| 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
editFrom 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
editWakefield was the English Schools Champion in the sprint 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]
She ran a time of of 13.23 seconds to qualify for the final of the 100m hurdles at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester on 29 June 2024. She placed sixth in the final.[10]
Personal life
editIn 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.[11]
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.
- ^ https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7213161?eventId=10229522
- ^ "Ann Arbor to Paris? An Olympic hurdler hopeful is a University of Michigan researcher". Mlive. April 8, 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.