The Millfield Way Podcast
Welcome to The Millfield Way, Millfield School's official podcast where students, teachers, coaches and members of our community share insights into their day-to-day lives, as well as the latest developments in education and child development at Millfield School and Millfield Prep in Somerset, UK. Listen on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Ask Alexa to play 'The Millfield Podcast'.
The Millfield Way Podcast
Balancing High Level Sport and Academics with Sixth Form Hurdler Lucy-Jane and Jami
•
Millfield
•
Season 1
•
Episode 6
In the sixth episode of The Millfield Way Podcast, meet seventeen-year-old Millfield hurdler Lucy-Jane, who discusses balancing her high-level sport and academics with classmate Jami.
Lucy-Jane competed in her first national event as part of the senior England team in the 60m hurdles at the Élan Indoor Athletics Meeting in Bratislava at the end of January, and was one of only 46 national athletes to take part in the British Athletics Olympic and Paralympic Futures Programme for 2020, which will prepare her for potential selection for this summer’s 2020 games in Tokyo and the Paris 2024 Olympics.
In this podcast, Lucy-Jane also discusses:
- Her day to day life at school and life as a first-time boarder
- How she came to be at Millfield
- Insights into the Athletics programme and the life of a high-level athlete at Millfield
- Handling pressure and the environment of development at Millfield
Learn more about Athletics at Millfield here.