Lawrence makes his Mark at the SAL
Saturday saw our home SAL match at Lee Valley. The weather may have been a bit overcast but our spirits were high.
Thanks to super organisation from Noëlle and Tony, both the women’s and men’s teams covered all the events, with numerous non-scorers acting as the icing on the cake. Thanks also to those who often get mentioned at the end of the report: the officials and coaches. That’s Jacob and Angela, Kabir, Takis, Suzette, Ben, John F, Jonathan L, Jessica, Ed, Chris, Nathan, Mark, Mike, Ivor, Steve and Pete, plus announcer extraordinaire Claire. Next, thanks to Anne-Christine, our wonderful multi-eventer, and the lovely Dr. Bergit, both of whom flew in from Germany to come to our aid.
The long distance group’s contribution, co-ordinated by Noëlle and Jacob, was outstanding, yet again bringing in great results. Our promotion to the second division and very steady performance here is directly due to our ongoing cooperation between all the groups involved, so let’s celebrate that team spirit! The sprinters certainly had a good day, the warmer weather bringing in lots of success for scorers and non-scorers alike. The relay teams got us all a bit excited and did us very proud; the performance of the women’s 4 x 400 m relay in particular was outstanding. We had very consistent hurdling results; these are events where we can get lots of points by filling both strings where other clubs leave gaps.
The jumpers were all in flying form, as were the pole vaulters. A special mention to Mark, our jumps coach, who broke the 16-year V40 club record for long jump, with a very lengthy 6.23 m. The throwers were also showing their strength in an area we hope to develop in the future, and we invite more athletes to have a go at future meetings.
Jaime Rodríguez García took some great photos which are up on Facebook, so check those out.
Welcome back to the SAL to Adrian ‘the legend’ Essex, we missed you!
Finally, Andy Barnes ran his first track race and Chris Gray got outstanding 100 m and 200 m results for his first races ever. We hope to see them at future matches. Antanas Weston jumped in (!) to fill a gap in men’s high jump with a sore foot at very short notice, thus ensuring we had every event filled.
The final result left us just a few points behind Blackheath & Bromley in second place, a result for us all to be very proud of.
The next SAL is on Saturday July 9th at Luton: let’s do it all again!
Results
Blackheath & Bromley: 220
London Heathside: 203
Basildon: 151.5
West Suffolk: 120.5
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MEN |
POSITION(TEAM) |
NAME |
RESULT |
|
100 m |
3(A) |
Ashley Braithwaite |
11.5 |
|
2(B) |
Jeremy Firth |
11.6 |
|
|
NS |
Michael Bense |
12.7 |
|
|
NS |
Chris Gray |
12.5 |
|
|
NS |
Rob Thomson |
12.4 |
|
|
200 m |
3(A) |
Jeremy Firth |
23.8 |
|
2(B) |
Darnell Plummer |
24.0 |
|
|
NS |
Michael Bense |
26.8 |
|
|
NS |
Chris Gray |
25.6 |
|
|
NS |
Adrian Essex |
29.7 |
|
|
NS |
Ashley Braithwaite |
24.3 |
|
|
400 m |
4(A) |
Nathan Cyrus |
55.3 |
|
1(B) |
Richard Macaulay |
55.7 |
|
|
800 m |
2(A) |
Richard Macaulay |
2:02.0 |
|
2(B) |
Andrew Brooker |
2:03.6 |
|
|
NS |
Edward Garrett |
2:04.9 |
|
|
NS |
Jem O'Flaherty |
2:14.4 |
|
|
NS |
Ben Wolfe |
2:09.9 |
|
|
NS |
Daniel Johns |
2:19.5 |
|
|
NS |
Terry Lines |
2:18.5 |
|
|
NS |
Luke Gray |
2:11.0 |
|
|
1500 m |
2(A) |
Andrew Brooker |
4:16.4 |
|
3(B) |
Jack Farley |
4:26.3 |
|
|
NS |
Liam Garrett |
4:29.2 |
|
|
NS |
James Connell |
5:23.1 |
|
|
5000 m |
2(A) |
Andy Barnes |
16:08.3 |
|
1(B) |
Charles Hardy |
16:25.1 |
|
|
NS |
Daniel Johns |
17:48.9 |
|
|
NS |
Kimon Doulis |
16:55.7 |
|
|
NS |
Jacob Howe |
17:49.3 |
|
|
NS |
James Connell |
19:02.9 |
|
|
NS |
Jonathan Litchfield |
17:58.9 |
|
|
NS |
Mario Cadete |
17:14.5 |
|
|
NS |
Gareth Marshall |
17:55.7 |
|
|
110 mH |
2(A) |
Israel Nworgu |
15.9 |
|
1(B) |
Ivan Ross |
21.5 |
|
|
400 mH |
1(A) |
Israel Nworgu |
61.8 |
|
1(B) |
Ivan Ross |
64.6 |
|
|
NS |
Tony Killilea |
72.2 |
|
|
NS |
Adrian Essex |
88.9 |
|
|
2000 m SC |
3(A) |
Richard Macaulay |
6:50.4 |
|
2(B) |
John Flahive |
7:22.7 |
|
|
NS |
Tony Killilea |
7:39.7 |
|
|
HJ |
4(A) |
Antanas Weston |
1.55 |
|
3(B) |
Ivan Ross |
1.50 |
|
|
PV |
1(A) |
Duncan Hicklin |
3.10 |
|
1(B) |
Ivan Ross |
2.90 |
|
|
LJ |
2(A) |
Emmanuel Nwaobodo |
6.37 |
|
1(B) |
Mark Lawrence |
6.23 |
|
|
NS |
Jacob Wilson |
5.91 |
|
|
NS |
Sebouh Takvorian |
4.68 |
|
|
TJ |
1(A) |
Mark Lawrence |
12.22 |
|
1(B) |
Emmanuel Nwaobodo |
11.88 |
|
|
NS |
Jacob Wilson |
11.12 |
|
|
SP |
4(A) |
Emmanuel Nwaobodo |
11.15 |
|
3(B) |
Mark Lawrence |
10.16 |
|
|
NS |
Jaime Rodriguez Garcia |
7.02 |
|
|
DT |
3(A) |
Izaiah Turner |
30.90 |
|
3(B) |
Nathan Cyrus |
26.13 |
|
|
NS |
Adrian Essex |
16.88 |
|
|
HT |
3(A) |
Izaiah Turner |
33.50 |
|
3(B) |
Adrian Essex |
13.12 |
|
|
JT |
3(A) |
Ivan Ross |
35.83 |
|
2(B) |
Nathan Cyrus |
34.26 |
|
|
4x100 |
Total time (position)
|
Jeremy Firth |
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|
Ashley Braithwaite |
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|
Darnell Plummer |
|||
|
Israel Nworgu |
|||
|
4x400 |
Total time (position)
|
Nathan Cyrus |
55.8 |
|
Andrew Brooker |
56.3 |
||
|
Charles Hardy |
56.1 |
||
|
Richard Macaulay |
56.6 |
|
WOMEN |
NAME |
RESULT |
|
|
100 m |
4(A) |
Alishia Abodunde |
13.3 |
|
3(B) |
Anca Leuca |
13.8 |
|
|
NS |
Ella Johnson |
13.9 |
|
|
NS |
Helene Kehoe |
15.0 |
|
|
200 m |
2(A) |
Alishia Abodunde |
27.5 |
|
2(B) |
Noelle O'Regan |
27.1 |
|
|
NS |
Anca Leuca |
29.0 |
|
|
NS |
Ella Johnson |
29.0 |
|
|
400 m |
3(A) |
Noelle O'Regan |
63.2 |
|
1(B) |
Rosa Serafini |
63.4 |
|
|
800 m |
2(A) |
Bethany Scott |
2:22.3 |
|
1(B) |
Ula Cartwright-Finch |
2:24.4 |
|
|
NS |
Rosa Serafini |
2:23.0 |
|
|
1500 m |
3(A) |
Sue Rust |
5:00.5 |
|
1(B) |
Ula Cartwright-Finch |
5:01.0 |
|
|
NS |
Kelly Thorneycroft |
5:12.9 |
|
|
NS |
Jessica Vinluan |
5:55.2 |
|
|
NS |
Bethany Scott |
5:00.0 |
|
|
3000 m |
1(A) |
Rebecca Piggott |
10:21.1 |
|
1(B) |
Bethany Scott |
10:43.3 |
|
|
NS |
Sue Rust |
10:54.4 |
|
|
NS |
Kelly Thorneycroft |
11:15.5 |
|
|
NS |
Angela Howe |
11:53.9 |
|
|
NS |
Jennifer Wing |
11:45.8 |
|
|
110 mH |
2(A) |
Lauren Hendry |
19.5 |
|
2(B) |
Helene Kehoe |
29.2 |
|
|
400 mH |
3(A) |
Lauren Hendry |
82.2 |
|
3(B) |
Kim Butler |
93.9 |
|
|
2000 m SC |
2(A) |
Jennifer Wing |
8:38.7 |
|
DNF |
Kim Butler |
NA |
|
|
HJ |
4(A) |
Jennifer Wing |
1.35 |
|
3(B) |
Lauren Hendry |
1.35 |
|
|
PV |
2(A) |
Gokce Baydar |
1.20 |
|
2(B) |
Bergit Pfleger |
1.00 |
|
|
LJ |
4(A) |
Anne-Christine Scherer |
4.30 |
|
3(B) |
Mary Peart |
4.13 |
|
|
TJ |
3(A) |
Gokce Baydar |
7.57 |
|
3(B) |
Helene Kehoe |
5.33 |
|
|
SP |
1(A) |
Anne-Christine Scherer |
10.00 |
|
1(B) |
Noelle O'Regan |
9.30 |
|
|
DT |
2(A) |
Anne-Christine Scherer |
23.28 |
|
2(B) |
Helene Kehoe |
15.38 |
|
|
HT |
2(A) |
Noelle O'Regan |
24.54 |
|
2(B) |
Helene Kehoe |
16.31 |
|
|
JT |
4(A) |
Gokce Baydar |
15.54 |
|
3(B) |
Sue Rust |
10.16 |
|
|
NS |
Bergit Pfleger |
7.69 |
|
|
4x100 |
Total time (position)
|
Anca Leuca |
|
|
Noelle O'Regan |
|||
|
Anne-Christine Scherer |
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|
Alishia Abodunde |
|||
|
4x400 |
Total time (position)
|
Ula Cartwright-Finch |
66.2 |
|
Noelle O'Regan |
62.5 |
||
|
Anne-Christine Scherer |
65.0 |
||
|
Yanna Raykov |
64.4 |