SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT:

CAMERON –ATHLETIC STAR

Cameron is a current Year 11 student at The Costello School, Basingstoke. He is a talented athlete and has enjoyed numerous successes representing the school in athletics and XC over his five years at Costello. During this time he has won several events at district level including the district XC events and the 800m / 1500m on the track.

As a result of these performances he has represented Basingstoke and Deane on a number of occasions over the years at the county events in Portsmouth and Southampton and has also represented Hampshire Schools too due to good performances at County level.

However, it is in multi-eventing that he really excels. Last year he took the title in the first Hampshire Youth Games Aquathlon at Aldershot and won the event by a large margin to become County Champion.

As a result of good performances in a range of events he was selected to attend a GB Pentathlon World Talent ID training camp at the prestigious Hartpury College, Gloucestershire where he had the opportunity to work with National coaches and other top multi event athletes.

In 2016 & 2017 he was selected to represent GB in the European Triathle championships in Portugal. These events involve continuous running, swimming and shooting. In these championships he picked up silver and bronze medals at European level.

In the summer 2018 he also travelled to Germany to represent GB in the Traiathle European Championships and picked up 7th position and 5th in the relay events.

Despite being under GCSE pressure in his final year at Costello he is still finding the time to train hard and balance that with his studies for his exams. He has recently (November 2018) picked up the bronze medal in the National Modern Biathlon Championships in Leeds, where he achieved a PB in the swim and the run and 3rd position overall against the top athletes in the country.

We wish him well for the season ahead. – Howell Reed, CTL Physical Education, The Costello School.