Heathside bring home a win at the first Southern Athletics League match
In the first of this week's race reports, we have Noelle’s report on a fantastic start to the Southern Athletics League matches:
What a cracking start to the track and field season. The incredible turn out of volunteers at our home SAL match meant that the day ran perfectly. A huge thank you to all the organisers, officials and volunteers: Starter Ivor Wiggett and Marksperson Dave Walton; Track Referee Jerry Odlin, Track Judges Angela Howe and Lauren Hendry; Timekeepers Zac, Kris Milovsorov, Ula Cartwright-Finch and Joakim Silva; Field Referees Takis Christodoulou and Eric Walters, and Field Judges Richard Macaulay, Jonathan Litchfield, Kimon Doulis, Jessica Vinluan, Chris Vincent, Andrew Wooding, Simon Baker, Russell Weston, Sarah Duke, Francois Barou, Tom Stayte and Kim Butler; Photofinish Team Extraordinaire Jake Spencer, Tom Bedwell, Rachel Scott Halls and James Gibson; Recorders Emilia Vynnycky and Satu Hietanen; Announcer Sue Rust; Cafe Manager Kabir Kemp and his assistants Therese McGonagle, Louisa Pointon, Ruth Miller and Andrew Hudson; Equipment Manager Christopher Hartley and his helpers Matt Mair and Mark Jefford; Sandpit Raker Holly Fenton; Wind Gauge Operator Ann Woulfe; Photographer Lenny Martin; general fixer of things John Flahive; and anyone else who got involved!
Particular shout out to Jonathan Litchfield, Satu Hietanen and Emilia Vynnycky who had to get to grips with an entirely new, and at times flawed, software to record the results. Furthermore, no one saw the hours Jonathan had to put in on Sunday to get all the results in order. Huge thank you to JL and his team.
On to the athletics highlights of that day, which, alongside points from a full complement of officials, brought us our win. In the men's team, Jem O'Flaherty and Seyfu Jamaal put in a phenomenal performance in the 5000m, both getting PBs and winning the race (15:01 and 15:03, respectively). The poor Vicky Park A string runner had no idea what he signed up for when he attempted to stick with them. Joel Hawes decided to try the high hurdles for the first time, flying over them with about half a metre to spare. Lawrence Hopkins won both 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles for A string. Jaime Rodriguez competed in the pole vault for the very first time, reaching an impressive height of 2.50m. We also had some new youngsters competing in the SAL for the first time, with U20 Deji Agbede flying round the track in a blistering 52.3s 400m. U17 Sam Ingram got a 10cm PB in his high jump (1.55m) and won the pole vault B string with a height of 2.10. Finally, a shout out to Nathan Cyrus for filling multiple gaps despite injury, gaining us valuable points. Heathside men impressively won both A and B string in the 5000m, 1500m, steeple chase and 110m hurdles.
In the women's team, newcomer Elly Ball sprinted to second place in the 100m (13.1s) and put in an excellent performance as a non-scorer in the 200m (27.2s). Steph Kleynhans brushed off her old heptathlete spikes and competed in shot put, high jump, long jump, 200m, 4x100m and 4x400m; her 7th event was cheerleading and moral support. Djanira Costa and Genevieve Weston put in heroic efforts in both hurdles events. And Jenny Wing brought home a fantastic win in the steeple chase, having to brave the freezing water jump. Our women's team won both A and B string in steeple chase, 3000m, high jump, pole vault, long jump and the 4x400m.
We were initially worried when Woodford contacted us ahead of the match saying they had 6 hammer throwing women, all of whom threw near or at national level, and Brighton wanted to bring an additional 3 long jumpers. But Heathside did us proud with an amazing all-round performance, filling every single event and showing the high quality of our athletes. Let this be the start of a winning season! COYH!!!
Next match: Saturday 18 May, King’s Lynn
Final results:London Heathside 223
Brighton & Hove 185
Victoria Park and Towers Hamlets 184
Woodford Green and Essex Ladies 159
Results
Southern Athletics League Division 2E
Match 1
Finsbury Park
v WG&EL, VPH&TH and B&H
Saturday 13th April 2019
Cold with hail storms and sunshine
100m Men
Leon Seale (U20) 11.75 A 3rd PB
Rufus Tansey (U17) 11.91 B 2nd
Mike Bense (V35) 13.34 ns
Benjamin Folarin (U17) 12.05 ns PB
Ashley Braithwaite 12.32 ns
Jeffery Rice 12.37 ns
Julian Oscar 13.06 ns
100m Women
Eleanor Ball 13.06 A 2nd
Aisha Abodunde 13.91 B 4th
Djanira Costa 13.72 ns
Jenna Evans 14.20 ns
Shari Knight (U17) 14.98 ns
Carolina Jeimmy 17.10 ns
200m Men
Rufus Tansey (U17) 25.08 A 4th
Ashley Braithwaite 25.14 B 4th
Benjamin Folarin 24.22 ns PB
Jamie Rodriguez 25.83 ns
Julian Oscar 26.56 ns
Simon Everard (V35) 25.44 ns
Jeffery Rice 25.10 ns
Mike Bense 27.57 ns
200m women
Stephanie Kleynhans 26.32 A 2nd
Noelle O'Regan 27.53 B 2nd
Jenna Evans 29.74 ns
Eleanor Ball 27.18 ns
Jennifer Wing 28.22 ns PB
400m Men
Luke Gray (U20) 52.67 A 2nd
Demi Agbede (U20) 52.30 B 2nd PB
Cameron Nesbett-Morgan 55.33 ns
Simon Everard 56.10 ns
Leon Seale (U17) 56.36 ns PB
Antenas Weston (U23) 59.47 ns PB
Sam Ingram (U17) 61.39 ns PB
Ray Edwin (U17) 63.51 ns PB
400m Women
Noelle O'Regan 61.46 A 3rd PB
Ella Conlon 64.24 B 2nd
Naomi Conlon 63.15 ns
800m Men
William Ross 2:04.76 A 3rd
Ruairi McGonagle (U17) 2:15.68 B 3rd
800m Women
Jennifer Wing 2:17.99 A 3rd
Lily Woolcock 2:30.37 B 1st
1500m Men
Matthew Rallison 4:08.25 A 1st PB
Thomas Archer (U17) 4:10.23 B 1st
Lemi Mideska (U20) 4:30.54 ns
Tom Bedwell 4:40.63 ns PB
Oliver O'Connor (U17) 4:50.29 ns
Mark Jefford 4:58.98 ns PB
1500m Women
Mimi Blake (U17) 5:04.65 A 2nd PB
Lily Woolcock 5:16.65 B 3rd
3000m Women
Josie Hinton 10:29.80 A 1st PB
Catherine Harris 10:52.39 B 1st PB
Laura Hunt 11:40.44 ns
Jessica Vinluan 12:24.86 ns
5000m Men
Jem O'Flaherty (U20) 15:01.83 A 1stPB
Seyfu Jamaal (U20) 15:03.74 B 1stPB
Thomas Clark 15:46.87 ns PB
William Griffiths 16:57.47 ns
James Gibson 17:00.71 ns PB
Thomas Foy 17:17.75 ns PB
Jacob Phillips 17:27.95 ns PB
Jake Spencer 17:38.33 ns PB
Thomas Griffiths 18:30.34 ns PB
Liam Hazelton 18:30.34 ns PB
Christopher Vincent 18:57.87 ns PB
100mH Women
Djanira Costa 22.70 A 3rd
Genevieve Weston (U17) 27.20 B 3rd
110mH Men
Lawrence Hopkins 19.45 A 1st PB
Joel Hawes 24.29 B 1st PB
400mH Men
Lawrence Hopkins 62.62 A 1st
Joel Hawes 81.04 B 2nd PB
400mH Women
Djanira Costa 89.02 A 4th
Genevieve Weston 88.73 B 2nd
2000mSc Men
Charles Hardy 6:19.73 A 1st PB
Andy Barnes 7:09.55 B 1st PB
2000mSc Women
Jennifer Wing 8:31.09 A 1st
Genevieve Weston 9:03.01 B 1st
4x100m Men
London Heathside - Dis
4x100m Women
London Heathside 51.55 2nd PB New Club Record
4x400m Men
London Heathside 3:43.48 3rd
4x400m Women
London Heathside 4:14.15 1st PB New Club Record
High Jump Men
Sam Ingram 1.55m A 4th PB
Joel Hawes 1.40m B 3rd
High Jump Women
Stephanie Kleynhans 1.55m A 1st
Jennifer Wing 1.35m B 1st
Pole Vault Men
Jamie Rodriguez 2.50m A 4th PB
Sam Ingram 2.10m B 3rd PB
Pole Vault Women
Gokce Baydar (V35) 2.00m A 1st
Rachel Weston (V55) 1.00m B 1st=
Long Jump Men
Emmanuel Nwaobodo 6.32m A 2nd
A N other 4.82m B 4th
Long Jump Women
Stephanie Kleynhans 5.42m A 1st
Catherine Shin 4.71m B 1st
Triple Jump Men
Emmanuel Nwaobodo 12.92m A 2nd
Antenas Weston (U23) 9.99m B 2nd PB
Triple Jump Women
Catherine Shin 9.89m A 4th
Djanira Costa 8.59m B 4th
Shot Put 7.26kg Men
Mark Laurence 8.75m A 4th
Nathan Cyrus 8.66m B 2nd
Shot Put 4kg Women
Stephanie Kleynhans 9.20m A 3rd
Catherine Shin 9.07m B 2nd
Kimberli Butler 4.05m ns
Discus 2kg Men
Joel Hawes 29.57m A 4th
Nathan Cyrus 25.10m B 2nd
Discus 1kg Women
Noelle O'Regan 27.19m A 3rd
Helene Kehoe (V50) 13.92m B 3rd
Hammer 7.26kg Men
Joel Hawes 30.16m A 3rd
Nathan Cyrus 15.97m B 3rd
Hammer 4kg Women
Noelle O'Regan 25.17m A 3rd PB
Helene Kehoe 4.50m B 3rd
Javelin 800g Men
Nathan Cyrus 33.09m A 3rd
Joel Hawes 22.80m B 2nd
Javelin 600g Women
Claudia Backhaus 16.02m A 4th
Gokce Baydar 12.44m B 2nd
Written by Noelle O’Regan. Results extracted by Simon Baker. All photos by Lenny Martin.