Harrison Smith Sporting CV

Harrison Smith

Track & Field

Harrison Welcome GPA 4.0

NCAA 1606516832

ACT

30

SAT 1390

New SAT

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Why a college coach should choose you? What can you bring to a college? Why do you want to attend university in the US? I often find it difficult to explain to people why I love running; they struggle to understand that success emerges not from good intentions but from competition. For me it comes down to the simple idea that the more pain you are prepared to endure, the more successful you’ll be. Of course, to a college coach this is all obvious- hence why I’m desperate to learn from them. However, what I believe makes me unique is my relationship with pain- I love it. I love the searing burn of lactic acid on the last lap, I love collapsing with exhaustion at the end, but the best bit is that it doesn’t get any easier, you just go faster. I apply this philosophy to all aspects of my life and over the past two years I have reaped the rewards, more importantly, however, I feel the incredibly competitive yet unbelievably rounded nature of college life is perfectly suited to helping me to continue to do so.

Harrison Smith : Sporting Elite - Track & Field, 3

High School: Southen High School for Boys Location: Essex US College Start: Fall 2017

GCSES

A-levels

English - A* Maths - A* Chemistry - A* Biology - A* History - A* Geography - A* History - A* French - A* Spanish - A* RE - A*

English - A History - A Physics - A Maths - A

Current Club: Basildon AC 1500M: 4:06 5K 16:04.00 (Road race) 10K 35:18.30 (Road race) Coach: Nick Wetheridge

British Sprint Triathlon Champion 2016 (u20) European Duathlon Silver medalist 2016 (u20) World Duathlon Champion 2016 (u20) Represented England in 800m at World School Athletics Championships 2015 (Wuhan,China-finished 6th).

Represented Essex at National level at XC (2015 and 16), Track & Field (2014 and 15) and Decathlon (2016).

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