Heathsiders secure second place in the final SAL
The highlights this week include the climax of the final SAL of the season in Thurrock, in which a strong Heathside turnout helped secure a second place finish and 9th place in the Final Div 2 NE League Table as well as results from the Vets league and several other track events.
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Southern Athletics League: Division 2 North & East – Round 4, Thurrock, 19.8.23
Simon Baker sent in the following report from the SAL in Thurrock:
A great turnout for the last SAL meeting of the season with the team heading to the wilds of Essex. Although warm and Sunday there was a stiff breeze which made running difficult. Event wins were recorded by Joseph Young (800m), Seyfu Jamaal (1500m, 5000m), James Hamblin (Hammer, Shot Putt), Rachel McDonald (1500m), Lily Woolcock (5000m) and Imani Quamina (100mH)
Sprints
There were plenty of debutants taking part however the stiff wind made conditions tricky Oscar Hall was fastest man with 11.8s. Jasmine Creer matched her PB of 14.1s. In the 200m Montana Dennis recorded 24.1s with Imani Quamina 2nd in the women's A string race. In the 400m Oscar almost matched his PB with 52.8s while Issy Watkins ran her first ever 400m Race with 62.5s.
Middle Distance
Again the club showed its strength with double wins in the men's 800m and 1500m and 1st/2nd in the 5000m. Joseph Young and Richard Macaulay both kicked hard to outsprint the competition in the 800m. Seyfu won the 1500m despite having run the 5000m, Anel Woldegiorgis won the B race. Despite the challenging windy conditions Seyfu aided by Joseph dominated the 5000m lapping all the other runners and only just outside the club record with 14:19. The women were almost as dominant with Issy 2nd in the A race and Lily Woolcock winning the B race. Rachel Mcdonald won the 1500m race with a 3s PB of 4:54 with Milly Watkins 1st in the B race. Lily went again in the 5000m striking for home after 3 laps to win comfortably.
Hurdles
Israel unfortunately hit the 7th hurdle and did not finish the 110mH but had recorded a 3rd place in the 400mH. Imani Quamina comfortably took the 100mH Race with Genieve Weston the B string. She also ran the 400mH with Milly trying the event for the first time. The Steeplechase always provides drama and certainly admiration for those who step up the challenge and here Artie, Genevive, Jennifer and Adrian took on the race. Adrian's 12:19 may even be a V70 age group record.
Field Events
Our star field performer was again James Hamblin who won both Hammer and Shot competitions supported by Joel Hawes who was 3rd in the Discus and 2nd in the Javelin. Trey Corlis jumped 1.75m in the High Jump just 3cm below his PB, Ivan Ross cleared 2.50m in the Pole Vault with Carlos Mingoes a season best of 10.96m in the triple Jump. We are much weaker in the women's field events with no competitor in the pole vault, discus and Triple Jump. However Jennifer finished 5th in the javelin and and Nevecia and Dulce threw the Javelin.
Relays
Slight mixed fortune in the relays with the Men's 4x100m team unfortunately disqualified however the women secured 4th place. The day culminated with 4x400m mixed relays which offered lots of dramatic action and the A team securing 2nd and the B team 1st.
As a result we secured 2nd place overall and a finish in the top half of the table as 9th of the 18 teams.
Thanks so much to our two Team Captains Mark Jefford and Jennifer Wing who are both stepping down after this season, All the athletes who have competed for the club this season, the club's coaches who attended and encouraged their athletes to take part and also the officials who have helped put on the meetings.
Team:- 1st Thurrock Harriers 245 pts, 2nd London Heathside 233 pts
Men
100m
Asha Osei 11.9 A 4th
Oscar Hall (U17M) 11.8 B 2nd
Mohamed Kamara 11.9 ns
Montana Dennis (U17M) 12.0 ns
Robert Shin 12.3 ns
Marcello Santo-Fullerton 12.3 ns
200m
Asha Osei 25.4 A 5th
Vladimir Woodham-Smith 24.5 B 1st
Montana Dennis (U17M) 24.1 ns
Marcello Santo-Fullerton 24.7 ns
Mohamed Kamara 25.1 ns
Robert Shin 25.9 ns
400m
Oscar Hall (U17M) 52.8 A 4th
Richard Macaulay 59.0 B 3rd
Khushnaht Abdulloev 61.0 ns
800m
Joseph Young 2:00.8 A 1st
Richard Macaulay 2:07.9 B 1st
1500m
Seyfu Jamaal 4:06.4 A 1st
Abel Woldegiorgis (U20M) 4:07.8 B 1st
Richard Macaulay 4:28.3 ns
Kader Seyed 4:33.6 ns
Peter Wooton 4:51.8 ns
5000m
Seyfu Jamaal 14:19.8 A 1st
Kader Seyed (U23M) 16:12.9 B 2nd
William De Cothi 16:02.4 ns
Keith Geoghegan 17:20.9 ns
110mH
Israel Nworgu DNF
400mH
Israel Nworgu 68.7 A 3rd
Ivan Ross (V45) 97.7 B 4th
2000mS/c
Artie Feeny-Willings (U17M) 8:56.8 A 5th
Adrian Essex (V70) 12:19.9 B 4th
High Jump
Trey Corlis (U17M) 1.75m A 3rd
Artie Feeny-Willings 1.40m B 4th
Pole Vault
Ivan Ross (V45) 2.50m A 3rd
Adrian Essex (V70) 1.85m B 3rd
Long Jump
Carlos Mingoes 5.88m A 3rd
Israel Nworgu 5.43m B 4th
Marcello Santo-Fullerton 5.11m ns
Triple Jump
Carlos Mingoes 10.96m A 4th
Mark Jefford 8.89m B 4th
Shot Putt
James Hamblin 11.30m A 1st
Joel Hawes 8.06m B 5th
Discus
Joel Hawes 31.87m A 3rd
Ivan Ross (V45) 18.74m B 5th
Hammer
James Hamblin 56.36m A 1st
Joel Hawes 27.30m B 2nd
Javelin
Joel Hawes 29.55m A 2nd
Ivan Ross 24.15m B 5th
4x100m
London Heathside DQ
Mixed
4x400m
London Heathside A 2nd 4:01.3
London Heathside B 1st 4:07.9
Women
100m
Jasmine Creer 14.1 A 6th
Nevecia-Terrise Pecco (U23W) 15.1 B 6th
Grace Veys 15.0 ns
Juanita Debrah 15.2 ns
200m
Imani Quamina (U17W) 27.8 A 2nd
Nevecia-Terrise Pecco (U23W) 31.0 B 4th
Jasmine Creer 31.5 ns
400m
Rhian Male 65.6 A 5th
Issy Watkins (U17W) 62.5 B 1st
800m
Issy Watkins (U17W) 2:21.2 A 2nd
Lily Woolcock 2:26.3 B 1st
Wenchy Lai (U23W) 2:39.7
1500m
Rachel McDonald 4:54.2 A 1st
Milly Watkins (U17W) 4:58.3 B 1st
Wenchy Lai (U23W) 5:32.5
5000m
Lily Woolcock 19:06.4 A 1st
100mH
Imani Quamina (U17W) 18.2 A 1st
Genevieve Weston 27.4 B 1st
400mH
Genevieve Weston 83.5 A 5th
Milly Watkins 91.2 B 2nd
1500m S/c
Genevieve Weston 6:27.5 A 2nd
Jennifer Wing 6:29.5 B 2nd
High Jump
Jennifer Wing 1.28m A 5th
Pole Vault
No Competitor
Long Jump
Imani Quamina (U17W) 4.86m A 4th
Jasmine Creer 3.14m B 4th
Triple Jump
No Competitor
Shot Putt
Genevieve Weston 5.90m A 5th
Jennifer Wing 4.74m B 4th
Discus
No Competitor
Javelin
Nevecia-Terrilee Pecco (U23W) 13.07m A 6th
Dulce Laluces (VW60) 11.26m B 6th
4x100m
4th London Heathside 55.5
Southern Counties VAC League - Herts & North Middlesex Division, Harrow, 14 Aug 23
Heathside’s Vets league athletes
200m
M35 1st Asha Osei (V35) 24.19
M40 5th Michael Salousti (V60) 29.24
M50 7th Tony Killilea (V55) 30.03
M60 2nd Adrian Day (V60) 29.74
M70 2nd Adrian Essex (V70) 31.12
W35 6th Lorna Stevenson (VW35) 41.31
800m
M35 4th Stephen Topp (V45) 2:27.07 PB
M35 5th Leonard martin (V40) 2:30.26
M50 7th Steve Crowley (V55) 2:36.65 PB
M60 6th Gavin Evans (V60) 2:45.77 PB
M70 6th Carl Heap (V70) 3:48.71 PB
3000m
M35 7th Leonard Martin (V40) 11:00.44 PB
M35 12th Gavin Evans (V60) 11:15.76
M35 19th Steve Crowley (V55) 11:55.15
4x200m
M35 2nd London Heathside 1:45.07
Long Jump
M60 3rd Michael Salousti (V60) 3:19m PB
M70 1st Adrian Essex (V70) 3.85m
Shot Putt (5kg)
M60 5th Adrian Day (V60) 6.83m PB
Shot Putt (4kg)
M70 1st Adrian Essex (V70) 8.15m
Discus (1kg)
3rd Lorna Stevenson (VW35) 12.77m PB
Hammer (4kg)
3rd Lorna Stephenson (VW35) 13.87m
Javelin (800g)
4th Ivan Ross (V45) 29.36m
Javelin (600g)
5th Gavin Evans (V60) 10.77m PB
Javelin (500g)
1st Adrian Essex (V70) 19.28m
Kingston Open, Weir Archer Stadium, 20.8.23
Hammer (7.62Kg)
3rd James Hamblin 57.36m
Discus (1Kg)
1st Elkie Baker 34.41m
BeFit Open, Lee Valley, 20.8.23
60m
SX5 3rd Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 7.93 PB by 0.075 NCR
100m
A5 6th Avery Dietrich (U20M) 11.18 PB by 0.075s w/s +2.2
B6 6th Avery Dietrich (U20M) 11.11 PB by 0.075s w/s +4.0
200m
SM1 4th Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 26.27
SM3 3rd Adrian Day (V65) 29.36
400m
SX1 5th Noele O'Regan (VW35) 63.52
Parkrun
Many Heathsiders ran in parkruns last Saturday week. Congratulations for first place finishes go to Conor Brown (Haga, 17:08), Chiara Borg (Lordship Rec, 19:26). Full results can be found here.
Uploaded by Emilia. Results and reports by Simon Baker. Photos from Adrian Essex.