Imani Quamina sprints for England

Heathside’s two outstanding performances of the week came from U15 sprint and hurdles star Imani Quamina, who qualified to compete in the England U15/U17 championships in Manchester at the weekend. Imani, who is the London 75m hurdles schools’ champion in her age group, ran this event only three-quarters of an hour after running in the 200. Her time of 12.21 gave her fifth place in her heat. In the 200 she came sixth in her heat in a nifty 27.67.

Other exceptional U15 performances came from our athletes in the 800m in the Watford Open, where Mia Rosen ran finished in 2:22 and David Baah Okyere in 2:11.

Among the seniors Filippo Minelle broke his PB by more than five seconds in a time of 17:14 while William Griffiths closed in 17:06. And at the BMC Regional in Gillingham Brogan Wallace broke her PB with a time of 2:16 in the 800. She also broke her 1500 PB (by 10.5 seconds) in the Watford Open with a time of 4:36 while Lily Woolcock ran a PB of 4:43.

England U15/U17 Track and Field Championships, Manchester, August 7-8

Simon Baker sent this report:

‘Heathside’s Imani Quamina represented the club at the England National U15 and U17 Championships in a wet and windy Manchester at the weekend.   Even qualifying for these championships is an achievement and this was Imani's first experience of a major meeting and competing against the top ranked athletes in the country.  

‘Imani who is London 75mH Schools Champion has had a fine season under the watchful eye of her coach Israel improving her 200m PB by 2s and her wind assisted PB in the 75mH of 11.61 is the 14th fastest in the UK this year.

‘Imani started in the 200m Heats finishing a creditable 6th in the difficult conditions and having been drawn in lane 1.  The Hurdle Heats were only 45 minutes later which saw her miss out on progressing to the next round by the slimmest margins of 1/100th second.

‘Despite the disappointment this was a great experience for Imani and an honour to see the club's colours at the highest level.  No doubt this was the first of many championships for her.’

Results

200m U15G

H1 6th Imani Quamina 27.67

75mH U15G

H2 5th Imani Quamina 12.21

Watford Open Meeting, Watford, August 11

Both Mia Rosen and David Baah Okyere put in outstanding performances in the under-15 800 meter event, with Mia coming 8th and David 7th.

Results

800m
X5 8th Mia Rosen (U15G) 2:22.74
X8 7th David Baah Okyere (U15B) 2:11.98

Hercules Wimbledon 5000m Festival, Wimbledon, August 7

Four fast times were achieved by our runners, including two PBs. Fastest of our lot was William Griffiths, running as an under-23, who finished in 17:06. Next was Filippo Minelle who broke his PB by more than five seconds in 17:14. Then came under-20 Ray Edwin with a PB of 17:51, followed ten second later by Gabriele Noaro in 18:01.

Results

5000m

SX2 2nd Filippo Minelle 17:14.67 PB by 5.2s

SX2 14th Gabriele Noaro 18:01.54

SX3 8th William Griffiths (U23) 17:06.55

SX5 9th Ray Edwin (U20) 17:51.55 PB 

BMC Regional Races, Gillingham, August 7

Brogan Wallace is showing a fine vein of form, which continued with a PB of 2:16 in the 800 meters, putting her in third place in the A-race.

Result

800m Women’s A
3rd Brogan Wallace 2:16.71 PB by 0.43s

Cambridge Harriers Open Series, Eltham, August 4

Shot Putt (3Kg)
2nd Helene Kehoe (VW55) 7.02m

Watford Open Graded Meeting, Watford, July 28

Brogan Wallace put in another impressive PB (this in the 1500 one by more than 10 seconds) with a time of 4:36. Lily Woolcock also ran superbly with a PB of 4:48.

Results

200m
SX2 5th Fabio Espírito Santo 29.60

1500m
SX2 11th Fabio Espírito Santo 5:33.90
SX3 12th Jennifer Wing 5:16.06
SX5 10th Lily Woolcock 4:48.30 PB by 2.6s
SX7 7th Brogan Wallace 4:36.12 PB by 10.5s

Park Run

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Report by Gavin Evans with big help, as always, from Simon Baker.