Winning start to Met League campaign
Simon Baker sends in this report on a very successful start to our Met League campaign at Claybury
“ The Clubs' defence of the Met League started on saturday in autumnal sunshine. The women started as they finished last year winning their race with Rebecca Piggott 2nd as did the Junior Women, The Senior Men were 3rd as were the U13 Boys and U11 Girls with the Junior Men 4th.”
Met League 1#, Claybury, 14.10.23
U11 Boys (2000m 42 Runners)
1 J Maiden (Herts P) (U11B) 05:16
15 Kit Young (U11B) 06:16
21 Dylan Lewis (U11B) 06:33
35 William Edwards (U11B) 07:06
40 Dominic Jenkins (U11B) 07:25
Team:- 1st SBH 147 pts, 7th London Heathside 59 pts
U11 Girls (2000m 40 runners)
1 K Hailey (VPH&TH) (U11G) 06:02
4 Edith Deakin (U11G) 06:11
13 Imogen Wraight (U11G) 06:26
15 Livia Belkin (U11G) 06:27
22 Mathilda Hinson (U11G) 06:39
32 Margot Dalton (U11G) 07:07
Team:- 1st SBH 127 pts, 3rd London Heathside 108 pts, 12th London Heathside B 9 pts
U13 Boys (3000m 62 runners)
1 A Wolpert (VPH&TH) (U13B) 10:54
5 Rory Willis (U13B) 11:12
16 Alex Kirk (U13B) 12:15
27 Dominic Perkins (U13B) 12:48
30 Sebastian McNeely (U13B) 13:06
32 Alexander Rankin (U13B) 13:12
36 Lucien Pinksky (U13B) 13:17
48 Nathan Grela Bekele (U13B) 13:43
55 Pip Young (U13B) 14:19
56 Joshua Collins (U13B) 14:30
57 Jude Loud Brewster (U13B) 14:31
Team:- 1st WSE&H 221 pts, 3rd London Heathside 174 pts, 11th London Heathside B 81 pts, 19th London Heathside C 13 pts
U13 Girls (3000m 58 Runners)
1 E Ponkratieva (St Marys) (U13G) 0:11:47
41 Chiara Pegoraro (U13G) 0:14:44
54 Olivia Caggiano (U13G) 0:17:48
Team:- 1st St Mary's Richmond 194 pts, 16th London Heathside 23 pts
Junior Men (4,000m 114 runners)
1 L Dunham (Herts P) (U17M) 13:53
8 George Saint (U17M) 14:45
15 Dylan Mills (U15B) 15:07 (5th U15B)
25 Sam Turner (U15B) 15:17 (11th U15B)
26 Frank Bailey (U15B) 15:21 (12th U15B)
31 Ennio Kaloukian (U15B) 15:38 (14th U15B)
67 Will Groshong (U15B) 16:42 (34th U15B)
71 Leon Bestmann Calvo (U15B) 16:45 (37th U15B)
82 Tam Mergia (U15B) 17:02 (47th U15B)
89 Ben Ryan (U17M) 17:26
94 Artie Feeny-Willings (U17M) 17:35
Team:- 1st SBH 420 pts, 4th London Heathside 382 pts, 17th London Heathside B 205 pts, 26th London Heathside C 45 pts
Junior Women (4000m 50 runners)
1 J March (Barnet) (U15G) 15:38
5 Amy Kirk (U15G) 16:18. (3rd U15G)
9 Margot Hunt (U15G) 16:56 (5th U15G)
10 Kiara Corkin (U15G) 16:59 (6th U15G)
13 Caitlin Roberts (U15G) 17:38 (8th U15G)
15 Rosa Cormacain (U15G) 17:54 (9th U15G)
24 Lettice Gundry (U15G) 18:29 (14th U15G)
28 Lila Blustin (U15G) 18:37 (18th U15G)
29 Maya Westgate (U15G) 18:47 (19th U15G)
31 Ivy Gray (U15G) 18:59 (21st U15G)
39 Jasmina Roberts (U15G) 19:48 (28th U15G)
Team:- 1st London Heathside 167 pts, 5th London Heathside B 108 pts, 12th London Heathside C 32 pts
Senior Women (8000m 163 runners)
1 E Janes (Herts P) 29'09
2 Rebecca Piggott 31'33 A
10 Lily Woolcock 32'53 A
11 Kate Hawkshaw 32'55 A
16 Rhian Male 33'22 A
20 Millie Barnes 33'33 A
22 Chiara Borg 33'50 A
24 Olivia Lukasewich 34'36 B
34 Ciera Kennedy 35'24 B
35 Lizzie Nelmes 35'30 B
48 Genevieve Weston 36'11 B
63 Kat Baldwyn 37'34 B
68 Emily Reichert (VW40) 38'06 B Vet A (8th VW40)
75 Holly Fenton 38'46 C
81 Jennifer Wing 39'04 C
82 Nadja Broehr 39'08 C
103 Annabel Judd (VW55) 41'09 C Vet A (6th VW55)
113 Kimberli Butler 42'11 C
153 Katie Battersby 50'01
159 Eva Bell 53'26
Team:- Div 1:- 1st London Heathside 354 pts, 5th London Heathside B 212 pts;
Div 2:- 1st Herts P 212 pts, 5th London Heathside C 132 pts
Vets:- Div 1:- 1st Highgate Harriers 116 pts, 8th London Heathside 34 pts
Senior Men (8000m 390 runners)
1 R Poolman (Highgate) 24'59
10 Joseph Young 26'13 A
17 Abel Woldegiorgis (U20) 27'01 A (2nd U20)
19 George Gurney 27'03 A
21 James Wooldridge 27'07 A
24 Yann Sevestre 27'26 A
31 Matthew Rallison 27'42 A
32 Tom Aldred (V40) 27'43 A Vet A (3rd V40)
48 Sion Lewis (V40) 28'37 A Vet A (4th V40)
58 Peter Gould 29'13 A
73 Filippo Minelle 29'47 A
85 Jordan Marshall 30'03 A
87 Darryn Hillson 30'04 A
101 Sammy Keenan 30'32 B
104 Ben Williams 30'33 B
109 Keith Geoghegan 30'48 B
116 Mihaly Jeles 31'02 B
126 Alex Sweet (V40) 31'11 B Vet A (17th V40)
127 Ed Boden (V50) 31'13 B Vet A (6th V50)
146 Janak Subberwal (U20) 31'38 B
164 Jose Sabroso (V40) 32'17 B Vet A (25th V40)
177 Frederick Beale (U20) 32'37 B Vet A (14th U20)
180 Stephen Monaghan (V50) 32'40 B Vet B (9th V50)
182 Joel Northcott (V40) 32'45 B Vet B (31st V40)
183 Adam Mitchell (V40) 32'47 B Vet B (32nd V40)
185 Kwasi Agyei-Owusu (V40) 32'49 C Vet B (34th V40)
189 Rob Shulman (V55) 32'52 C Vet B (2nd V55)
192 Peter Wootton 32'58 C
210 Etienne Daries 33'29 C
212 Paul Beale (V50) 33'32 C Vet B (12th V50)
217 Nick Hodges-Gibson 33'43 C
222 Chris Hartley (V55) 34'00 C Vet C (4th V55)
226 Kieran Thompson 34'06 C
231 Matt Collins (V45) 34'19 C Vet C (21st V21)
236 Leonard Martin (V40) 34'24 C Vet C (40th V40)
239 Thomas Watts 34'29
258 Mark Dean 35'09
261 Leo Pemberton (V45) 35'19 Vet C (28th V45)
268 Chris Magierek 35'34
278 Andrew Wooding 35'51
291 Lee Connor (V55) 36'19 Vet C (11th V55)
296 Jack da Silva 36'31
298 Tom Parker 36'33
302 Harry Owrid 36'48
313 Jonathan Hopkin (V55) 37'20 (17th V55)
326 Daniel Wrapson 38'07
352 Will Whitaker (V40) 40'44 (45th V40)
369 Andrew Owen (V55) 42'50 (22nd V55)
375 Jerome Boughton Mills (V60) 44'31 (18th V60)
Team:- Div 1:- 1st Highgate Harriers 1505 pts, 3rd London Heathside 1252 pts, 11th London Heathside B 486 pts.
Div 2:- 1st London Front Runners 793 pts, 5th London Heathside C 523 pts.
Vets:- Div 1:- 1st VP&TH 376 pts, 3rd London Heathside 292 pts, 8th London Heathside B 154 pts,
Div 2:- 1st VP&TH B 225 pts, 7th London Heathside C 126 pts
The other highlight of the weekend was another great run and club record for Seyfu over the 10mile distance, breaking Tom Aldred’s time from 2016, to take 7th place at the prestigious Great South Run
Great South Run. Portsmouth 15 Oct
7 Seyfu Jamaal 48m 25s ( club record )
back to another Cross Country event with a long history of club involvement this time the Sunday League at Cheshunt.
Sunday League Cross Country, Cheshunt 15 Oct
Our Women’s team lead the way, highlighted by a fine top 10 finish for Karina, and 4th place in the Team competition
results as follows; ( combined race position in shown brackets )
Women
9 ( 98 ) Karina Kaufmann 34m 33s (1st FV45)
21 ( 141 ) Katie Belkin 37m 27s (1st FV50)
28 ( 161 ) Caroline Curtin 38m 26s
36 ( 182 ) Caroline White 39m 3s (1st FV65)
37 ( 183 ) Ruth Miller 39m 6s (1st FV60)
71 ( 265 ) Emilia Vynnycky 43m 34s
107 ( 328 ) Lynne Evans 49m 25s (1st FV70)
122 ( 346 ) Louise Cripps 52m 56s
Teams : A team 4th, B team 6th, Vets 3rd
Men
113 ( 127 ) Fabio Espirito Santo 36m 40s
120 ( 140 ) Marco Maserati 37m 22s
146 ( 181 ) Dave Walton 39m 1s
168 ( 212 ) Nick De Sausmarez 40m 13s
171 ( 215 ) Michael Hickey 40m 31s
175 ( 223 ) Ken Townson 41m 8s
198 ( 276 ) Alex Harris 44m 4s
Team : : A team 16th, Vets 16th
Combined Team ( M+W ) : 14th
moving on to the other road races, and there was plenty of action over the longer distances of 10mile and Half marathon, starting with a good turnout at the Cabbage Patch 10, where on a bright sunny morning Gareth led the team home at this long running event . There were also good 65 min and below performances from the 2 Matts, Pete and DomInic, plus from Sara and Monika ( pictured ), and Leo ran very competitively after doing the Met League the day before !
Cabbage Patch 10, Twickenham 15 Oct
28 Gareth Creagh 56m 26s
119 Matthew Cockerill 63m 14s
126 Peter Bacon Darwin 63m 25s
134 Matthew Cartledge 64m 5s
161 Dominic Jackson 65m 33s
257 Sara Black 69m 15s
271 Monika Newton 69m 39s
283 Leo Pemberton 70m 8s
322 Mark George 72m 12s
343 Trevor Wilson 72m 38s
450 Zachary Bacon Darwin 76m 10s
466 Bridgit Napleton 76m 8s
768 James Kelly 84m 25s
other results to have come in are as follows :
Amsterdam Marathon 15 Oct
552 Isaac Edwards 2hr 48m 35s
2150 Laura Romano 3hr 7m 54s PB
Bath Half Marathon 15 Oct
328 Paul Kelland 1hr 26m 30s ( 4th V60 )
2016 Anna Borowska ( pictured ) 1hr 50m 9s
5649 Suzanne Van Dam 2hr 20m 7s
Oxford Half Marathon 15 Oct
294 Daniel Johns 1hr 25m 22s
plus some results from the previous week, including a 1st place for Chiara Borg at “Run The River”, and a quick PB for Dan Collins at Battersea Park
Run Through Battersea Park 10K 11 Oct
2 Dan Collins 34m 5s PB
Run the River 10K, Edmonton 8 Oct
13 Chiara Borg 41m 47s ( Ist F )
20 Steve Crowley 43m 59s
37 Marco Maserati 47m 4s
141 Caroline McGraw 58m 13s
Run Through Greenwich Park 10K 7 Oct
27 Hongbin Gu 45m 38s
Victoria Park 10K 14 Sep
103 Jo Irwin 47m 56s ( Ist FV50 )
and finally
Park Runs
1st places overall for Rebecca Bunting at Oak Hill in 17.42, Oliver O’Connor at Woodhouse Moor (16.57 ) & Mihaly Jeles at Highbury Fields ( 17.45 ) and 2nd for Thomas Foy at Finsbury Park in 17.45
Full list can be found here
compiled by Mark George, thanks to Simon Baker for the Met League results