Heathside juniors win MYAL; Aldred & Tyler win Crouch End 10k

Two big events featuring outstanding Heathside performances took place on Sunday – the Middlesex Young Athletics League (MYAL) on Parliament Hill and the North London YMCA 10k (former Crouch End 10k). At the MYAL our club members picked up 14 event wins, four championship records and eight club records and won in each of the age groups, with Milton Cooper’s U15 300m PB time of 36.91 perhaps the best of the lot (UK leading time so far this year). In Crouch End V40 Tom Aldred once again took his usual first place, this time in 32:25, Catrin Tyler was the first woman in 39:09, Helen Mayer put in an astonishing V70 performance with a huge new age group club record of 50:47 and David Kirk pulled off an impressive club V50 record, coming fourth in a time of 35:17.

Middlesex Young Athletics League, Parliament Hill, Sunday May 8



Simon Baker reports: The club’s athletics season kicked off at a sunny Parliament Hill with the clubs Young Athletes commencing the defence of their MYAL title won for the first time last year.  This year the League welcomed Harrow AC and Thames Valley Harriers, both National League Clubs.  With around 400 athletes present the action was frantic at times with some fine performances. Heathsiders secured 14 event wins, established four new championship records and eight new club records to ensure the club secured a complete clean sweep of all the age groups 

 For the U11's this was their first taste of grownup athletics. The only win for the U11's was Shiya Daley in the long jump in addition to 3rd in the 150m and 7th in the Vortex.  Eliza Burridge secured 2nd place in the 150m B race and won the B long jump Competition.  In the 600m Grace Wood was fastest ahead of Mia Beeby, Malou Cole and Orlane Carels.  The boys secured wins in three of the four events with Kingston Bennett 1st in the 150m and long jump (with a superb 4.00m), while Reuban Pushpanthan set a new championship record of 37.50m in the vortex. In a very fast 600m race Sebastian McNeely was the first Heathsider home in 6th place.

 The U13 girls opened their account for the day with Nyemah Anderson setting a new club record in the 200m finishing 2nd.She also won the high jump.  Elsewhere Ivy Paitoo who is current county champion set a new championship and club record in the shot put of a massive 8.64m with Syrah Langley Bradshaw winning the javelin.  Maya Westgate slightly paid the price for trying to track Barnet's Jorja March in the 800m to finish in 5th.  Tamara Pushpanthan was 3rd in the hurdles and Matilda Barrand 4th in the long jump.  The boys were anchored by Gabriel Edwards who won the 200m and Hurdles in addition to 4th in a high quality long jump.  Rory Willis secured 5th in the 800m, Bill Baker 2nd in the high jump, Max Wassermann (shot put) and Roderick Alonso Pascal (javelin) both 3rd.

 The club has a very strong crop of U15 athletes particularly in the sprints.  Magdeline Paitoo produced the key performances setting a new club 200m record in finishing 2nd in the 200m and then in 300m immediately after Ella Burridge had won lowering her club record Magdeline went even quicker setting a new championship best and club record of 41.69s.  Martha Jolly won the long jump while 2nd places went to Suraya Frost (hurdles), Kiara Corkin (high jump) and Elkie Baker (shot) also adding useful points in the javelin and discus.  Mia Rosen returning from injury was 3rd in the 800m with Ishanna Cannell in her first track rate our 2nd fastest girl.  The team secured a massive 272 pts a 73 pt margin of victory over Shaftesbury.  In what was arguably our standout performance of the day Milton Cooper set a UK leading time in the 300m of 36.91 almost 1s off his PB and both new championship record and club record.  He also set a new club 200m record finishing in 2nd place.  Dylan Mills ran a measured performance to finish 2nd in the 800m while Montana Dennis won the sprint hurdles.  Jerome Henry won the javelin and was 2nd in the discus.

 We often struggle to get a good turnout of U17s but Sunday saw a great turnout.  The U17 Women won their age group despite no event wins however 2nd places were secured by Nina Williams (Javelin), Ndid Didi (Shot), Laila Tempesta (Long Jump) and Hattie Munday (800m).  The latter bettered her club record but was just piped on the line by teammate Izzy who set a new record of 2.17.10.  In the sprints Imani Quamina was 5th in both 200m and 300m.  Thomas Wassermann was the U17 men's leading scorer with wins in the shot put and discus and 2nd place in the high jump.  Elsewhere Trey Corlis was 2nd in the 200m and 3rd in the 400m and long jump.  Akan Akpan was 3rd in the javelin and George Saint 4th in the 800m to give the team victory.

 Well done to all our young athletes with many making their debutant apologies for not being able to list all their great efforts.  Thanks to the Team Managers Israel, Mary and Rachel as well as the parents who assisted. This is a busy part of the season with the County Championships for many this weekend and then the 2nd MYAL meeting our home match at Finsbury Park on Saturday 21st May.  More of the same please.

Results

 Team:-  1st London Heathside 96 pts, 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 79 pts, 3rd Ealing Southall & Middlesex 56 pts 

U11 Girls

150m

Shiva Daley 22.21 A 3rd PB AAA Grade 4

Eliza Burridge 23.23 B 2nd PB

Imogen Gomeze 25.52 ns

Imogen Wraigh 26.23 ns

Orlane Carels 27.68 ns

600m

Mia Beeby 2:21.80 A 8th

Malou Cole 2:10.92 B 1st

Grace Wood 2:07.85 ns

Orlane Carels 2:16.97 ns

 Long Jump

Shiya Daley 3.76m A 1st 🏅

Eliza Burridge 3.36m B 1st

 Vortex

Shiya Daley 13.85m A 7th

Mia Beeby 11.00m B 3rd

Imogen Wraigh 11.20m ns

Orlane Carels 11.10m ns

 Team:- 1st London Heathside 99 pts, 2nd Ealing Southall & Middlesex 96.5 pts

U11 Boys

150m

Kingston Bennett 22.22 A 1st 🥇 

Wilkie Ascott 25.05 B 7th

Finn Reid 22.44 ns

Malou Cole 23.56 ns

 600m

Sebastian McNeely 2:01.57 A 6th

Kit Young 2:11.50 B 5th

William Li 2:21.49 ns

Wilkie Ascott 2:06.72 ns

 Long Jump

Kingston Bennett 4.00m A 1st 🏅

Wilkie Ascott 2.78m B 1st

Malou Cole 3.04m ns

 Vortex

Reuben Pushpanthen 37.50m A 1st 🏅 NCR

Kingston Bennett 28.50m B 1st

Finn Reid 34.90m ns

 Team:- 1st London Heathside 111 pts, 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 99 pts

U13 Girls

200m

Nyemah Anderson 27.35 A 2nd PB New Club U13G Record by 0.35s AAA Grade 1

Nyah Brown 29.52 B 2nd AAA Grade 2

Maya Westgate 29.88 ns AAA Grade 3

Edith Waites 30.80 ns 

Ava Poole 30.83 ns

Rhoswen Keeping 31.51 ns

Matilda Barrand 33.27 ns

 800m

Maya Westgate 2:47.15 A 5th

Margo Hunt 2:59.02 B 2nd

Alice Rockhill 3:12.55 ns

Isla Kavanagh 3:18.72 ns

 70m Hurdles

Tamara Pushpanthan 16.07 A 3rd

Edith Waites 15.31 B 1st

 High Jump

Nyemah Anderson 1.35m A 1st🏅 AAA Grade 2

Nyah Brown 1.25m B 1st AAA Grade 4

Margo Hunt 1.15m AAA Grade 4

 Long Jump

Matilda Barrand 3.34m A 4th

Rhoswyn Keeping 3.12m B 3rd

Erica D'Antona 2.65m ns

 Shot Put

Ivy Paitoo 8.64m A 1st 🏅 PB NCR New Club U13G Record AAA Grade 1

Syrah Langley Bradshaw 8.05m B 1st PB AAA Grade 1

Rhoswyn Keeping 5.46m ns

Malika  Anderson 4.94m ns

 Javelin

Syrah Langley Bradshaw 12.65m A 1st 🏅

Ivy Paitoo 12.55m B 1st

 Team: 1st London Heathside 206 pts, 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 116pts 

U13 Boys

200m

Gabriel Edwards 26.36 A 1st 🥇 PB AAA Grade 1

Freddie Burridge 28.25 B 2nd PB AAA Grade 4

Luca Rozzo 30.81 ns

Zephaniah Agbim 32.64 ns

 800m

Rory Willis 2:40.14 A 5th PB

Charlie Nicolson 2:46.75 B 3rd PB

Henry Hartland 2:41.52

Ennio Kaloukian 2:47.63

Luca Rozzo 2:50.06 ns

Pip Young 3:00.57 ns

 75m Hurdles

Gabriel Edwards 13.35 A 1st 🥇 AAA Grade 2

Max Wassermann 14.97 B 1st AAA Grade 4

 High Jump

Bill Baker 1.25m A 2nd

Ennio Kaloukian 1.20m B 2nd

Mikail Wahid 1.10m ns

Roderick Alonso Pascaul 1.10m ns

 Long Jump

Gabriel Edwards 4.31m A 4th AAA Grade 4

Ennio Kaloukian 3.44m B 4th

Zephan Agbim 3.52m ns

Henry Hartland 3.15m ns

 Shot Put

Max Wassermann 6.33m A 3rd

Freddie Burridge 6.12m B 1st

Roderick Alonson Pascal 6.63m ns

 Javelin

Roderick Alonson Pascal 13.64m A 3rd

 Team:- 1st London Heathside 191 pts, 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 170 pts

U15 Girls

200m

Magdeline Paitoo 26.34 A 2nd PB New Club U15G Record by 0.35s AAA Grade 2

Laila Tempesta 26.46 B 1st AAA Grade 2

Martha Jolly 26.42 ns AAA Grade 2

Samiyah Wilson 28.29 ns

Kyra Smith 29.25 ns

Suraya Frost 29.61 ns

Colette Chatterton Sullivan 30.27 ns

 300m

Ella Burridge 42.68 A 1st 🥇 PB AAA Grade 2

Magdeleine Paitoo 41.69 B 1st PB NCR New Club U15G Record AAA Grade 1

 800m

Mia Rosen 2.33.00 A 3rd

Kiara Corkin 2:35.13 B 4th

Ishanna Cannell 2:31.62 ns PB

Selma Lawrence 2:49.28 ns

 75m Hurdles

Suraya Frost 12.63 A 2nd AAA Grade 4

Casia Langley Bradshaw 12.62 B 1st  AAA Grade 4

Tara Sweetnam 12.50 ns AAA Grade 3

 High Jump

Kiara Corkin 1.35m A 2nd

Tara Sweetnam 1.25m B 1st

Milla Stimpson 1.25m ns

 Long Jump

Martha Jolly 4.53m A 1st 🏅 AAA Grade 4

Milli Bridgeman-Athanasatos 4.47m B 1st AAA Grade 4

Ella Burridge 4.36m ns

Casia Langley Bradshaw 3.89m ns

 Shot Put

Elkie Baker 7.95m A 2nd PB by 26cm AAA Grade 4

Kyra Smith 6.88m B 1st

Samiyah Wilson 5.48m ns

 Javelin

Elkie Baker 15.97m A 4th

Sofia de Bunsen 12.72m B 1st

Kyra Smith 13.70m ns

 Discus

Elkie Baker 19.63m A 3rd AAA Grade 4

Sofia de Bunsen 16.11m B 1st

 Team 1st London Heathside 272 pts, 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 199 pts 

U15 Boys

200m

Milton Cooper 23.46 A 2nd PB New Club U15B Record UK Ranked 5th U15B AAA Grade 1

Montana Dennis 24.24 B 1st  AAA Grade 3

Maliki Daniel McKenzie Callum 26.93 ns

Bill Baker 31.15 ns

 300m

Milton Cooper 36.91 A 1st 🥇  PB by 0.9s NCR New Club U15B Record Ranked 1st U15B in UK AAA Grade 1

Joshua Adeoye 42.22 B 1st

Nathaniel Swinhoe 41.87 ns

Bill Baker 50.17 ns

 800m

Dylan Mills 2.14.96 A 2nd PB AAA Grade 4

Sam Turner 2:23.28 B 3rd

No 108 2:24.84

Frank Bailey 2:32.39 

 80m Hurdles

Montana Dennis 12.17 A 1st 🥇 PB AAA Grade 2

Joshua Adeoye 13.95 B 2nd

 High Jump

Sam Turner 1.35m A 4th

Frank Bailey 1.25m B 2nd

 Long Jump

Milton Cooper 3.94m A 3rd

Maliki David Mckenzie Callum 3.83m B 3rd

Nathaniel Swinhoe 3.53m ns

 Shot Put

Patrick Coley 7.88m A 2nd

Jerome Henry 7.76m B 1st

Nathaniel Swinhoe 7.46m ns

Maliki David Mckenzie Callum 6.97m ns

 Javelin

Jerome Henry 22.20m A 1st

 Discus

Jerome Henry 19.59m A 2nd

Patrick Coley 19.06m B 1st

 Team:- 1st London Heathside 260 pts, 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 219 pts

U17 Women

200m

Imani Quamina 26.93 A 5th AAA Grade 4

Laila Tempesta 28.21 B 6th

Ndid Didi 28.45 ns

Amara Onwuli 32.66 ns

 300m

Imani Quamina 43.75 A 5th AAA Grade 4

Lucy Corkin 48.05 B 3rd

Nina Williams 51.36 ns

 800m

Hattie Munday 2:17.23 A 2nd PB AAA Grade 3

Izzy Watkins 2:17.10 B 1st PB New Club U15 Girls Record AAA Grade 3

Milly Watkins 2:20.94 ns

Lucy Corkin 2:37.32 ns

 High Jump

Hattie Munday 1.50m A 2nd AAA Grade 4

Issy Watkins 1.35m B 1st

Milly Watkins 1.25m ns

 Long Jump

Laila Tempesta 4.43m A 2nd

Imani Quamina 4.24m B 1st

Lucy Corkin 3.76m ns

 Shot Put

Ndid Didi 7.15m A 2nd

Laila Tempesta 6.73m B 2nd 

Javelin

Nina Williams 11.16m A 2nd

Amaka Onwuli 3.83m B 1st

Discus

No Competitor

Team:- 1st London Heathside 195 pts, 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 180 pts

U17 Men

200m

Trey Corlis 23.05 A 2nd AAA Grade 3

Miles Cameron 25.71 B 3rd

Oscar Hall 25.16 ns

400m

Trey Corlis 55.82 A 3rd

Oscar Hall 56.61. B 1st

800m

George Saint 2:11.23 A 4th

Artie Feeny Willings 2:46.94 B 4th

Ben Ryan 2:29.49 ns

Archie Evans 2:35.25 ns

High Jump

Thomas Wassermann 1.60m A 2nd

Miles Cameron 1.40m ns

Artie Feeny-Willings 1.40m ns

Long Jump

Trey Corlis 5.21m A 3rd

Oscar Hall 4.42m B 2nd

Shot Put

Thomas Wassermann 10.14m A 1st 🏅

Akan Akpan 7.01m B 1st

Javelin

Akan Akpan 32.23m A 3rd

GG 16.97m B 2nd

Discus

Thomas Wassermann 22.28m A 1st 🏅

Akan Akpan 20.77m B 1st

Team:- 1st London Heathside 223 pts, 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 195 pts 

North London YMCA 10K, Sunday May 8

Heathside once again pulled off the double in the former Crouch End 10k (now called the North London YMCA 10k), with V40 Tom Aldred taking up his usual first place in this hilly course in 32:25, with Catrin Tyler winning the women’s race in 39:09 and five of our runners taking top 10 places, two of them in their fifties.

 The second Heathsider was David Kirk in 35:17, a wonderful performance from a V50.The second Heathside woman was Helen Mayer, a V70 who finished in 50:47 – a remarkable performance. Yann Seveshe was the third Heathsider in 35:48 and Peter Gould our fourth runner home in 36:19. Leo Birmingham, was next -  the second V50 and 10th overall in 38:01. Our first V60 was Andy Dawon in 49:23.

Despite this race taking place on the club’s Sandy Ball’s weekend away 24 Heathsiders took part and we also supplied the marshals.

Results (451 finishers)

 1st Tom Aldred (V40) 32:25

4th David Kirk (1st V50) 35:17

5th Yann Seveshe 35:48

7th Peter Gould 36:19

10th Leo Birmingham (2nd V50) 38:01

15th Jonathan Shipley 39:02

16th Catrin Tyler (1st woman) 39:09

19th Matthew Cartlege 40:05

20th Nick Haward 40:06

26th Guy Harling 41:31

29th Neil Thomas 41:55

35th Doug Rendle 42:56

41st Marcus Tilotson 43:53

106th Andy Dawson (1st V60) 49:23

110th Steven Munane 49:35

226th Helen Mayer (1st V70, club V70 record) 50:47

133rd Andy Conway 51:11

139th Heather Marshall 51:42

149th Julian Gillespie 51:57

329th Katherine Bell 1:01:43

331st Angela Pollitzer 1:01:43

334th Maureen Easting 1:02:20

339th Victoria Phillips 1:02;54

431st Carl Heap 1:12:42

Zurich Marato Barcelone Marathon, Sunday May 8

Gary Reapy put in a PB for this one, finishing in 2:57:56

Prague Marathon, Sunday May 8 

Michael Gray sent this report: The 26th running of the Prague Marathon took place on in beautiful, though warm, conditions. Over 8,000 runners started from the Old Town Square, with Kenyan Nobert Kigen crossing the finish line first in 2:07:54 and Ethiopian Bekelech Borecha the first female in 2:22:56. As for this Heathsider, this was just my 2nd marathon after running Frankfurt in 2019. I finished in 2,225th place with a chip time of 4:06:34, an improvement of 43 minutes from my first marathon.

Watford Open, May 4, 1500m

Oliver O’Connor, running as an U20, completed the 1500 in 4:12:83

 Sunday May 1

 Jacob How reports: Annie Arnold ran the North Downs Ridge 50k trail race, finished second woman and ninth overall (despite a wrong turning) in 4:28:03.  David Keir came 5th.

 Paris Marathon, May 3

Nicola Graham ran her first-ever marathon in Paris, finishing in 3:30:06 - an excellent time for a debut marathon.

Parkruns

Despite the club training weekend in Sandy Balls, 51 Heathsiders took part in 22 Parkruns. The sole winner was Annabel Llitchfield in Old Showfield in 20:24, while Olivia Desborough came 2nd in Princes, Liverpool in 18:53. Full Heathside results are here: https://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2017&eventdate=2022-05-07

Report by Gavin Evans with lots of help from Simon Baker, Jonathan Moscrop, Jacob Howe and Michael Gray.