Heathsiders shine in the London Marathon
This week’s report features the London marathon, with numerous impressive runs, PBs and new club records, the mini marathon, as well as marathons from further afield, including Zurich, Enschede and track meetings.
TCS London Marathon, Greenwich, 21.4.24
There was a big turn-out for the London marathon last Sunday, with sixty two Heathsiders completing thr course. With perfect conditions, there were numerous outstanding runs with many PBs. Kader Seyed led Heathsiders home in an amazing time of 2:22.4. He was followed shortly afterwards by Simon Gardiner (2:30.3) and James Hurrell (2:30.0). Rebecca Bunting was first Heathside woman, finishing in 2:41.1 and coming an astonishing 8th woman and second in her age category, followed soon by Rebecca Piggott (2:45.4). Sarah Swinhoe’s run was equally impressive, coming 3rd in the V50 category in 2:51.4. Rebecca Bunting and Sarah set new club records in their age category. Veteran of many marathons, Gavin Evans reported that he ran the marathon with a streaming cold, nevertheless finishing in an enviable time of 3:11.13. Congratulations to all Heathsiders who finished, - completing the training and reaching the finish line is an achievement to be proud of!
Place M/F Place AG Place Name AG Time
25 25 24 Kader Seyed SM 02:22.4
196 196 170 Simon Gardiner SM 02:30.3
252 252 215 James Hurrell SM 02:32.0
410 409 335 Peter Northall SM 02:35.2
618 613 84 Michael Torres V40 02:38.2
721 715 108 Dan Collins V40 02:39.3
758 752 574 George Gurney SM 02:39.6
772 766 52 Edward Samuel V45 02:40.1
776 770 119 Jose Sabroso V40 02:40.1
847 9 2 Rebecca Bunting VW40 02:41.1 (club record)
1015 1005 738 Thomas Foy SM0 02:43.1
1157 1141 189 Marco Serena V40 02:44.5
1245 20 11 Rebecca Piggott SW 02:45.4
1431 1398 987 Sammy Keenan SM 02:47.3
1584 1537 1080 William Willis SM 02:48.3
1591 1544 1085 Jonathan Hilling SM 02:48.3
1777 1721 56 Paul Beale V50 02:50.0
1823 1764 1202 Matthew Wheat SM 02:50.3
1897 1837 190 Arturo Garcia-Huidobro V45 02:51.1
1968 67 3 Sarah Swinhoe VW50 02:51.4 (club record)
2149 84 59 Catrin Tyler SW 02:52.5
2223 2133 393 Christopher Vincent V40 02:53.2
2237 2146 247 Valentin Valeanu V45 02:53.3 (PB)
2556 2426 302 Daniel Johns V45 02:55.2
2659 2522 486 Kwasi Agyei-Owusu V40 02:55.5
2904 2746 38 Rob Shulman V55 02:57.1
3439 222 39 Emily Reichert VW40 02:59.1
3714 3462 496 Filipe Cardoso V45 03:00.3
3739 3486 685 Andy Dicks V40 03:00.3
3904 283 44 Tina Bergman V40 03:01.5
4230 3879 567 Jonathan Shalom V45 03:03.6
4287 3925 2204 George Sutton SM 03:04.3
4404 383 272 Jessica Prior SW 03:05.0
4501 410 291 Francesca Stocco SW 03:05.4
4524 417 297 Anna Rawshorne SW 03:05.5
4804 476 341 Chiara Borg SW 03:07..4
4945 504 75 Mikuki Okubo V40 03:08.2
4954 507 362 Holly Fenton SW 03:08.3
5095 536 382 Olivia Lukasewich SW 03:09.1
5226 573 409 Kate Hawkshaw SW 03:09.5
5505 4865 47 Gavin Evans V60 03:11.13
5722 685 490 Annabelle Ottaway SW 03:12.2
5985 5220 2782 Wayne Morley SM 03:13.4
6018 773 550 Lucie Mauger SW 03:13.4
6248 833 89 Monika Newton VW45 03:14.4
6367 868 610 Courtney Hyde SW 03:15.2
6679 952 660 Lizzie Neimes SW 03:16.5
7166 1073 734 Hin Yan Tsang SM 03:19
7532 6351 1178 Liam Hazelton V40 03:20.5
8337 6916 1276 Chris Prickett V40 03:24.1
8846 7269 3729 Jonathan Horsford SM 03:26.0
8890 1589 1032 Emma Simpson SW 03:26.1
8952 1612 1046 Frankie Hogge SW 03:26.2
10536 8403 816 James Connell V50 03:31.1
10828 8582 1536 M Lewis V40 03:32.1
11976 9347 4762 Dan Sofaer SM 03:36.0
12057 2652 1597 Laura Alderson SW 03:36.2
13712 10459 5288 Tom Ashall SM 03:41.4
14510 3519 112 Cynthia Zebedee V55 3:43.59
15152 3744 2103 Kimberli Butler SW 03:45.5
24003 17005 2824 Peter Hurst V40 04:10.1
46099 28225 13504 Simon Blandino-Knight SM 05:38.5
TCS London Mini Marathon, Westminster, 20.4.24
Simon sent in the following report from the mini marathon on Sunday:
Another year of great performances at the Mini-marathon with 25 young Heathsiders taking part in what is both the British Road Race Championships and London Borough Challenge. Our highest placing in the Borough Challenge was Rosa Cormacain who finished 9th in the U15 Girls race and as a 1st year will be aiming to do even better next year. Others among a host of great performances were Issy Watkins (U17W) 10th place while George Saint (U17M) and Sam Turner (U15B) were both 11th and Charlie Nicolson (U13B) 12th in their respective races. Of special note was seeing Hattie Munday running again after a long lay off.
U17 Men (127 finishers)
1st T Chadwick (Highgate) 7:32
11th George Saint (Har) 7:59
33rd David Baah-Okyere (Enf) 8:21
113rd Ben Ryan (Har) 10:22
U17 Women (116 finishers)
1st K Pye (Kingston) 8:20
10th Issy Watkins (Har) 9:37
41st Millie Watkins (Har) 10:31
54th Hattie Munday (Har) 10:46
66th Ishaana Cannell (Isl) 10:56
U15 Boys (160 finishers)
1st J Scanes (Bromley) 7:33
11th Sam Turner (Har) 8:16
41st Ennio Kaloukian (Isl) 8:51
71st Tam Mergia (Har) 9:14
83rd Phoenix Bonhote (Hac) 9:22
U15 Girls (140 finishers)
1st J March (Barnet & D) 8:28
9th Rosa Cormacain (Har) 9:31
23rd Kiara Corkin (Isl) 10:03
25th Caitlin Roberts (Har) 10:04
31st Lila Blustin (Har) 10:13
35th Lettice Gundry (Isl) 10:16
67th Maya Westgate (Hac) 10:55
74th Jessica Lappin (Har) 11:00
80th Ivy Gray (Har) 11:11
U13 Boys (161 finishers)
1st E Cunniffe (Wandsworth) 8:24
12th Charlie Nicolson (Har) 8:57
31st Rory Willis (Isl) 9:24
38th Alex Kirk (Har) 9:32
U13 Girls (154 finishers)
1st S Summer (Havering) 8:47
106th Alice Rockhill (Isl) 12:02
114th Chiara Pegoraro (Hac) 12:19
125th Mia Beeby (Har) 12:42
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Zurich Halfmarathon, 21/4/24
1441 Steve Crowley 1:45:19
1757 Caroline McGraw 2:14.59
Boston marathon, USA, 15/4/24
3322 Peter Beard 3:02.52
4033 Chloe Wilkinson 3:06.55
Highgate Harriers Open Meeting, Parliament Hill, 17.4.24
Simon sent in the following report from Parliament Hill:
Highgate Harriers celebrated the opening of the athletics track with theirtraditional spring open meeting. And despite the chilly weather some great early season performances nd PBs were produced including a new u17W club record on the Discus for Elkie Baker.
100m
H2 4th Amaka Onwull (U20W) 14.12 PB
H4 1st Tobias Fernandez Borkel 12.32 PB
H5 1st Asha Osei (V35) 11.58
H5 2nd Mohamed Kamara 12.12
300m
H3 1st Tobias Fernandez Borkel 40.17 PB
H3 3rd Gregory Berrisford Sweet (U20M) 41.08 PB
800m
H2 2nd Phoenix Bonhote (U17M) 2:26.81 PB
H3 3rd Taran Parke-Antonis(U20M) 2:18.02
H4 3rd Fred Beale (U20M) 2:10.16 PB
H4 4th Sam Turner (U17M) 2:10.24 PB
H5 2nd George Saint (U20M) 2:03.86 PB
3000m
H2 5th Ennio Kaloukian (U15B) 10:02.04 PB
Discus (SW 1kg)
2nd Elkie Baker (U17W) 35.36m NCR (33.62m, x,34.37m,x,33.22m,35.36m)
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Leamington Throw Fest, Leamington Spa, 14.4.24
Discus (U17W)
2nd Elkie Baker 33.98m (x,33.98. 33.38,x,x,x)
Watford Harriers AC Graded Meetings, Watford, 17.4.24
400m
H1 1st Rachel McDonald 1:02.19 PB by 0.64s
800m
H5 Rachel McDonald 2:25.31 PB by 5s
Parkrun
93 Heathsiders ran in parkruns last Saturday. Congratulations for first place finishes go to:
Graham Wilkinson (Gunpowder park, 16:12), Roy Kimachia (Horton, 18:35), Carlie Ogilvie (Church Mead, 19:15). Full results can be found here.
Compiled by Emilia with thanks to Simon Baker, Gavin Evans
Photos: Henry Hamilton Gould
Heathsider in full flow at the London marathon
Sarah Swinhoe on course for a new club record