Graham Beasley
Graham Alexander Beasley
Born
24 October 1977, Luton, Bedfordshire
Height
1.83m
Weight
85kg
Events
Sprints
Coach
Mike McFarlane
Last updated 24 September 2002
An exceptional talent as a schoolboy, Graham won every 200 metre race available to him in English Schools Championship competition between the years of 1992 to 1996; and representing England at the World Schools Championships of 1994 in Nicosia, Cyprus he came home with a coveted gold medal. At Brunel University, Graham obtained a Bsc Honours degree in Sports Science but while his studies went well, he found that he lost his way when it came to life on the track. Minor injuries, illness and the lack of a guiding hand plagued him and the young sprinter began to feel that he was, perhaps, becoming a forgotten man of athletics.
In 2000 a chance meeting with Julian Golding prompted Graham into a change of direction and before long he had joined Mike McFarlane’s training squad. Practice drills alongside Golding, Jarrett and Chambers soon paid dividends and in 2001 his sprint times began to drop again.
2002 has been Graham’s best year ever with an unbeaten record in BAL 200s, selection for the sprint relay squad at the Commonwealth Games (although he didn’t get a run) and personal records set in 100, 200 and an eye-opening 400 metre split of 46.8 on the last leg of the long relay at the Golden Jubilee Cup Final. Graham is thoroughly pleased to have joined Belgrave and sends his thanks to the team managers, supporters and of course, Sir Eddie.
Personal bests
60m:
6.87
3 Glasgow
13 Mar 1999
100m:
10.63
4r3 Meeting Arcobaleno Atleticaeuropa, Celle Ligure, Italy
26 Jun 2002
10.61w/2.1
2 Cardinal Invitation, Palo Alto, Stanford CA USA
03 May 2002
10.4
1B British Athletics League Division One, Wigan
21 Aug 2002
200m:
20.76
3 Commonwealth Games Trials, Manchester City
16 Jun 2002
400m:
48.4
1r1 Watford Open
29 Aug 2001
Internationals
World Student Games
4x100
6h3 (1999)
4x400
2 (1999)
World Schools Champs
200
1 (1994)
European U23 Champs
200
8 (1999)
Domestic Championships
English Schools Champs
200
1 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
AAA Champs (indoor)
200
4 (1999)
AAA Champs
200
7 (2001), 6 (2002)
Commonwealth Games Trial
200
3 (2002)
SEAA Champs
100
1 (2001)
200
2 (2001)
European Champion Clubs
200
7 (2001), 5 (2002)
4x100
3 (2001), 9 (2002)
British League Division One
200
1, 1, 1, 1 (2002)
Age
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
14
1992
11.5
23.01
15
1993
11.15/10.8w
21.76w/21.8
16
1994
10.93/10.7
22.02/21.32w/21.9/21.3w
50.6
17
1995
10.99/10.8
21.34
18
1996
11.07/10.7w
21.62/21.20w
19
1997
10.81/10.7
21.48/21.20w
20
1998
/10.59w/10.8
21.57/21.38w
21
1999
10.70/10.54w
21.03
22
2000
10.76/10.61w/10.6w
21.57/21.01w/21.6
23
2001
10.65/10.64w
21.18/20.83w
48.4
24
2002
10.63/10.61w/10.4
20.76
Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.