UBSport athletes honoured at Aviva Athletics Awards 2010

University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) alumni Hannah England, current student Ed Aston and athletics coach Bud Baldaro have been recognised for their achievements in 2010 at the annual Aviva Athletics Awards. The celebration of athletics throughout the year took place at Loughborough University on Saturday, December 4. Hannah and Ed both received recognition from 'On Camp with Kelly' (OCWK) - a mentoring and education initiative for talented young middle distance athletes founded by Dame Kelly Holmes - and Aviva for their sporting achievements this year, whilst Bud (who coaches Hannah and other UBSport athletes) received the prestigious honour of UK athletics Coach of the Year. Biochemistry graduate Hannah thoroughly deserved the Outstanding Achievement Award following her excellent performances at international championships this year. The 23 year-old, who has been part of OCWK since it began in 2004, won the 1500m title at the Aviva European Trials and UK Championships in June, placed second in the 1500m at the European Team Championships held at Bergen, Norway later that month and finished 10th at the European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona in August. She then went on to be one of the nine UBSport alumni to appear at the XIX Commonwealth Games held in Delhi in October and excelled by taking fourth in the 1500m and fifth in the 800m. However, these awards are also a testament to the fantastic coaching received from Bud and shows why he was a worthy winner of the Coach of the Year.