National Schools Championships, LICC Meeting, & Fast Friday 10,000m

ESAA Track and Field Championships 2021, Manchester, 9-11th July 2021

The National Schools Championships were held over the weekend in Manchester on the same track the Olympic Trials were held.  This is the pinnacle of junior athletics. This year numbers were restricted with only those ranked in the top 16 and with the required qualification time invited to compete. Heathside had two Juniors taking part.  Thomas Archer ran in the senior boys 1500m on Friday evening and unfortunately was unable to keep up with the pace of Alex Melloy who has run 3:46 this season and finished a slightly disappointing 12th place.
On Sunday the Junior Age Group (U15) competed Heathside were represented by Trey Corlis running for London in the 80mH.  Trey, who is coached by Israel, finished 2nd in his heat with the third fastest time.  In the final he was trailing in 3rd as they went over the last hurdle but his great sprinting speed and excellent dip on the line earn’t him the silver medal ahead of the previous No1 ranked athlete Rayhan Mourtada of Kent who was given the same time.  Well done Trey, who took a massive 0.71s off his BP and broke his current club record.
Elsewhere former Heathsider Larissa Wilson finished 7th in the Junior Girls 300m heats.

Senior Boys 1500m
1st A Melloy (U20M) (Cambs) 3:49.26
12th Thomas Archer (U20M) (Essex) 4:01.57

Junior Boys 80mH
Heat 1
1st E Hanslow (U15B) (Sussex) 11.37
2nd Trey Corlis (U15B) (London) 11.76 PB

Final
1st E Hanslow 11.21
2nd Trey Corlis 11.29 PB New Club U15B Record by 0.71s

LICC - Meeting 2,  Hendon, 10/7/21

100m

R7 3rd Suraya Frost (U13G) 13.75 PB 

800m

R1 2nd Jack Davis Black (U15B) 2:08.74 SB

R2 4th Mia Rosen (U15G) 2:22.77

1500m

1st David Baah-Okyere (U15B) 4:36.35

70mH

1st Suraya Frost (U13G) 12.06

110mH

2nd Israel Nworgu (V35) 16.87 SB

Long Jump

1st Suraya Frost (U13G) 4.12m

FASTFriday 10,000m inc England Athletics Championships, Walthamstow, 9/7/21

Seyfu was the only Heathsider to take part in the FastFriday 10,000m finishing in 6th place in Race 3 20s behind Alexander Lepretre of Highgate.Seyfu's time was a season best but some 45s off his PB.

SX3 6th Seyfu Jamaal (U23M) 31:35.67 

Chiltern Ridge Half Marathon                     11/7/21

 Felipe reports from the picturesque trail race, along The Ridgeway in Buckinghamshire

“ It was a warm day but not too hot. The atmosphere was relaxed with only 89 runners, starting one at a time. The trail course had really steep ascents and descents, muddy in sections with lots of variety in scenery. Besides the impressive views by the monument to the South Africa (Boer) War, you passed in front of Chequers, went through woods, farm fields and a small village “

21                           Felipe Cardoso                  2-03-19

68                           Nuno Otero                        2-36-52

71                           Shaun Kennedy                 2-38-04

Vitality 10,000m and Mile, Hatfield, 11.7.21

Several Heathsiders took part in the annual Vitality Big Mile and 10,000m race which was re-located this year from Central London to Hatfield with the runners taking on a pretty but challenging course.

Mile

18th Tony Killilea (V50) 5:32

10,000m

1st J Andrus (Belgrave) 32:26

58th Valentin Valeanu (V45) 40:11

68th Barney Southin (V45) 40:53

97th Liam Hazelton 42:31

318th Daniel Wrapson 50:11

compiled by Mark George, with thanks to reports from Simon Baker and Felipe Cardoso