Heathside U17s win Southern Road Relays

There were rich pickings from the Heathside weekend results at the weekend. These included a first place for our U17 women in the Southern Road Relays (Hattie Munday, Ruby Walls and Izzy Watkins), firsts for Seyfu Jamaal (30:37) and Amy Cook (a 37:58 PB) in the Middlesex 10k and a V50 PB of 34:35 for Ed Boden in the same race, a PB of 2:32:56 for Conor Brown in the Berlin Marathon, and a PB plus club V50 record of 2:41:24 for Steve Pennington, also in Berlin.

Southern 6/4/3 Stage Road Relay Championships, Crystal Palace, Saturday September 24

Simon Baker reports on our two winning girls teams from the Middlesex Road Relays heading to Crystal Palace to take part in the 3 x 3000m Southern Road Relays:

“While many clubs had opted for the alternative races at Aldershot there was still plenty of talent on show.  The Young U15 girls team finished in 7th, a great result considering all three were in the 1st race as U15s.  Lettice Gundry started the team off passing over to Amy Kirk in 9th place who managed to improve the team into 7th place with Kiara Corkin continuing to push they finished only 7s behind 6th placed VP&TH. 

“Our U17 women have had a strong track season and demonstrated their potential for this season’s cross-country by taking the gold medal.  Hattie Munday got the team off to a great start in 3rd place. Ruby Walls managed to overtake the teams ahead which allowed Izzy Watkins, the Southern U17W 800m Champion, to move further way with the 2nd fastest leg of the race and take gold for the team.”  The U17s finished 43-seconds ahead of second placed South London Harriers.

Results

U15 Girls (3x3000m)

7th London Heathside (Lettice Gundry 13:06, Amy Kirk 12:17, Kiara Corkin 12:10) 37:32

13 Teams

U17 Women (3x3000m)

1st London Heathside (Hattie Munday 11:37, Ruby Walls 12:47, Izzy Watkins 11:25) 35:48

6 Teams

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Middlesex 10km

Simon Baker reports on this event:

“A great turnout from Heathsiders saw a commanding win by Seyfu who led from the start. There were also good runs from Joseph Young in 2nd, Roger Maident  (3rd) and Ismail Abukar (4th) to win the men’s team title.  Amy Cook was the 1st woman and Oliver O'Conner the 1st U20 to cap a very successful race for the club. “ Adding to that, Heathside’s women’s team (Amy Cook, Ciera Kennedy and Trudy Kearney) won the women’s team gold and Ed Boden ran 34:35 to shatter the club’s V50 10k record

Middlesex 10km, Victoria Park, 24.9.22

1st Seyfu Jamaal 30:37 
2nd Joseph Young 32:16
3rd Roger Maidment (V45) 32:54 

4th Ismail Abukar 33:13 
13th Oliver O'Connor (U20) 34:10 (1st U20)
17th Ed Boden (V50) 34:35 (club V50 record)
18th Callum Coleman 34:58
31st Filippo Minelle (V35) 36:19
34th Matthew Cockerill (V50) 36:38
35th Joseph Mckeown (V35) 36:42 
37th Kwasi Agyei-Owusu (V40) 37:09

38th Chris Hartley (V55) 37:11
40th Tom Fancett 37:25
43rd Damien Lane (V50) 37:34
47th Jordan Marshall 37:39
53rd Amy Cook 37:58 (1st woman, PB)
55th Janak Subberwal (U20M) 38:07 
64th Pep Pamies (V45) 39:11

71st Marcus Tillotson (V45) 40:44 
72nd Matthew Beard (V50) 40:47 
76th Ciera Kennedy (SW) 41:07 
77th James Connell (V45) 41:20 
80th Simon Nichols (V50) 41:27

84th Jamie Thunder 42:14
85th Pete Crockford (V60) 42:21 
87th Barney Southin (V45) 42:42

90th Benjamin Ridley-Johnson 42:56

91st Trevor Wilson (V50) 43:02

93rd Maura Bellio (SW) 43:09

97th Mark George (V55) 44:14 
101st Ellidh Wagstaff (SW) 44:26 S
102nd Trudy Kearney (SW) 44:34
105th Leo Pemberton (V40) 45:38 
111th Catherine Jones (SW) 47:11 
120th Sue Eedle (VW65) 50:50

127th Marianne Gibson (VW55) 53:09
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Berlin Marathon, Sunday September 5

At least nine of our runners travelled to the world record course in Berlin for Sunday’s marathon.

First home was Conor Brown in a PB time of 2:32:56. He ran a commendably evenly-paced race, going through the 10k in 35:54, the half in 1:15:39 and doing the second half in 1:17:17. 

He was followed by Steve Pennington in 2:41:42, which broke his own club V50 record by 2:07 – a PB.  Among the Heathsiders he was followed by Steve Lamont (a PB of 2:50:28), Sammy Keenan (2:58:14) and Marcus Brown (2:59:12).

Our first and only woman in the race was Emily Reichert who ran splendidly in her debut marathon, finishing in 3:09:26.  She paced it well, completing the first half in 1:32:24 and the second half in 1:37:02.

Behind Emily were Lixx Diaz (a PB of 3:28:45), Gllen Taylor (3:30:01) and Chris Magienek (3:50:03).

Results

Men

213rd Conor Brown – 2:32:56 (PB)

525th Steve Pennington – 2:41:24 (PB, 9th V50)

1100th Steve Lamont - 2:50:28 (PB)

1907th Sammy Keenan – 2:58:14

2088th Marcus Brown – 2:59:12

6128th Lixx Diaz – 3:28:45 (PB)

10221st Glen Taylor – 3:50:01

10223rd Chris Magienek – 2:50:03

Women

321st Emily Reichert – 3:09:26 (debut)

Wimbledon Half Marathon, Sunday September 5

Rebecca Taylor reports that she and Aaron Smith from the Tuesday YMCA group ventured to South West London for the Wimbledon Half:

“Marketed as "flat", the course actually included a hill a bit like Winnington but longer, which half marathon runners (there was also a 10k) had to do twice.

“Aaron was pleased to finish in 1.54.43, knocking five minutes off his half marathon PB. Rebecca didn't run nearly so well finishing in 1.58.38, several minutes outside her PB.

“The race was well organised and the crisp sunny weather was perfect.”

Leamington Cycle & Athletics Club Open, Leamington Spa, Saturday September 17

One we missed from last week: U15 Elkie Baker came second in the 1kg discuss in this event, throwing 27:08.

Result

Discus (1kg) 

2nd Elkie Baker 27.08m AAA Grade 2

Parkruns

A total of 73 of our runners took part in 29 Parkruns on Saturday.

There were wins for Andy Barnes in Mile End (15:59 – the fastest Heathsider of the day), Olivia Desborough in Highbury Fields (a highly impressive 17:58, making her the fastest Heathside woman of the day), Rebecca Bunting in Hampstead (18:24), Lily Woolcock (20:13) in Finsbury Park (where Johnny Forsyth ran 16:46 to come second) and Meg Taylor in Wetherby (21:51). The full Heathside results are here .

Report by Gavin Evans, with thanks to Simon Baker, Sammy Keenan, and Rebecca Taylor