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2025

BUCS Cross Country: 

  • Men's A team – 16th​

  • Women's A team - 13th​​

  • Men's B team - 13th

  • Women's B team - 8th

BUCS Indoors​:

  • Grace Morgan - 4th 60mH (new club record)

  • Nahbi Odeh - 5th triple jump

  • Iris Courtney - 7th 1500m

  • Lauren Hill - 11th TJ

  • Georgia Palmer - 9th 3000m

BUCS Outdoors:

  • Dafydd Jones - 1st 10,000m (broke his own club record!)

  • Estelle Roots, Isabella Wigley, Charlotte Williams, and Issie Tustin - 2nd 4x100m (new club record)

  • Isabella Wigley, Estelle Roots, Issie Tustin, and Grace Morgan - 5th 4x200m (new club record)

  • Iris Courtney - 10th 1500m

  • Dan Galloway - 12th 1500m

  • Lauren Hill - 12th TJ

  • Ben Vervicks - 7th 400m hurdles

Further congradtuations to Dafydd Jones, Rachel Duckworth, and Ethan Estbean for their norminations for Sportsman of the year, Sportswoman of the year, and Most improved sportsman of the year respectively at the AU ball this year!

 

 

2024

BUCS Cross Country: 

  • Dafydd – 7th (highest ever CUAC)​

  • Ciaran – 9th​

  • Men's A team – 5th​

  • Women's A team - 14th​​

BUCS Indoors​:

  • Otis – 5th pole vault​

  • Womens 4x200m - 5th ​

  • Nils – 7th Ambulant LJ

BUCS Outdoors:

  • Dafydd – 2nd 10,000m (club record)​

  • Grace – 5th 100mH​

  • Nicola – 5th Javelin​

  • Nahbi – 6th TJ​

  • Nils – 6th Ambulant LJ​

  • Lauren – 8th TJ​

  • Womens 4x100 – 4th and new record​

  • Men's 4x400 – 5th and new record​

 

2023

BUCS Cross Country: 30th Lauren Cooper, 18th James Heneghan, 22nd Ciaran Lewis, 39th Alex Jackson, 58th Aaron Enser. Women's team 13th, men's team 4th overall.

 

BUCS Indoors: BUCS champion 1500m James Heneghan. BUCS bronze medallist 1500m Emily Lowery. BUCS bronze medallists women's 4x200 Lucia Gifford-Groves, Grace Morgan, Matilda Robinson, Louisa Stoney. 4th place ambulant 60m Nils Rehm. 4th place 100mH Grace Morgan. 6th place men's 4x200 team. 7th place long jump Rory Howorth. 8th place 3000m Lauren Cooper.

 

BUCS Outdoors: BUCS bronze medallist hammer throw Ffion Palmer. BUCS bronze medallist James Heneghan 5000m. 4th place ambulant 400m Nils Rehm. 4th place 1500m Emily Lowery. 5th place steeplechase Ciaran Lewis. 5th place womens's 4x400m Louisa Stoney, Emily Lowery, Maisie Jeger, Grace Morgan. 6th place triple jump Nahbie Odeh. 6th place 100mH Grace Morgan. 6th place women's 4x100m relay. 7th place men's 4x400m relay.

 

2022

BUCS Outdoors: BUCS champion long jump Che Richards. Bronze medalist ambulant long jump Nils Rehm. 4th women's 4*100m relay Millie Fakande, Grace Morgan, Teresa Iannetelli and Bex Roots. 5th javelin Beth Moule. 5th hammer throw Ffion Palmer. 5th Nils Rehm ambulant 100m. 6th men's 4*100m relay Tom White, Che Richards, Jonny Knox, Nahbi Odeh.

 

BUCS Indoors: BUCS champion 1500m James Heneghan. Silver medalist long jump Che Richards. 4th ambulant long jump Nils Rehm. 5th ambulant 60m Nils Rehm. 6th 3000m Sam Tyas. 7th 3000m Lauren Cooper. 8th 1500m Emily Lowery. 8th 60m hurdles Grace Morgan. Bronze medalist mascot race Rory Howorth.

 

BUCS Cross Country: 26th Lauren Cooper. 33rd Ben Miles. 39th Sam Tyas. Women's team 11th, Men's team 19th.

 

British outdoors: 7th heptathlon Grace Morgan. 800m James Heneghan. British indoors: 5th 1500m James Heneghan. 7th ambulant 60m Nils Rehm. Tokyo Olympics: In the 1500m, Jake Heyward won his first heat in 3.36.14, then secured his place in the final as fastest qualifier with a PB of 3.32.82, before coming 9th in the Olympic final.

 

2021

No BUCS Championships

 

British outdoors: John Howorth, James Heneghan, Beth Moule, Grace Morgan

 

 

2020

BUCS Outdoors Cancelled

 

BUCS Indoors: Silver medalist 3000m Lauren Cooper. Silver medalist 1500m James Heneghan. Bronze medalist 400m Esther Adikpe. 5th 1500m John Howorth. 5th 3000m Jonny Hopkins.

 

BUCS Cross Country: 25th Lauren Cooper. 27th James Heneghan. Men's team 19th.

 

(Above) - the four CUAC athletes at the 2020 British Athletics Championships, photo credit Cardiff University Sport

 

CUAC Athletic Union awards

 

Beth Moule – Sportswoman of the Year 2021 – Javelin thrower and Pharmacy student from 2020 – 2023.

 

Jake Heyward – Sportsman of the Year 2021 – made his Olympic debut in Tokyo, qualified for the Olympic 1500m final with a new PB, and during the year broke the 35-year-old Welsh record for the mile & the 31-year old Welsh 1500m record.

 

Sam Tyas – Most Improved Sportsman of the Year 2022 – improved his 5k PB by over a minute, 6th at BUCS Indoors in the 3000m, and received a sports scholarship to St. Mary's College in California

 

Dom Coy – Sportsman of the Year 2022 – third place at World U20 Triathlon Championships, then part of a silver-medal winning Welsh mixed triathlon relay team at the Commonwealth Games

 

Emily Lowery - Sportswoman of the Year 2023 - bronze at BUCS Indoors 2023 and 4th at BUCS Outdoors after a season of dramatic improvement.

 

CUAC Records

These records are the best known marks that the Club is aware of as of May 2025 - if you know of a better result, please let the club know by sending an email to athletics@cardiff.ac.uk. Records are counted if they were achieved in the time between joining Cardiff University and the end of the summer following graduation. No wind assisted (greater than 2 m/s) or hand timed results are allowed. For a complete set of records, including the date and time the mark was set, see the Full CUAC Records.

 

Womens records (name and mark)

Event Name Mark
  Track and Field  
60m Hannah Thomas 7.6i
100m Hannah Thomas 11.76
200m Hannah Thomas 24.02
400m Caryl Granville 55.02i
800m Emily Lowery 2.10.63
1500m Abigail Howarth 4.23.93
Mile Emily Lowery 5.01.40
3000m Lauren Cooper 9.38.70
5000m Alaw Beynon-Thomas 16.39.13
10000m Camilla Barnes 36.18.2
60mh Grace Morgan 8.48
400mh Caryl Granville 57.61
110/100mh Caryl Granville 13.77
3000m SC Lauren Cooper 10.20.03
Ambulant 60m no known result  
Ambulant 100m no known result  
Ambulant 200m no known result  
Ambulant 400m no known result  
Ambulant Long Jump no known result  
Pole Vault Sally Peake 4.42i
High Jump Lauren Evans 1.72i
Long Jump Lauren Evans 5.71
Triple Jump Megan O'Sullivan 12.01
Hammer throw Toni Wells 55.81
Javelin throw Bethany Moule 50.34
Shot Put Sarah Boyles 13.80i
Discus throw Toni Wells 39.54
Dec/Heptathlon Lauren Evans 5254
4x100 Estelle Roots, Isabella Wigley, Charlotte Williams, Issie Tustin 46.95
4x200 Isabella Wigley, Estelle Roots, Issie Tustin, Grace Morgan 1.41.74
4x400 unknown athletes 3.55.38
     
  Road  
1 mile Lauren Cooper 5.08
5km Lauren Cooper 16.39
10km Lauren Cooper 34.46
10mile Lauren Cooper 59.32
Half Marathon Lauren Cooper 78.34
Marathon Lauren Cooper 3.12.38
  Other  
Chunder Mile Sarah Lavendar/Lucy Hegarty 9.33
Cardiff Parkrun Alaw Beynon-Thomas 17.23

 

 

Mens records (name and mark)

 

Event Name Mark
  Track and Field  
60m Daniel Brooks 6.85i
100m Daniel Brooks 10.55
200m Lemarl Freckleton 21.55
400m Jonathan Knox 48.49
800m Jake Heyward 1.46.47
1500m Jake Heyward 3.32.82
Mile Jake Heyward 3.52.15
3000m Jake Heyward 7.55.17
5000m James Heneghan 14.01.54
10000m Dafydd Jones 29.48.42
60mh no known result  
400mh Will Parkinson 57.24
110/100mh Owen Jones 15.03
3000m SC Jonathan Hopkins 08.36.50
Ambulant 60m Nils Rehm 7.50i
Ambulant 100m Nils Rehm 11.5
Ambulant 200m Nils Rehm 24.1
Ambulant 400m Nils Rehm 57.93
Ambulant Long Jump Nils Rehm 5.32i
Pole Vault Nathan Gardner 4.90i
High Jump Rory Howorth 1.85
Long Jump Che Richards 7.61
Triple Jump Nahbi Odeh 14.74
Hammer throw Matt Lasis 62.98
Javelin throw Matt Lasis 38.32
Shot Put Matt Lasis 13.45
Discus throw Matt Lasis 46.18
Dec/Heptathlon ? ?
4x100 Patrick Calhoun, Marcus Bayona-Martinez, Lemarl Freckleton, James Griffiths 41.99
4x200 Tom White, Rory Howorth, Will Parkinson, Jonathan Knox 1.30.67
4x400 Sam Tempest, Connor Hood, Will Parkinson, Tom White 3.21.85
     
  Road  
1 mile Andrew Wright 4.21
5km Jonathan Hopkins 13.54
10km Jonathan Hopkins 29.01
10mile Paul Graham 51.42
Half Marathon Ciaran Lewis 65.17
Marathon Paul Graham 2.24.56
  Other  
Chunder Mile Mike Gaunt 6.10
Cardiff Parkrun Paul Graham 14.50

 

Sub 4 minute milers

Jake Heyward – 3:52.15 (21/08/2021, Eugene Diamond League)

John Howorth – 3:59.59 (14/07/2021, University of Birmingham Track & Field Series)

James Heneghan – 3:59.78 (14/07/2021, University of Birmingham Track & Field Series)

 

National records

Jake Heyward –  Welsh 1500m - 3:32.82 (05/08/2021, Tokyo Olympics semi-final)

Jake Heyward –  Welsh Mile - 3:52.15 (21/08/2021, Eugene Diamond League)

Ben Miles – U20 Welsh 10k road - 30:00 (24/10/2021, Newport 10k) (awaiting ratification)