Mia Rosen smashes U13 800 records (Part 2)
A number of Heathsiders got more XC action in the Sunday League. However the performance of the weekend belonged to U13 star Mia Rosen in the Southern Indoor Championships, whose time of 2:29.93 in the 800 was a championships best, club record and a new national leading time this year.
Sunday League 4#, Watford, January 12 (6 miles 472 Runners)
Heathside super-veteran Dave Browne returned to action to come in as the first of 11 Heathsiders in the fourth Sunday League event at Watford. Karina Kaufman in 163d place was the first Heathside woman. Several of the 11 did both the Met League and the Sunday League – troopers all.
55th Dave Browne (V55) 40.32
163rd Karina Kaufmann (V35) 46:45
167th Mark George (V50) 46:59
233rd Fabio Espirito Santo 50:55
241st Michael Hickey 51:24
306th Sue Eedie (V60) 54:49
308th Alun Nash (V55) 54:56
357th Edyta Szot (V40) 57:48
361st Ken Townson (V50) 58:12
363rd Tara Tapper (V45) 58:22
392nd Emilia Vynnycky (V50) 1:00:43
439th Louise Cripps (V60) 1:08:12
Senior Knowle Run, Sevenoaks, Sunday January 11
Simon Baker reports that Thomas Archer recorded a 3rd place for his school in the prestigious Knowle Run at Sevenoaks School. In the girls race, Mia Manttan and Izzy Watkins helped their school to 2nd place in the team event
Results
Boys Race
1st J Kingston (U20) (Tonbridge) 32:18
3rd Thomas Archer (U17) 32:46
Girls Race
1st K Goodge (U17) (Tonbridge) 19:20
25th Mia Manttan (U17) 22:16
33rd Izzy Watkins (U13) 22:38
Southern Indoor Championships, Lee Valley, January 11 & 12
Simon Baker reports that three Heathside Juniors took part in the Southern Indoor Athletics Championships at Lee Valley over the weekend.
Mia Rosen, in her first indoor championships, produced a great run to win the U13G 800m title ahead of Isabelle Kyson of Woodford. Her time of 2:29.93 was a championships best and the fastest by a Heathside U13G either Indoor or outdoor by 5 sec. It is a new national leading time and it would have been the 2nd fastest recorded last year.
Benjy Bediako won two medals with a silver in the 800m in a new club record and bronze in the Long Jump. Benjamin Folarin came 2nd in his heat but his semi-final time of 7.51 sec was not enough to reach the final
Southern Indoor T&F Championships, Lee Valley, 11-12th January 2020
U13 Boys Long Jump
3rd Benjy Bediako 4.28m AAA Grade 4 (bronze medal)
U13 Boys 800m
2nd Benjy Bediako 2:34.76 New Club Record (silver medal)
U13 Girls 800m
1st Mia Rosen 2.29.93 Championship Best, New Club Record (by 23s!) AAA Grade 2 (gold medal)
U17 Men 60m
Benjamin Folarin 7.56 sec, 7.51 sec AAA Grade 4
Runthrough Half Marathon, Finsbury Park, January 12 (138 Runners)
9th Lyn Evans (V65) 1:31.51 (2nd Female)
33rd Glen Taylor (V40) 1:42.11
63rd Angelique Smit (V35) 1:50.38 (12th Female)
64th Fabian Theos (V35) 1:50.39
116th Danny Maher (V65) 2:16.33
11.01.20 Heathside Junior XC Championships
Saturday's Met League Races also acted as the Junior Club XC Championships for several of the Age Groups.
U11 Boys
1st Ben Redland, 2nd Edward Metcalfe, 3rd Eden Brown
U11 Girls
1st Kiara Corkin, 2nd Elkie Baker, 3rd Lettice Grundy
U13 Boys
1st Tynan Parker, 2nd Ivor Joslin, 3rd Kamran Bakashi
U13 Girls
1st Hattie Munday, 2nd Milly Watkins, 3rd Ruby Walls
U15 Girls
1st Alice Metcalfe, 2nd Maia Hampton Phillips, 3rd Lorna Dumbleton
Congratulations to all the medalists but also to all the Juniors that battled through the mud
Parkruns, Saturday January 11
Despite the Met League and the Sunday League the next day, 63 of our lot took part in 19 Parkruns on Saturday. Lovely to see our wonderful club entertainment secretary Lou Pointon taking first place in 20:36 in Milano Nord, with her bloke, Graham Wilkinson, making it a double-first in 17:21. Here are the full Heathside results: https://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2017&eventdate=2020-01-11
Report by Gavin Evans, with big thanks to Simon Baker and also to Sue Rust. And also to @manwhohasitall