Charlie Nicolson excels in English Schools Cross-Country champs

Heathside athletes took part in two big events last weekend: the English Schools Cross-Country championships and the Middlesex Indoor championships, and excelled in both. In the cross-country the performance of the day went to Charlie Nicolson who came eight of the 324 finishers, just 19 seconds behind the winner. In the indoor championships two of the best were Carlos Mingoes who ran a PB of 6.98 to win the 60m and U15 Leonard Hewings who broke the club record and his own PB with a throw of 10.57 in the shot-put. Mikel Alexander (U17M 200m) and Gabriel Edwards (U15B LJ) also set new club records.

There were no race pictures this week, so instead here is one from the Wednesday night group:

ESAA Cross Country Championships, Ardingly Showroom, Saturday March 15

Eight of our junior athletes took part in the English Schools Cross-Country championships on Saturday. The outstanding Heathside performance of the day belonged to Charlie Nicolson, who came eighth out of 324 finishers among the junior boys, completing the 1.8-mile course in a nifty 8:41, just 19 seconds behind the winner.

 Results

Junior Boys (1.8 miles 334 finishers)

1st L Blyton (Oxon) 8:22

8th Charlie Nicolson 8:41

193th Alex Kirk 9:42

Intermediate Girls (2.3  miles 328 finishers)

1st K Scott (Surrey) 12:27

202nd Lila Blustin 14:52

Intermediate Boys (3 miles, 326 finishers)

1st E Grime (Grt Manchester) 14:26

38th Sam Turner 15:26

Senior Girls (2.5 miles 302 finishers)

1st Z Gilbody (Shropshire) 13:23

95th Millie Watkins 15:30

105th Issy Watkins 15:36

146th Amaya Shankardass 16:01

Senior Boys (3.8 miles 318 finishers)

1st A Lennon (Surrey) 17:46

124th George Saint 19:37

Indoor Track and Field

Middlesex Indoor Championships, Lee Valley, March 15-16

Thirty-nine of our athletes took part in the Middlesex Indoor Championships at Lee Valley last Saturday and Sunday and they came away with 7 gold medals, 7 Silver and 6 Bronze medals with 32 PBs and one club record.

There were several exceptional performances including Charley Mingoes running a PB of 6.98 to win the senior men’s 60m sprint, William de Cothi running a PB of 4:23.41 to win the men’s 1500, Montana Dennis running a PB of 8.38 to win the men’s the 60m hurdles, Prithvi Rajsharma jumping 1.80m to win the high jump, Thomas Wasserman throwing 10.57 to win the men’s shotput, Leonard Hewings getting a new PB and club record with his throw of 10.57 to come second in the U15 shot-put and Jeane Vellard running a PB of 2:29.51 to come second in the women’s 800m. 

Results

60m

SM

H1 2nd Neo Fujiwara 7.26 Q

H1 5th Kaya Shefik 7.99 PB

H2 4th Muizz Ottun 7.48 PB

H2 5th James Pothalingam 7.79 PB

H3 6th Taha Abdullah (U23) 7.92 PB

H5 1st Carlos Mingoes 7.09 Q

H5 3rd Mohamed Kamara 7.45

H5 4th Elliot Simmons 7.47 PB

H5 6th Paul Egan (V40) 8.40 

SF1 2nd Carlos Mingoes 7.00 PB Q

SF2 4th Neo Fujiwara 7.21 PB 

Final 1st Carlos Mingoes 6.98 PB

U20M

H3 2nd Thomas Wassermann 7.22 PB Q

H3 4th Montana Dennis 7.42

H3 5th Toby Toth-Stevens 7.81

Final 5th Thomas Wassermann 7.17 PB

U17M

H1 4th Malakai David Mckenzie Callum 7.30 PB

H3 2nd Mikel Alexander 7.35 Q

Final 7th Mikel Alexander 7.33

U15M

H2 1st Gabriel Edwards 7.81 PB Q

H2 3rd Zain Yusuff-Phillips 8.04 PB

Final 4th Gabriel Edwards 7.76 PB

U15W

H1 7th Rhoswen Keeping 8.92

H2 6th Darcey Spencer 8.79 PB

H3 1st Myla Miller 8.35 Q

H3 4th Edie Waites 8.76

Final 3rd Myla Miller 8.21 PB

200m

SM

H1 3rd Taha Abdullah (U23) 25.46 PB

U20M

H2 4th Toby Toth-Stevens 24.18 Q

Final 6th Toby Toth-Stevens 24.53

U17M

H2 1st Mikel Alexander 24.32 Q

H2 3rd Adam Chehabeddine 24.97 q

H4 1st Malakai David McKenzie Callum 24.11 Q

SF1 1st Mikel Alexander 23.33 PB =CR

SF1 4th Adam Chehabeddine 25.13

SF2 2nd Malakai David McKenzie Callum 23.71 PB Q

Final 3rd Mikel Alexander 23.29 PB NC=

Final 5th Malakai David McKenzie Callum 23.74 

U15M

H3 3rd Zain Yusuff-Phillips 27.35 PB

SW

H2 3rd Noelle O'Regan (V35) 28.86

Final 5th Noelle O'Regan (V35) 28.58

U17W

H1 3rd Samiyah Wilson 28.23 q

H1 4th  Nicole Stewart 28.41 PB

H1 DNF Ivy Paitoo

H3 5th Zariah Vasconcelos 29.09 PB

H4 3rd Chileshe Gotch 29.87 PB

SF1 4th Samiyah Wilson 28.36 

SF2 DNS Nicole Stewart

U15W

H1 3rd Edith Waites 28.87 PB q

H4 3rd Matilda Barrand 29.62 PB q

H4 4th Skye Murray 34.12 PB

SF1 5th Edith Waites 29.16

SF2 DNS Matilda Barrand

800m

SM

2nd Peter Otto (U23) 2:17.85 PB

SW 

2nd Jeanne Vellard 2:29.51 PB

U17W

Final 3rd Maya Westgate 3:02.38

1500m

SM

1st William De Cothi 4:21.26 PB

2nd Peter Otto (U23) 4:34.36 PB

4th Harry Owrid 4:46.72 PB

60mH

U20M

1st Montana Dennis 8.38 PB

2nd Trey Corlis 8.40

3rd Thomas Wassermann 8.76

U17M

1st Malakai David McKenzie Callum 8.40

U15G

1st Gabriel Edwards 8.93

High Jump

U20M

1st Prithvi Raj Sharma 1.80m

Long Jump

U20M

3rd Prithvi Raj Sharma 5.86m

U15B

2nd Gabriel Edwards 5.41m NCR

Shot Putt

U20M (6Kg)

1st Thomas Wassermann 10.57m

U15M (4Kg)

2nd Leonard Hewings 10.57m PB NCR

SW (4Kg)

3rd Helene Kehoe (V60) 6.50m

U15G (3Kg)

2nd Rhoswen Keeping 7.42m

4th Matilda Barrand 7.12m PB

6th Skye Murray 5.66m PB

Road Racing

Essex 20, Saffron Weldon 16.3.25

68th Edward Samuel (V45) 2:08:17

103rd Daniel Johns (V45) 2:14:22

Run Through Surrey half, Woking, 16.3.25

7th Samuel MacAulay 1:07:12 PB

222nd James Martin (V35) 1:26:33 PB

2,083rd Hongbin Gu (V35) 1:31:19

Zurich Marató Barcelona, Barcelona, 16.3.25

4,085th Miyuki Okubo (VW40) 3:17:32

8875th Amy Gillham 3:42:48 PB

5K Podium Festival 5K, Leicester 15.3.35

65th Jake Evans 15:10

Even Splits York 5k Series, York, 14.3.25

81st Arthur Reed 17:35 PB

Inter-Borough Challenge, Finsbury Park 9.3.25

U17 Women

2nd Kiara Corkin (U17W) 11:53

3rd Ivy Gray (U17W) 12:06 PB

4th Lettice Gundry (U17W) 12:19

U17 Men

3rd Frank Bailey (U17M) 10:09 PB

4th Ephraim Sileshi (U20M) 10:32 PB

5th Joe Skelsey (U17M) 11:04 PB

5th Isaac Silverstone (U17M) 10:48 PB

6th Felix Bence (U17M) 11:12 PB

U15 Boys

2nd Rory Willis (U15B) 10:11 PB

2nd Alexander Rankin (U15B) 11:36 PB

4th James McGuire (U15B) 10:26 PB

U15 Girls

3rd Sky Parke-Antonis (U15G) 12:46 PB

4th Stelli Baker Kokosalaki (U15G) 13:04 PB

U13 Boys

5th Dylan Lewis (U13B) 12:24 PB

9th William Edwards (U13B) 12:45 PB

Parkruns

Ninety-four of our members took part in 34 Park Runs last Saturday. There were wins for Jonny Forsyth in Finsbury Park (17:24), Chloe Wilkenson in Ally Pally (19:48), Eric Beale in Ally Pally (18:20), Alfie Wrigley in Crane Park (19:22) and Amanda Masarati in Peckham Rywe (19:51). Full Heathside results are here

Report by Gavin Evans with big thanks to Simon Baker.