Indoor Championships Success
After last weeks XC success this weekend saw the Sunday League cancelled so the focus turns to the UK Age Group and British Masters Indoor Championships as well as road racing.
Indoor Track and Field
England Athletics U20, U17 and U15 Indoor Championships, Sheffield, 10-11.2.24
We had 3 young athletes competing at the British Age Group Indoor Championships with some great performances. Last years bronze medalist Magdeline Paitoo won her 300m heat but despite improving her time in the semifinals was outside the top 6 that progressed to the final.
Both our hurdlers did make the final. Gabriel Edwards who is in his first year of this age group and significantly smaller than his competitors recorded a PB in the heats making his first national final where he finished 8th but recorded another PB. In the U17’s Montana Dennis recorded.a PB in the Heats and despite being last at the first hurdle recovered to finish 4th just 0.1s outside the medals.
Well done to all 3 and coach Israel with things looking good for the outdoor season ahead.
300m
H4 1st Magdeline Paitoo (U17W) 41.12
S/F 3rd Magdeline Paitoo (U17W) 40.97
60mH (U17M)
H1 2nd Montana Dennis (U17M) 8.29 PB by 0.01s
Final 4th Montana Dennis (U17M) 8.35
60mH (U15B)
H2 3rd Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 9.18 PB by 0.02s
Final 8th Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 9.16 PB by 0.01s
Newham 60m Sprint Series 60m, Newham, 14.2.24
Hx 5th Jeffrey Chu 7.41
British Masters Indoor Championships, Lee Valley 17-18 February 2024
Adrian Day reports:-
“Heathside’s masters were in action again at Lea Valley indoor track this weekend. Nearly 600 athletes descended on the Edmonton venue from around the country and beyond: Heathsiders produced some notable performances.
In the absence of an actual official pentathlon Adrian Essex (M70) decided to construct his own melange of five events resulting in a gold in the 60m hurdles (13s), silvers in the long jump (4.05m) and shot put (8.49m), bronze in the high jump (1.21m) and a 30.38s in the 200m. Don’t try and follow Adrian at a championship - he’s usually doing two events (or more) at the same time (luckily for event schedulers few athletes are as ambitious or multi-talented as he).
Adrian Day (M65) managed a gold in the 400m (helped by two or three faster guys dropping out at the last minute) in 69.97s, a bronze in the 200m in 29.95s (despite stumbling off the infamous last bend step) and a 9.50s in the 60m
Mike Salousti (M60) notched 29.93s in the 200m and just missed out on breaching the 9s mark in the 60m with a time of 9.08s, whilst Ivan Ross (M45) achieved a 29.35s in the 200m and 65.58s in the 400m
And finally youngster Israel Nworgu (M35) took home a silver with a long jump of 5.39m and a bronze in the 60 hurdles (13.56).
It all bodes well for Heathside in the up-coming Vets League (but we’ll need many more competitors of course)”
60m
V60 H2 4th Michael Salousti 9.08
V65 H2 4th Adrian Day 9.50
200m
V45 H2 4th Ivan Ross 29.35
V60 H1 6th Michael Salousti 29.93
V65 H1 2nd Adrian Day 29.95
V70 F 4th Adrian Essex 30:38
400m
V45 H1 5th Ivan Ross 65.58
V65 F 2nd Adrian Day 69.97
60mH
V35 F 4th Israel Nworgu 8.92
V70 F 1st Adrian Essex 13.00
High Jump
V70 3rd Adrian Essex 1.21m
Long Jump
V35 2nd Israel Nworgu 5.39m
Road Racing
RunTrough Chase the Moon 5km/10km, Olympic Park, Stratford 14.2.24
5km
3rd Emily Clarke 18.20
Hampton Court Half Marathon, Thames Ditton, 18.2.24
1st O Garrod (Belgrave) 66:27
15th Edward Samuel (V45) 75:32
66th Dylan Luke 1:25.03
172nd Holly Fenton (V35) 1:32.07 PB
174th Thomas Godec (v40) 1:29.18
237th Alex Straight (V35) 1:35.45 PB
598th Marie-Claire Gallagher (V35) 1:40.35
Friday Night Under the Lights, Battersea Park, 14.2.24
46th Kader Sayed 15.32
RunThrough 5/10km Victoria Park, 11.2.24
10km
35th Benjamin Hall 39:57 PB
Half Marathon
3rd Alexander Fokas 1:12.37 PB
10th Will Willis 1:18.38
68th Miyuki Okubo (V40) 1:28.07
Parkrun
Parkrun
Ninety Seven Heathsiders ran in park run last Saturday. Congratulations to the 3 who placed 1st Peter Gould (Ally Pally 18:01), Lily Woolcock (Hackney Marshes 19:51) and Chiara Borg (Lordship Rec 21:03). Full results can be found here.