Sara McGreavy

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Sara McGreavy, born 13th December 1983 in Leamington Spa is an English and UK international athlete. Educated at North Leamington Community School and Arts College she excelled at cross-country. After joining the Leamington Cycling and Athletics Club she became interested in 100m hurdles. She won five times at the The English Schools Championships over this distance. Sarah also runs 60m hurdles indoors.

It was however during her time at the University of Bath and Loughborough University where she studied Sports Management that she developed into a world-class athlete. At Bath she was coached by Colin Jackson's former coach Malcolm Arnold.

Sara currently runs for the Sale Harriers athletics club. She is ranked 4th in the UK for 2006 and 23rd best ever in the 100m hurdles. For the 2005/2006 indoor season she is ranked 3rd in the UK in 60m hurdles.

[edit] Major Achievements

Amateur Athletic Association Championships 2005 (July, Manchester, UK): 7th
UK Athletics Indoor Inter City Semi Final 2006 (February, Sheffield, UK): 1st
AAA Indoor Championships 2006 (February, Sheffield, UK): 4th
AAA Championships 2006 (July, Manchester, UK): 2nd
2006 European Championships in Athletics (August, Gothenburg, Sweden): 7th, Semi-Final 2
UK Challenge Final 2006 (August, Manchester, UK): 1st