England Masters Inter Area Challenge, Lee Valley and BMC Challenge Final, Loughborough

There was a good mix of racing at the weekend. We are coming near the end of XC events, but it was good to see 11 Heathsiders running in Loughborough at the BMC xc Challenge final and also Pete flying the flag as the lone Heathsider at the British Masters XC championship in Tonbridge. There was also the Inter area Masters champs at Lee Valley, Half Marathons at Paddock Wood, Milton Keynes and Victoria Park and a 5k at Victoria Park.

BMC Challenge Final/Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships, Loughborough, 12.3.22
Simon sent in this report: Eleven Heathsiders donned Middlesex colours to run in the Inter-counties XC at Loughborough on Saturday which is also effectively a British Championship with Welsh, Scottish and Irish runners taking part. Koppany Szentes (U13B) and Oliver O'Connor were best placed both finishing 37th and Izzy Watkins (U15G) 49th.  Brogan Wallace and Evangelista Divetain both ran in the Senior Womens race finishing 63rd and 69th place and helping Middlesex to 6th place overall. 

Our U15 Girls in Middlesex Colours

U13 Girls 3000m 301 Runners
1st K Haslip (Sussex) 12:32
89th Kiara Corkin 13:52
94th Amy Kirk 14:01
Team:- 1st Buckinghamshire 36 pts, 8th Middlesex (Shaw, Mossi, March, Corkin) 193 pts

U13 Boys 3000m 290 Runners
1st J Meyburgh (Surrey) 11:16
37th Koppany Szentes 12:28
139th Ben Redland 12:36
Team:- 1st Surrey 79 pts, 8th Middlesex (Szentes, Pflug, John, Phillips) 179 pts

U15 Girls 4,000m 297 Runners
1st E Powell (Oxon) 15:43
49th Izzy Watkins 16:52
76th Hattie Munday 17:19
86th Emilia Watkins 17:26
194th Ruby Walls 18:40
Team:- 1st Yorkshire 74 pts, 9th Middlesex (Svihalkova, I Watkins, Munday, MacDonald) 210 pts

U20 Men 8,000m 176 runners
1st L Rawlings (Shropshire) 28:07
37th Oliver O'Connor 30:32
Team 1st Kent 38 PST, 8th Middlesex (O'Connor, Hudson, Machin-Paley, Brook) 245 pts

Senior Women 8,000m 274 Runners
1st M MacLennan (Scotland North) 30:51
63rd Brogan Wallace 35:16
69th Evangelista Divetain 35:24
Team:- 1st Surrey 126 pts, 6th Middlesex (Viner, Tashimowitz, O'Grady, Wallace, Divetain, Jeans) 306 pts

British Masters XC Champs, Tonbridge, 12.03.22
Pete Crockford reported back on this: “ I seemed to be the only Heathsider at this. A lovely venue and well organised event; tough, hilly, soft but “proper” xc course.”

Men V35-64 “8km”

138th Pete Crockford  (17th V60)  39:45 (173 finishers)

Paddock Wood Half Marathon, Paddock Wood, 13.03.22

25th George Gurney 01.11.52

RunThrough Victoria Park, Half marathon and 5K

Fabio Santo after running the Victoria Park 5K

Fabio Santo completed the 5K and Emily Eldred the half marathon

5k

9th        Fabio Santo 00:21:53            

Half Marathon

106th   Emily Eldred  01:40:40 

160th Michael Gray 1.48.11 (PB by 35 seconds)             

Michael Gray after the Half Marathon

England Masters Inter Area Challenge, Lee Valley, 13.3.22

60m

M50 7th Tony Killilea (V50) 8.98

200m

M50 6th Tony Killilea (V50) 28.83

M60 6th Adrian Day (V60) 30.01

400m

M60 5th Adrian Day (V60) 65.20

M70 1st Adrian Day (V70) 67.85

800m

W70 4th Angela Poliltzer (VW70) 4:12.06 PB New Club V70 Record

3000m

M35 4th Sion Lewis (V35) 9:31.63

60mH

M35 2nd Israel Nworgu (V35) 8.97 PB

High Jump

M70 2nd Adrian Essex (V70) 1.25m

Long Jump

M70 2nd Adrian Essex (V70) 4.19m

Shot Put

M70 (4Kg) 3rd Adrian Essex (V70) 9.56m

Milton Keynes Half

29th Matt Beard 1.28.21

Parkruns can be found here, and well done to first places for Nicola Graham 1st woman at Finsbury Park, Francesco Melloni and Olivia Desborough 1st places at Highbury Fields, Rebecca Piggot 1st woman at Ally Pally, Kate Davenport 1st woman at Warszawa-Praga, and Tim Marshall 1st at Stavangar

Compiled by Caroline White with thanks for contributions from Simon Baker, Sion Lewis, Fabio Santo, Michael Gray and Pete Crockford