Draft:Isabel Wakefield
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Isabel Wakefield |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 5 January 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Multi-event athlete |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100m hurdles: 13.05 (Manchester, 2023) |
Isabel Wakefield (born 5 January 2000) is a British track and field athlete. In 2023, she became English national champion and UK Championships runner-up in the 100m hurdles.[1]
Early life[edit]
From Barnstaple, Devon, she attended West Buckland School and ran cross country and played netball for her county. She gained undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Duke University.[2][3][4]
Career[edit]
Wakefield was the English Schools Champion in the Hurdles and the Heptathlon in 2015. She scored a personal-best tally of 4996 points to finish in second place at the England Athletics U20 heptathlon in 2017.[5]
In February 2022, she finished second in the ACC Championships and qualified for Duke University for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the pentathlon.[6][7] In May 2023, she finished third at the ACC Championships competing for Duke University in the long jump.[8]
In 2023, she was runner up at the UK Championships in the 100m hurdles, in a time of 13.05 seconds. She then became English national champion in the 100m hurdles in July 2023.[9]
Personal life[edit]
In her academic life she has researched health equity in sports for female athletes, and by 2024 she was a research specialist in Exercise and Health Behavior in the Oncology Laboratory at the University of Michigan.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Isabel Wakefield". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Isabel Wakefield". goduke.com. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Moss, Emily (March 27, 2016). "Isabel Wakefield making great strides". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Heintzelman, Martin (23 January 2023). "'A different level': Duke track and field shatters four programs records at Hokie Invitational". Duke Chronicle. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Women's Track & Field Signs Ten for 2018-19 Campaign". goduke.com. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Wakefield Collects Silver in Pentathlon on Day One of ACC Indoor Championships". goduke. February 24, 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Dahl, Marsh, Wakefield Qualify for NCAA Indoor Championships". Chat Sports. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Hrbek Wins Men's Pole Vault, Campbell and Wakefield Earn Bronze". goduke. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "England Athletics Senior & Para Open Championships, Chelmsford, July 22-23". Englandathletics.org. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Ann Arbor to Paris? An Olympic hurdler hopeful is a University of Michigan researcher". Mlive. April 8, 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.