Trey Corlis wins silver medal in English Schools Champs

There were several outstanding performances from Heathside athletes this week, with nine of our juniors taking part in the English Schools Track and Field Championships (Trey Corlis won silver and set a new club record and PB in the 100m hurdles, Elkie Baker won a discuss bronze, Malakai McKenzie Callum won a bronze in the 80m hurdles, Suraya Frost equaled her club record in the 75m hurdles and came fifth in the final, Imani Quamina ran a new PB and club record for a six place in the 80m hurdles and Magdeline Paitoo ran a PB and new club record in the U17 300m). Meanwhile in the South of England U20 championships Matthew Rallinson ran 15:36:82 for a second place. And in the Southern Counties veterans league V35 Asha Osei and V70 Adrian Essex both won their 200m races.

ESAA Track and Field Championships, Birmingham, Friday June 30 & Saturday July 1

Simon Baker reports: Nine of our young athletes took part in the 92nd English Schools Track and Field Championships which returned to the magnificently refurbished Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.  To even get selected is an achievement and the first experience many will have staying away for two nights in a Team environment. 

 Friday's action started with the 75m Hurdles with Suraya Frost matching her PB from last Saturday to qualify in 2nd place for the final.  Elkie Baker was competing in the Junior Girls Discus in testing conditions with a cross wind which saw a big throw blown out of the sector.  With only her last throw she was in 5th place but with the pressure on managed a throw of 31.83m below her recent best but enough to secure a bronze medal.

Back in the stadium Imani Quamina finished 6th in her 80mH heat a PB and new club record.  This was followed by Malakai David McKenzie Callum, who had competed in the ESAA Regional Combined Events Final last week safely came through his heat in 3rd.     The 100mH saw contrasting fortunes with Trey Corlis safely negotiating his heat in 2nd place setting a PB and New Club Record in the process.  Montana Dennis in the 2nd heat was not quite able to match this and finished 5th.

The Inter Girl (U17) 300m is highly competitive event and despite Magdeline Paitoo running a big PB and New Club Record she finished her heat in 5th but as a 1st year U17 she gets another chance next year.  The Junior Boys 800m Heats were also stacked with talent with added pressure that only the first in each heat were guaranteed qualification to the final.   With the first lap in 58s Dylan Mills found the pace hard to live with but still almost matched his PB of 2:06.43. Last year’s 300m champion Sam Brown has had to step up a distance in his first year as an U17.  He started slowly building his speed up as he completed his lap ad rapidly closed on the leaders in the home straight finishing under 50s for the first time taking a massive 1.2s off his PB and setting a new club record only 0.3s slower than the Club's Senior Record.

Saturday was track finals day and we had our own magic half an hour with our 3 track finalists all competing in 45 minutes at lunchtime.   First of all Suraya went in the 75mH and again completed a smooth race  but couldn't quite match her time in the heat finishing 5th.  Next up was Malakai who surged over the last 25 minutes to take third place with well timed dip.  Trey completed  a fine day for the club again surging over the 2nd half of the race to earn the silver medal.

A fantastic haul of three medals and testament to all the hard work of the athletes and their coaches

Friday Results

IG 300m

H2 5th Magdeline Paitoo 40.39 PB by 0.36s New Club Record

IB 400m

H3 5th Sam Brown 49.70 PB by 1.2s New Club Record

JB 800m

H1 9th Dylan Mills 2:06.83

JG 75mH

H2 2nd Suraya Frost 11.46 Q

IG 80mH

H2 6th Imani Quamina 12.18 PB by 0.01s New Club Record

JB 80mH

H2 3rd Malakai David McKenzie Callum 11.63 Q

IB 100mH

H1 2nd Trey Corlis 13.19 Q PB by 0.14s New Club Record

H2 5th Montana Dennis 14.16

JG Discus

3rd Elkie Baker 31.82

Saturday Results

JG 75mH

Final 5th Suraya Frost 11.60

JB 80mH

Final 3rd Malakai David McKenzie Callum 11.63

IB 100mH

Final 2nd Trey Corlis 13.30

 South of England U20 / Senior Inter-Counties, Horspath, Saturday, June 1

 Simon Baker reports that three Heathsiders donned the red and gold of Middlesex at the South of England Inter-Counties.

800m

SM 6th Thomas Archer (U20M) 2:05.32

1500m

SM 5th Matthew Rallinson 4:32.73

SW 4th Lily Woolcock 4:55.03

5000m

SM 2nd Matthew Rallinson 15:36.82

Javelin

5th Marcel Baczek – 38.90m

Gold Coast Marathon, Southport, Australia, Sunday July 2

Keith Burrows ran his second marathon this year and his fifth since the start of 2002, completing the Gold Coast Marathon in 2:53:10. Eleven weeks earlier he ran 2:42:55 in the Boston Marathon and last May he ran a PB of 2:40:25 in Christchurch.

307th Keith Burrows (V45) – 2:53:10

Newham & Beagles Track and Open Meetings Summer Series, Stratford, Friday June 30

100m

A18 3rd Mohamed Kamala 11.73

B14 5th Mohamed Kamala 12.27

Watford Harriers Open Graded Meetings, Watford, Wednesday June 28

1500m

SX3 4th Lee D'Arcy 4:19.39 PB by 5s

SX5 1st Oliver O'Connor (U20M) 4:08.25

SX3B 1st Ennio Kaloukian (U15B) 4:58.29 PB by 10.5s

SX 4B 1st Phoenix Bonhole (U15B) 4:49.55 PB by 3.5s

Run Through Battersea Park Chase the Sun, Battersea, Wednesday June 28

10 km

8th Harry Kleiman 34:32

29th Joseph McKeown (V35) 37:58

Southern Counties VAC League - Herts & North Middlesex Division, Stevenage Monday June 23

Fifteen Heathside veterans, ranging from 35 to 70-plus, took part in the second Veterans League event in Stevenage on Monday. There were first places for Asha Osei in the V35 200m (23.5 seconds), Adrian Essex in the V70 200 (31.9) and an almost first place for Lucie Mauger who was pipped on the line by a half-inch in the V35 3000, but nevertheless picked up a PB  of 11:28.8.

The next veterans meeting is on July 17 at Lee Valley. We need bodies – so please contact Adrian Essex at Adrian Essex omotng@gmail.com if you feel the call (particularly women).

Results

200m

M35 1st Asha Osei (V35) 23.5

M40 5th Valentin Valeanu (V45) 28.1

M50/2 Tony Killilea (V55) 29.8

M60 3rd Adrian Day (V60) 30.2

M60 4th Michael Salousti (V60) 30.5

M70 1st Adrian Essex (V70) 31.9

W35 5th Lorna Stevenson (VW35) 40.7 PB

W70 2nd Lyn Evans (VW70) 43.1 PB

800m

M35 4th Leonard Martin (V40) 2:33.7

M40 2nd Valentin Valeanu (V45) 2:21.3 PB

M50 4th Damien Lane (V50) 2:37.0

M60 2nd Gavin Evans (V60) 2:47.5 PB

M70 3rd Adrian Essex (V70) 3:37.6

W35 2nd Lorna Stevenson (VW35) 3:18.6 PB

3000m

M35 9th Steve Crowley (V55) 12:26.0

M50 3rd Damien Lane (V50) 11:05.7

M60 4th Gavin Evans (V60) 11:40.5

W35 2nd Lucie Mauger (VW35) 11:28.8 PB

4x400m

M35 4th London Heathside (V35) 4:30.4

High Jump

M35 3rd Ivan Ross (V45) 1.35m

M50 2nd Tony Killilea (V55) 1.30m

W35 2nd Lorna Stevenson (VW35) 1.00m

Long Jump

M35 3rd Ivan Ross (V45) 4.15m

M50 4th Adrian Essex (V70) 3.80m

Discus (1.5KG)

7th Steve Crowley (V55) 19.77m

Hammer (6Kg)

8th Steve Crowley (V55) 13.80m

Javelin (600g)

4th Lorna Stevenson (V35) 9.48m PB

Javelin (500g)

6th Dulce Laluces (V60) 9.19m PB

 Chiltern Ridge Half Marathon, Buckinghamshire, Sunday July 2.

Dominic Jackson reports: A few of us did the Chiltern Ridge Half Marathon 2023, organised by runawayadventures on Sunday 2nd July. This is a hilly trail race along The Ridgeway National Trail in Buckinghamshire. Peter Gould came 1st, Peter Bacon-Darwin came 3rd (1st V40), and Dominic Jackson came 8th (1st V50).

Results

1 Peter Gould 1:31:50

3 Peter Bacon-Darwin 1:40:32 (1st V40)

8 Dominic Jackson 1:43:53 (1st V50)

11 Harry Abnett 1:45:19

12 Matt Cartledge 1:46:24

65 Anna Borowska-Sonmez 2:08:54

112 Nuno Otero 2:26:16

121 Neil Thomas 2:28:01#

Sri Chimnoy Dashing Deer 5k, Tuesday June 27

There were several fast Heathsiders in this race, with James Hurrell coming second in 15:15 and V40 Rebecca Bunting coming back from injury as the sixth woman in 17:38.

2nd James Hurrell 15:15

5th Matthew Rallison 15:21

25th Sion Lewis (v40) 16:05

49th Conor Brown 16:25

99th Peter Dowds 17:23

110th Rebecca Bunting (V40) 17:38 (6th woman)

140th Jonathan Shalom 18:04

181st Dominic Jackson 19:01

191st Leo Pemberton 19:29

193rd Phil Hogg 19:31

204th Neil Thomas 19:59

221st Mark George 20:25

226 Tina Bergman 20:32

Parkruns

 Sixty-five of our runners took part in 26 Parkruns on Saturday. Perhaps the best performance was by Rebecca Piggott who was the first woman and the second overall in the Lordship Recreation Parkrun, in a time of 17:49. Other first places went to Andy Barnes in Thames Path (16:30), Olivia Desborough in Highbury (19:01) and Johnny Forsyth in Whitstable (17:36). Full Heathside results came be found here

Report by Gavin Evans with big thanks to Simon Baker.