JANE DAVIDSON is a qualified Athletics Coach – Sprints & Hurdles
She says “I started coaching as a volunteer helper when I was 14 years old. I got my Assistant Coach license as soon as I turned 16. I love coaching. I get great pleasure from working with the kids. I hope they also enjoy having me as a coach”.
A previous gymnast, Jane has been an athlete with Aberdeen AAC since she was 9 years old and holds the club record for the 60m hurdles, 60m sprint and the long jump. She is also one of the four athletes who hold the club women’s record for the 4 x 200m relay. She has a personal best of 12.46 seconds for the 100m and 5.65m for the long jump.
When she started with the club, she tried all athletics events. She liked combined events (pentathlon) and competing in sprinting, hurdles, long jump, high jump and the shot put on the same day.
She says “as a youngster I was probably one of the littlest girls on the start line, but what I lacked in height I had in enthusiasm. I loved competing for the club and at national championships. It wasn’t until I was U15 (under 15 age group) that I won my first Scottish championship medal. By U17 I was winning championship medals in hurdles, long jump and heptathlon (7 events)”.
Jane was Scottish Senior 60m hurdles Indoor Champion in 2019. In 2020 she was Scottish U20 60m and 60m hurdles Indoor Champion. In 2020 she was invited to compete at the British Senior Championships for the first time.
She has represented Scotland at the SIAB Schools International and the Celtic Games.
One of the high-performance athletes in the club, she has been in the Aberdeen AAC Academy since its inception in 2016.
She is currently a student at the University of Aberdeen studying a Bachelor’s degree in Sports & Exercise and Science.
GRACE BRENNAN is a qualified Athletics Coach – Sprints
Grace coaches at the AAAC/ASV recreational sessions. She competes and trains in polevault, hurdles and sprinting. She won Silver at the U20 Scottish Championships in polevault in 2022. She is the current ladies polevault record holder for AAAC.
RHYS PARK is a qualified Assistant Coach
Rhys helps at the AAAC/ASV sessions having previously helped at Northfield satellite. His first sport is basketball and he is currently a Sports and Exercise student. He coaches with Sport Aberdeen and Streetsport also.
JOSHUA CARROLL is a qualified Assistant Coach
Joshua trains and competes for Aberdeen AAC as a sprinter.
JI HONG XUE is a qualified Assistant Coach
Ji coaches at the AAAC/ASV recreational athletics sessions.
COBY KEITH is a qualified Assistant Coach
Coby coaches at the AAAC/ASV community sessions. He is a sprinter and regularly competes.
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