprint events too! Louise is our field captain and therefore she looks after both the jumps and throws squads. Despite these squads being the newest to our club, Louise is passionate to nurture and develop them. In fact, our field squad brought back two of our three medals from BUCS Outdoor Championships (Rob Sutherland; Triple Jump & Lawrence Goodacre; Shot Put).

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Social Secretary and Media Officer: Harry Browning [email protected] Harry is a 2nd year Political Economy student. In his role as Social Secretary he is in charge of organising social events for the club, such as the Christmas party and the AGM. Additionally, as Media Officer he runs the club’s social media network and the club website, helping to further the reach of King’s Athletics. Harry is a keen member of the sprint squad, focussing on improving his PBs and competition rankings in the 100m and 200m. He was part of the 4X200 team that won Gold at the LUCA indoor championships and the 4X100 team that won Gold at the LUCA outdoor series.

Welfare and Inclusivity Officer: Carey Hollick [email protected]

Carey is a second year midwifery student. Carey is head of welfare and inclusivity. She is responsible for making sure that everyone enjoys their time in the club. Her role as inclusivity officer means she is responsible for making the club more inclusive and open to minority groups. She also helps to coordinate inclusive athletics sessions. She is the first person to contact with any complaints or welfare orientated issues regarding the club. Also, Carey is involved in the throwing events: discus, shot put and javelin. She came 2nd in javelin in the LUCA outdoors series. Her goals are also to train with the sprints team to get in better shape and to continue to do all of the throws events. She had not been in track and field since high school in America in 1986 and wanted to get back into it last year. This will be her second year in the club.

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Training Schedule Day

Session

Time

Location

Monday

Residence Run

19:00 19:00 19:00

Champion Hill Great Dover Street Stamford Street

Tuesday

Track & Field

19:00

SPAC

Wednesday

Bootcamp Run

14:00

Guys: West Wing Reception Strand: Macadam Reception

Thursday

Track & Field

19:00

SPAC

Friday

Circuit Training

17:30

Guys, West Wing, Activity Room 1

Saturday

Hills & Breakfast Social

09:30

Denmark Hill Station

Captains sometimes organise additional training at the weekend which may include strength and conditioning, track or hill training. Your athletics membership gives you access to all these sessions for free. Social membership gives access to Residence Run, Bootcamp Run and circuit training only. Social members can try out track and field twice for free. You can purchase a ‘top-up’ membership to convert your social membership to athletics membership.

Training Plans Squad specific training plans are on our website; http://kingsaxc.com/squads/ Over the last five years, our captains have worked with coaches and performance coordinators to develop state of the art training plans for the majority of athletics disciplines. These plans incorporate track/field sessions and strength & conditioning sessions. The plans are not compulsory, but we recommend that you follow them in order to get the best out of yourself.

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Training venues Southwark Park Athletics Centre (SPAC) SPAC is our new home from October 2016. The multimillion pound refurbishment of the track was completed with funds from Southwark Council and the National Lottery Olympic Legacy Fund. The track was planned to open in the summer of 2015, but construction issues caused the track to be delayed until September of this year. The club house is still under redevelopment and won’t open until May 2017. Temporary facilities are available at the track. There are no long throws available until summer 2017. Southwark Park Athletics Centre Southwark Park, SE16 2PE Transport: Surrey Quays, Canada Water, Bermondsey.

Bootcamp Run Guys Meet Point: West Wing, Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond London SE1 9RT Strand Meet Point: Macadam Reception, The Macadam Building, Surrey St, London WC2R 2NS

West Wing, Guy’s Campus West Wing, Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond London SE1 9RT Transport: London Bridge, Borough, Buses to London Bridge and Borough High St.

King’s Sport Gym King's College Waterloo Campus, Stamford St, London SE1 9NQ. Transport: London Waterloo, Buses to Waterloo.

King’s Sport Performance Gym Basement Level, The Macadam Building, Surrey St, London WC2R 2NS Transport: Temple, Buses from the Strand. 11

Competition dates October LUCA London Colleges League (XC) 1: Wednesday 19th, 15:00, Parliament Hill Fields November LUCA London Colleges League 2 (XC): Wednesday 2nd, 15:00 Mitcham Common This Girl Can: Thursday 10th LUCA London Colleges League 3 (XC): Wednesday 16th, 15:00 Wimbledon Common LUCA Indoor Championships: Sunday 27th, 13:00 December London Student’s Run: Sunday 4th, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park January 2017 LUCA London Colleges League 4 (XC): Wednesday 25th, 15:00, Alexandra Palace February BUCS XC Championships: Saturday 4th, Sheffield. BUCS Indoor Championships: Friday 17th – Sunday 19th March LUCA London Colleges League 5 (XC): Wednesday 1st, 15:00, Bushy Park LUCA Outdoor Series, Stage 1: 18th or 19th April LUCA Outdoor Series, Stage 2: Sunday 16th BUCS Outdoor Championships 29th – 1st May May LUCA Outdoor Series Final: Saturday 27th LUCA AGM and Awards Night: Sunday 28th

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Inclusive Athletics Athletics is one of the most inclusive sports. Everyone who comes to our club should expect a good experience, despite any physical or mental disability that may be present. We strive to make sure that all our sessions, socials and competitions are inclusive. If you are a student with a disability of any sort, you should not be put off from joining King’s Athletics. Our club actively considers and addresses barriers faced by disabled athletes. Our inclusivity representative on the committee is Carey Hollick ([email protected]). To request the club make an adjustment to make access easier for you, please contact Carey. The club has also applied for funding to disability sessions at Southwark Park. This will enable us to bring in specialised coaches for wheelchair racing, blade racing/jumping and throws etc. Blind Runners Members who are blind or are partially sighted may require a guide runner. If you have your own guide runner, the guide runner can join the club for free. Please email [email protected] with the guide runners name and K number. If you require a guide runner, the club has funding to train a member to take the course. We will advertise the need for a guide runner and fund them to train as a guide. Please email [email protected]) to start this process. Ambulant & Seated athletes requiring additional equipment Some athletes with physical disabilities will require equipment such as blades, wheelchairs and throwing frames in order to practice their sport. If you require additional equipment, please email [email protected]. The club will do everything in its power to fund additional equipment.

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Selection Policy Events that require no selection procedure*;    

LUCA London Colleges League (XC) LUCA Indoor Championships (Excluding relays) LUCA Outdoor Series (Excluding relays) Hyde Park Relays (Except when an odd number of athletes apply)

*The club does reserve the right to refuse entry to an athlete who breaks clubs rules and/or persistently fails to turn up to training and/or competitions without a valid excuse.

At BUCS Indoor and Outdoor championships, the club is allowed to enter two athletes per gender into each event. If more than two athletes wish to be entered, ALL must satisfy a qualifying standard. The standard is generally quite high, and therefore it is likely that no athlete could reach it. Therefore, we tend to select just two athletes per event. We also have to select teams for relays. At LUCA competitions, we enter as many relays as there are willing athletes. This sometimes results in us having to disappoint some members (e.g. if 6 athletes want to compete). The following guidelines set out how the committee makes selection decisions for relay teams and other events which require selection. General selection guidelines Selection is based on; 1) Performance in recent races 2) Consistent appearances at training sessions 3) Ability to commit to training ahead of the race We may also consider; 1) Performance in training 2) Personal bests In exceptional circumstances the Captain may hold a trial to assess an individual’s fitness. Decision making The squad captain has the responsibility of making selections. The decision can be extended to the committee if the captain cannot make a final decision. Selection for BUCS events must be made six weeks before the event. Selection for LUCA events must be made two weeks before the event.

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Kit This year, the club has changed kit provider and teamed up with Under Armour. We hope you like our new vests as much as we do! We’ve bulk ordered a set of vests that will be on sale in October. We will also open a kit window to order other items (shorts, hoodies, tee’s, etc.). This window will be open from; 3rd October- 16th October. We will open another kit window in December. Kit is compulsory at BUCS events and strongly advised at LUCA events.

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These items will have ‘Kings Athletics’ on the back and under the crest.

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Vest, Bra and Knickers:

Hoodies, shorts, shirts and jacket.

www.kingsaxc.com/kit

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Socials Socials throughout the Year There will be a number of socials over the duration of the year which will be confirmed closer to the date with more details. All are welcome to our socials and we do not pressure members into drinking. Socials are a great opportunity for the squads to come together and meet each other. Athletics Christmas Dinner The annual Christmas Dinner will take place in early to mid-December and gives us the chance to come together as a club and celebrate with a nice meal. AGM and end of season celebration Towards the end of the year, the club hosts an annual general meeting (AGM) where the new committee is elected and amendments to the constitution are voted on. The AGM is linked with our end of season celebration and awards ceremony.

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Weekend Training Camp Building on the huge success of two weekend training trips last year with UCL, the club is happy to announce we will be going to Stratford-Upon-Avon in November! This beautiful little English town was the birth place of William Shakespeare. The quaint town is located in Warwickshire and has some lovely long distance runs through the countryside. There is also a track for our sprint and field squads. Key Information: Venue: Stratford-Upon-Avon Dates: Friday 11th-Sunday 13th November 2016 Squads: All squads invited Price: To be confirmed, but expected £60 for travel (train), accommodation and food. Places: Limited to 40

Accommodation at Stratford-Upon-Avon

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Great King’s Run This year, the club is hosting a mass participation run for King’s students and staff. The run is being organised by the club and the money raised used to subside the training weekend. Therefore, everyone coming on the training weekend will be asked to marshal the Great King’s Run. Key Information: Venue: Strand Campus Route: From Strand campus, heading to Westminster Bridge before heading east along the Southbank towards Guys campus. From there, over London bridge and along the embankment and finishing back at Strand campus. Dates: Saturday 19th November, 1030 Price: Free to all students and staff What will I do if I volunteer? The club is hosting this event in partnership with KCLSU and King’s Sport. They are paying the club to provide a service (i.e, to organise and execute this run). Hence, there are many roles we need to fill in order to make this a success. Roles include: preparing the race packs (bib numbers, water bottles), marshalling the course, timekeeping, first aid, results processing and leading the warmup/cool down. What if I want to run? The great King’s Run is more about encouraging non-runners to get into running, but we appreciate some members might want to participate too. If we fill our volunteer requirements, people will be encouraged to run. Some of the volunteer jobs are actually to run it! Although you’ll be holding our music players from the Bootcamp run!

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King’s Move King’s Move is a platform that rewards you every time you exercise - at King’s, or elsewhere! Designed for all of the King’s community and powered by HiMotiv.com, the King’s Move web app enables you to sync your fitness trackers (including Strava, Runkeeper and mapmyrun) or wearable tech to earn Move points every time you exercise. You can exchange collected points for rewards on campus and further afield, whether this is a hot drink with King’s Food, discounts at KCLSU bars, or even offers on new sports gear. Additionally, if you check in during activities such as BeActive sessions or visits to the King’s Sport Health and Fitness Centre, you will also earn additional points. Put simply - move more to get more! What rewards can I earn? King’s Move rewards are varied, but include a vouchers and offers from a wide range of high street and online retailers and sports brands, alongside a host of exclusive King’s merchandise, products and discounts. Ultimately, the choice of what to redeem is yours, just remember, the more you move, the more you get! Want to begin collecting rewards yourself - sign up in 3 easy steps: Step 1: Go to the King’s Move sign up page Step 2: Enter your details, making sure to use your @kcl.ac.uk email address. This is to ensure being recognised as a King’s user. When happy, click enter to validate. Step 3: Welcome to your home dashboard. To begin collecting points, get started by syncing your wearable tech or fitness trackers by going to the My Account icon, and clicking on Getting Started.

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Get involved with LUCA London Universities and Colleges Athletics (LUCA) is the student and alumni run organisation that acts like a governing body for university athletics in London. Our club plays a key role in LUCA with members sitting on various organising committee and our President, James serving as LUCA’s president. LUCA is a really exciting, innovative and ground-breaking organisation. No other sport has its own region and university specific governing body. Hence being involved in LUCA can give your CV a real boost. There are lots of ways of getting involved in LUCA in various different ways. We’ve outlined a few here;

Join the News Desk LUCA has a news desk for students to write about anything athletics related. Articles are published on the front page of the website: www.london-athletics.com. Many of our members have contributed to the news section. This is a really great opportunity for members interested in journalism, editing and media. Contact Emma Butcher ([email protected]) for more information.

Volunteer at Events It is a requirement that we provide a certain number of volunteers to help LUCA events. These include; XC League Races (LCL), Indoor Champs, Outdoor Series, This Girl Can and the London Student’s Run. Volunteering at these events is always an incredibly fun and rewarding experience. Plus, it can help your CV!

Attend the council The council is where big decisions about LUCA’s competition and development programmes are made. Representatives from all 20 LUCA clubs come to discuss ideas and vote on proposals. All members are welcome to come and be part of the discussion. See http://www.londonathletics.com/about/council/ for more information.

Join a committee LUCA activities are organised through sub committees that have a specific task (i.e, organise the Outdoor Series). You can get involved in these committees and help organise events by emailing [email protected].

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LUCA services for you In addition to providing competitions, LUCA provides services for individual members of clubs. These include;

£15 Sports Massage LUCA’s partnership with the North London School of Sports Massage (NLSSM) brings you £15, one hour sports massages https://www.facebook.com/groups/1540000406327821/?fref=nf . Simply join the group, request a massage and get offers.

Sportsshoes.com discount code Sportsshoes.com offers a 10% discount and free delivery on all orders from it’s website for LUCA members. The discount code changes each month and gets posted in the Facebook group. Keep an eye out for it!

Officials Training All clubs have to provide at least two officials for the Indoor and Outdoor Series. To help, LUCA pays for club members to be trained as officials. It doesn’t take long and it looks great on your CV. Keep an eye out for more details.

Coach Training LUCA regularly releases funding for club members to get trained to coach running and athletics.

Volunteer opportunities This year, LUCA is starting a ‘LUCA in the Community’ scheme. This will see club members volunteer to provide athletics in schools across London.

Strava Club If you use Strava to track your activity, make sure you join the LUCA club and see what other London students are getting up to!

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Communication Sunday newsletter Every Sunday, the President sends a newsletter to the club. These emails contain important information about training, competitions and socials.

Facebook group We encourage members to post in our facebook group to encourage each other with training pictures and motivational quotes (cue our ‘Head of Motivation; Colin Philips!). From time to time, information from the Sunday newsletter will get reposted in the facebook group.

Facebook Events For big events such as competitions, socials and weekends away, we may set up a Facebook event. This is simply so we can communicate more directly with attendees of the specific event.

Social Media Instagram Check out training and race pictures on our Instagram account; kingsaxc

Twitter Mention @KCLrunning in your training and competition tweets!

Facebook Join our facebook group and make sure you follow Kings Sport too! Other accounts to follow; https://www.facebook.com/londonuniversitiesathletics/ https://www.facebook.com/BUCS/?fref=ts https://twitter.com/luca_athletics https://twitter.com/Team_KingsSport

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Contacts General enquiries: [email protected] England Athletics Registration: [email protected] Welfare, inclusion and complaints: [email protected] Reimbursements: [email protected] Strength and Conditioning & Performance: [email protected] LUCA: www.london-athletics.com BUCS: www.bucs.org.uk

Awards & Colours The club has a series of awards to recognise the outstanding achievements, contributions and sportsmanship of our members. We also award colours and half colours to members who have performed at a high standard. Our awards are; Best Male XC Athlete

Best Female Field Athlete

Best Female XC Athlete

Most Improved Male

Best Male Track Athlete

Most Improved Female

Best Female Track Athlete

Colin Philips Superstar Award

Best Male Field Athlete See http://kingsaxc.com/awards-2/ for a list of previous winners.

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The club also awards colours and half colours to athletes who have performed at a high level.

Full Colour Measured performance:  

1 "A" standard or 2 "B" standards in different events or in the same event in different championships

Positions and championships:    

BUCS medallist in any discipline or BUCS finalist (if reached through progressing through rounds) or top 30 men or top 20 women at BUCS Cross Country or top 10 men or top 5 women times at any university series relay race

Half colour Measured performance:  

1 "B" standard OR 2 "C" standards in different events or in the same event in different championships

Positions and championships:   

BUCS progression through one round, even if final is not reached OR top 100 men or top 70 women in BUCS Cross Country OR Top 25 men or top 10 women in university relay race series

Measured performance standards:

MEN (A, B, C)

WOMEN (A, B, C)

60m (i) ( 7.10, 7.30, 7.50)

60m (i) (8.0, 8.3, 8.7)

100m (10.9, 11.5, 11.7)

100m (12.4, 13.2, 14.0)

200m (22.1, 23.5, 24.5)

200m (25.3, 26.9, 30.00)

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400m (49.5, 52.5, 53.5)

400m (58.0, 62.0, 68.0)

800m (1:53, 1:59, 2:03)

800m (2:14.0, 2:22.0, 2:40.0)

1500m (3:54, 4:08, 4:15)

1500m (4:37, 4:58, 5:20)

3000m (8:35, 9:00, 9:15)

3000m (10:00, 10:40, 11:40)

5000m (track or road) (15:00, 15:45, 16:25)

5000m (track or road) (17:40, 19:00, 20:30)

10000m (track or road) (31:40, 33:20, 35:00)

10000m (track or road) (37:00, 39:00, 42:00)

5 miles (road) (25:20, 26:20, 27:20)

5 miles (road) (29:30, 31:00, 32:30)

10 miles (road) (53:30, 55:00, 57:00)

10 miles (road) (62:00, 65:00, 68:00)

Half marathon (road) (73:00, 75:00, 77:00)

Half-marathon (road) (1:24.00, 1:30.00, 1:36.00)

Marathon (road) (2:45.00, 2:50.00, 2:55.00)

Marathon (road) (3:00.00, 3:30.00, 3:50.00)

60mH (8.5, 8.9, 9.5)

60mH (i) (9.2, 9.6, 10.00)

110mH (15.7, 16.6, 18.6)

100mH (15.4, 17.4, 20.0)

(200mH (25.3, 27.00, 28.00))

300mH (48.0, 50.0, 52.00)

400mH (56.00, 59.00, 62.00)

400mH (65.5, 73.0, 80.00)

3000m SC (9:27, 10:15, 10:45)

2000mSC (7:15, 8:00, 8:30)

Long Jump (6.85, 6.20, 5.80)

3000mSC (11:00, 12:30, 14:00)

Triple Jump (13.90, 12.50, 12.00)

Long Jump (5.45, 4.90, 4.40)

High Jump (1.95, 1.80, 1.65)

Triple Jump (11.35, 10.20, 9.00)

Pole Vault (3.85, 3.00, 2.80)

High Jump (1.63, 1.45, 1.35)

Shot (13.20, 11.00, 10.00)

Pole Vault (2.80, 2.20, 1.60)

Javelin (55.00, 45.00, 35.00)

Shot (11.00, 8.75, 7.50)

Discus (40.75, 32.00, 26.00)

Javelin (37.00, 28.00, 18.00)

Hammer (44.75, 35.00, 25.00)

Discus (35.50, 27.00, 20.00) Hammer (38.00, 25.00, 19.00)

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Alumni One of the best things about our club is that once you’ve left university, you can stay part of the club! That’s because we’ve worked with the other LUCA clubs to set up our alumni club, Motspur AC. Motspur is a club for all students and former students of LUCA affiliated clubs. That means you’ll meet and compete with students and ex-students from across London. See www.motspurac.com for more information.

Summer training and Competition The summer training and competition programme is operated by Motspur AC. Current students can joint Motspur for a discounted rate of just £10.

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Membership Pricing Athletics Membership: £40 This is our standard membership option which includes all members’ benefits including training and competition entry. It also entitles the holder to entry in our London Marathon ballot. The holder can apply for free England Athletics membership.

Social and Affiliated membership: £15 This membership is for social runners and athletes who train elsewhere but want to compete for King’s. This membership entitles the holder to our Bootcamp run and Friday circuits, but not to track sessions. It also covers race entry.

Joint Triathlon Membership: £TBC This membership is for budding triathletes! You’ll get access to all sessions held by the Triathlon club, cycling club and the athletics club.

All membership packages are available to purchase by visiting www.kclsu.org and searching ‘athletics’.

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Useful Definitions LUCA

London Colleges Athletics Series

Kings AXC

King’s Athletics and Cross Country

KCLSU

King’s College London Student Union

GKT

Guys, King’s and St Thomas’s Medical School

BUCS

British Universities and Colleges Sport

LCAS

London Colleges Athletics Series (Now: LUCA Outdoor Series)

LCL

London Colleges League: (LUCA Cross Country League)

ULAC

University of London Athletics Championship

UL

University of London

UH

United Hospitals

LCAC

London City Athletics Club

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