Age category wins and a strong showing in the Met league at Uxbridge
This week’s race round-up includes the results from the Met League involving the famous river crossing, a strong showing from both the juniors and seniors, with several age category wins. There was also the Valencia marathon and qualification for a world championships in Nice for Jo Irwin, and much more…
Contents
Met League 3, Uxbridge, 2.12.23
Lee Valley Indoor Open, Lee Valley, 3.12.23
ESAA XC Cup, Woodbridge School, 2.12.23
UKA Cross Challenge, Liverpool, 25.11.23
SEAA Combined Events Championships, Lee Valley, 25-26.11.24
British Masters 5K championships, Battersea 03.12.23
Hyrox, London Excel, 25.11.23 – 26.11.23
Met League 3, Uxbridge, 2.12.23
Simon sent in the following report from the latest Met league cross-country race at Uxbridge:
Junior Report
The cold weather did not put off a good showing by the clubs young athletes on Saturday. With wins for the Junior Women and individual win for Rory Willis in the U13 Boys. The U11 Girls were 2nd while the Junior Men and U13 Boys were both 5th. The Junior Women anchored by Amy Kirk's 6th place was particularly impressive given all are U15 with Rosa and Caitlin both stepping up from the U13s last year.
Senior Report
The annual challenge of ski slopes and river crossing saw both mens and womens teams secure 3rd places at Uxbridge. Retuning Rebecca Piggott secured 2nd place with Jessica Prior 9th.Lily Woolcock 17th before a flurry of finishers in the 30s saw us finish on 319 pts just 21 behind VPH&TH and TVH. Sarah Swinhoe and Caroline White were both first in age groups.
Highgate dominated the Men's race however Seyfu's 4th place was followed by George Gurney in 9th and shortly afterwards Kader Seyed. Tom Aldred was the races first Vet home with Bob Gould 1st V85.
U11 Boys (2,000m 45 finishers)
1st D Pascal (SBH) 6:57
34th Dominic Jenkins 8:51
Team:- 1st SBH 156 pts, 17th London Heathside 12 pts
U11 Girls (2,000m 31 finishers)
1st S Davies (TVH) 7:51
6th Edith Deakin 8:02
11th Imogen Wraight 8:31
12th Livia Belkin 8:40
Team:- 1st WG&EL 74 pts, 2nd London Heathside 64 pts
U13 Boys (3000m 51 finishers)
1st Rory Willis 11:05
11th Charlie Nicolson 11:42
35th Nathan Greta Bekele 13:48
Team:- 1st WSE&H 186 pts, =5th London Heathside 109 pts
U13 Girls (3000m 39 finishers)
1st E Ponkratieva (SMR) 11:51
37th Amba Coleman 15:54
Team:- 1st St Mary's Richmond 128 pts, 14th London Heathside 3 pts
Junior Men (5000m 90 finishers)
1st L Dunham (Herts P) 13:09
21st David Baah Okyere 14:19
26th Ennio Kaloukian (U15B) 14:36
58th Tam Mergia (U15B) 15:43
65th Artie Feeny Willings 15:48
Team:- 1st SBH 338 pts, 5th London Heathside 252 pts, 25th London Heathside B 26 pts
Junior Women (5000m 49 finishers)
1st J March (U15G) (Barnet) 14:23
6th Amy Kirk (U15G) 15:19
10th Kiara Corkin (U15G) 16:01
11th Rosa Cormacain (U15G) 16:03
17th Caitlin Roberts (U15G) 16:49
22nd Lettice Gundry (U15G) 17:13
29th Ivy Gray (U15G) 17:54
Team:- 1st London Heathside 156 pts, 2nd SBH 146 pts
Senior Women (8km 190 finishers)
1st A Gummow (Herts P) 29:33
2nd Rebecca Piggott 31'41.58 A
9th Jessica Prior 32'39.08 A
17th Lily Woolcock 33'12.86 A
31st Chiara Borg 33'54.49 A
34th Sarah Swinhoe (FV50) 34'11.70 A Vet A (1st VW50)
35th Millie Barnes 34'13.49 A
40th Ciera Kennedy 34'44.92 B
43rd Emily Reichert (FV40) 34'56.74 B Vet A (7th VW40)
45th Francesca Stocco 35'07.39 B
58th Olivia Lukasewich 36'16.39 B
61st Emma Simpson 36'22.58 B
68th Emily Clarke 37'21.49 B
71st Genevieve Weston 37'33.05 C
83rd Joanna Cramoisan (FV45) 38'08.05 C Vet A (8th VW45)
87th Jennifer Wing 38'17.24 C
88th Alysia Sawicka 38'20.14 C
91st Alexandra Houston 38'24.64 C
107th Annabel Judd (FV55) 40'03.55 Vet A (3rd VW55)
111th Tanya Addison (FV50) 40'23.86 Vet B (6th VW55)
113th Ella Inwald 40'33.83
125th Kimberli Butler 41'23.92
132nd Caroline White (FV65) 42'04.86 Vet B (1st VW65)
134th Jaqueline Wastell (FV60) 42'32.83 Vet B (1st VW60)
164th Marianne Gibson (FV55) 45'27.17 Vet B (9th VW55)
Team:-
Div 1:- 1st VPH&TH 340 pts, 3rd London Heathside A 319 pts, 7th London Heathside B 180 pts
Div 2:- 1st Herts Phoenix 300 pts, 4th London Heathside C 223 pts
Vets Div 1:- 1st Trent Park 118 pts, 3rd London Heathside A 99 pts,
Vets Div 3:- 1st London Heathside 50 pts
Senior Men (8km, 382 finishers)
1st A Lepretre (Highgate) 24:45
4th Seyfu Jamaal 0:25'40.49 A
9th George Gurney 0:26'33.21 A 11th Kader Seyed 0:26'42.83 A
20th Tom Aldred (V40) 0:27'19.52 A Vet A 1st V40
23rd Yann Sevestre 0:27'42.39 A
28th James Wooldridge 0:28'10.05 A
38th Abel Woldegiorgis (U20) 0:28'27.24 A 4th U20M
41st Peter Gould 0:28'33.58 A
54th Ismail Abukar 0:29'01.70 B
94th Darryn Hillson 0:30'31.83 B
113th Filippo Minelle 0:30'59.24 B
115th Ben Jacobs 0:31'00.74 B
124th Alex Sweet (V40) 0:31'10.11 B Vet A 12th V40
127th Sammy Keenan 0:31'16.74 B
129th Jordan Marshall 0:31'17.92 B
135th Mihaly Jeles 0:31'33.52 B
139th Janak Subberwal (U20) 0:31'38.95 C
154th Jamie Morris (V45) 0:32'20.17 C Vet A 10th V45
163rd Etienne Daries 0:32'40.02 C
165th Sam Williams 0:32'42.67 C
179th Kwasi Agyei-Owusu (V40) 0:33'14.05 C Vet A
190th Joel Northcott (V40) 0:33'32.24 C Vet B
193rd Luke Pike-Mullins (U20) 0:33'40.70 Vet B
195th Rob Shulman (V55) 0:33'44.74 Vet B 3rd V55
196th Leonard Martin (V40) 0:33'46.39 Vet B 24th V40
201st John Flahive (V55) 0:33'55.02 Vet C 4th V55
208th Matt Beard (V50) 0:34'03.14 Vet C 6th V50
213th Matthew Cockerill (V50) 0:34'12.80 Vet C 7th V50
222nd Francis Cruiziat 0:34'36.42
226th Chris Hartley (V55) 0:34'54.02 Vet C 6th V55
244th Harry Owrid 0:35'44.11
253rd Liam Hazelton (V40) 0:36'10.02 39th V40
271st Lee Connor (V55) 0:36'51.67 14th V55
278th Federico Forti (V40) 0:37'09.39 41st V40
281st Christopher Greenwood 0:37'24.21
289th Marcus Tillotson V50 0:37'44.14 19th V50
295th Leo Pemberton V45 0:38'02.99 37th V45
298th Tony Killilea V55 0:38'08.77 18th V55
360th Andrew Owen V55 0:42'48.61 29th V55
380th Bob Gould V80 0:51'38.17 1st V80
Team:
Division 1:- 1st Highgate 1477 pts, 3rd London Heathside A 1245 pts, 11th London Heathside B 450 pts
Division 2:- 1st VP&TH B 1218 pts, 8th London Heathside C 582 pts
Vets Div 1:- 1st Serpentine 341 pts, 3rd London Heathside A 273 pts, 9th London Heathside B 146 pts
Vets Div 2:- 1st VP&TH B 257 pts, 7th London Heathside C 135 pts
Lee Valley Indoor Open, Lee Valley, 3.12.23
Simon Baker sent in the following report from Lea Valley:
“The first indoor open saw a big contingent of Heathsiders head to Lee Valley with many stepping up an age group for the first time. Loads of PBs were set including 3 new Club Records Sam Brown (U17M 300m), Trey Corlis (u20M 60mH) and Ivy Paitoo ( U15G SP). Trey's record broke Ricardo Beckford'smark set in 2006.”
Results
60m Men
Rd 1
H2 3rd Oscar Hall (U20M) 7.46
H4 3rd Mikel Alexander (U17M) 7.54
H4 4th Montana Dennis (U17M) 7.61
H5 4th Mohamed Kamara 7.51
H6 1st Malakai David McKenzie Callum (U17M) 7.66
H6 5th Tristian Willhoft-King (U17M) 7.90
H10 5th Luca Rozzo (U17M) 8.35
Rd 2
H3 6th Oscar Hall (U20M) 7.53
H4 4th Mikel Alexander (U17M) 7.55
H5 1st Malakai David McKenzie Callum (U17M) 7.50
H5 6th Montana Dennis (U17M) 7.62
H7 2nd Tristian Willhoft King (U17M) 7.81
H10 1st Luca Rozzo (U17M) 8.20
60m Women
Rd 1
H3 2nd Magdeline Paitoo (U17W) 8.15
H9 5th Elizabeth Awodigede (U17W) 9.48
H11 2nd Myla Miller (U15G) 8.46
Rd 2
H2 5th Magdeline Paitoo (U17W) 8.17
H5 5th Myla Miller (U15G) 8.46
H10 3rd Elizabeth Awodigede (U17W) 9.34
300m
Men
H1 4th Sam Brown (U17M) 37.00 PB New Club Record
H2 2nd Oscar Hall (U20M) 38.49
H2 5th Thomas Wassermann (U20M) 39.89
Women
H1 2nd Magdeline Paitoo (U17W) 41.97
H3 1st Imani Quamina (U20W) 43.35
H5 2nd Ivy Paitoo (U15G) 45.01
H6 4th Lana Lawrence (U17W) 49.43
H7 1st Edith Waites (U15G) 47.87
60mH (Sen/U20M)
Rd1
H1 3rd Trey Corlis (U20M) 8.39 PB New Club Record (Riccardo Beckford 8.53s 2006)
H2 1st Israel Nworgu (V35) 8.85 New Club V35 Record
H2 2nd Thomas Wassermann (U20M) 8.88
Rd2
H1 3rd Trey Corlis (U20M) 8.43
H2 1st Thomas Wassermann (U20M) 8.93
H2 2nd Israel Nworgu (V35) 9.00
60mH (U20W)
H2 3rd Imani Quamina (U20W) 9.75
H1 2nd Imani Quamina (U20W) 9.50
60mH (U17M)
H2 2nd Malakai David Mckenzie Callum (U17M) 8.97
H1 4th Montana Dennis (U17M) 8.68
H1 3rd Montana Dennis (U17M) 8.59
H1 7th Malakai DDavid Mckenzie Callum (U17M) 8.98
60mH (U15B)
H1 1st Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 9.46
H1 3rd Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 9.57
60mH (U15G)
H1 6th Matilda Barrand (U15G) 10.29
H3 1st Matilda Barrand (U15G) 10.27
Shot Putt (6kg)
Thomas Wassermann (U20M) 10.51m
Shot Putt (3kg)
Ivy Paitoo (U15G) 8.78m New Club Record
Kyra Smith (U17W) 7.10m
Rhoswen Keeping (U15G) 6.63m
Matilda Barrand (U15G) 6.40m
ESAA XC Cup, Woodbridge School, 2.12.23
Simon Baker sent the following report from the ESAA XC cup race:
“Issy, Millie and Amaya took part in the ESAA Cross Country Cup final at Woodbridge School in Suffolk. This is the UK's premier inter Schools Cross Country competition, The girls all produced solid runs in very cold conditions to help their school take the Team Bronze medal.”
Senior Girls (3.8km 134 finishers)
1st R Flaherty (U20W/Bingley) 14:24
41st Issy Watkins (U17W) 16:19
48th Millie Watkins (U17W) 16:44
60th Amaya Shankardass (U17W) 16:59
Valencia Marathon, 03.12.23
There was a big turn-out for the Valencia marathon last Sunday. Jonathan Hilling led Heathsiders home in a speedy 2:33:01, whilst Celine Bradley (2:59:42) and Tina Bergman (3:01:55) ran huge PBs.
729 Jonathan Hilling 02:33:01
1136 Christopher Gracie 02:37:57
2117 Jake Spencer 02:45:58
5203 Celine Bradley 02:59:42
5422 Spencer Baker 03:01:10
5663 Tina Bergman 03:01:55
5725 Valentin Valeanu 03:02:20
5935 Khushbaht Abdulloev 03:04:26
6216 Jamie Sullivan 03:05:55
7320 Katherina Bradshaw 3:10:29
7429 Stephen Barron 03:11:27
8118 Owen Smith 03:13:19
8634 Barou Francois 03:16:07
12843 Emily Eldred 03:35:10
UKA Cross Challenge, Liverpool, 25.11.23
U20 Men (6.7km, 154 runners)
1st H Dover (SBH) 20:10
99th Oliver O'Connor 22:29
SEAA Combined Events Championships, Lee Valley, 25-26.11.24
U17Men Hepthalon
DNF David Malakai McKenzie Callum 2925 pts
60m - 7.51s - 710 pts
LJ - 5.35m - 451 pts
SP - 9.17m - 436 pts
HJ - 1.54m - 419 pts
60mH - 9.01s - 744 pts
PV - 2.13m - 165 pts
1000m – DNS
British Masters 5K championships, Battersea 03.12.23
James Hurrell ran in the Birish Masters 5K champioships, coming 3rd:
3 James Hurrell 15:29 (2nd V35)
Hyrox, London Excel, 25.11.23 – 26.11.23
Congratulations are due to Jo Irwin who excelled (no pun intended 😊) at the recent Hyrox event at the London Excel, winning a spot in the world champs next year. Here’s her report
“I did my first ever Hyrox event at London ExCel where I had a blast. Hyrox is a newish hybrid fitness racing competition consisting of 8km running, each 1km run immediately followed by a functional fitness station, then into the next 1km run and so on. Stations are 1000m ski erg. Sled push 50m sled pull 50m, 80m burpee broad jumps, row 1000m, farmers carry 200m, sandbag walking lunges 100m and 75 wall balls. The result qualified me for the Hyrox World Champs in Nice next year where I’ll have to perform in the Pro weights category (where everything gets much heavier!)
Women’s Open Category
1 hr 23 mins 7th in AG 50-54
Parkruns
Sixty two Heathsiders braved the cold damp weather last week to run in parkrun. Congratulations for first place finishes go to Annabel Litchfield (20:29, Old Showfield), Gareth Creagh (16:39, Lordship Rec). Full results can be found here
Compiled by Emilia with thanks to Simon Baker, James Hurrell, Valentin Valeanu, Jacob Howe, Adrian Essex.
Photo: Caroline White