|Jade jumps to glory|
|Around the Academy:
My Dad used to go to the gym at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham and that's how I got to find out about the Birchfield Harriers.
At the age of eight I had tried loads of different events but I soon realised my best was long jump.
And I've been breaking my personal best ever since.
Beating my PB is the thing that keeps me really motivated.
Last year I heard that my club needed athletes for cross country and the sports:hall competition.
I answered the call! And so my team Birmingham headed for the national final which was just amazing.
I was quietly confident. You basically do three events - a jump, throw and a run.
The long jump went OK but I didn't do as well as I had hoped in the shot put.
And in the four lap race I won quite easily. After all that, I still didn't have a clue where I had finished overall!
Dad had tried to work it out and thought I might have made the top three - he told me not to get too excited!
When when the announcer said a "local girl" had won it I started to realise it was me!
Then I really did start to get excited. My friends in the stadium went mad!
I'd love to win Olympic gold in heptathlon one day. I know that's a long way off but the likes of Denise Lewis and Jade Johnson really inspire me.
Being a professional athlete would be amazing, but I'm still realistic enough to think about other jobs if I don't make it.
I'd still want to work in sport though - as a coach perhaps.
Whatever happens I'm going to enjoy it. I don't get too bothered if I lose, as long as I try my best.