London XC Champs

SEAA London Cross Country Championships, Parliament Hill, 18 Nov

Despite only the Senior races going ahead, nevertheless there was a large club turnout and this time the men took the honours by triumphing in the team race ( pic above ) . Other highlights included an individual silver medal for Seyfu and top 10 finish for Kader, while the women’s team took fourth place.

Simon Baker reports on the days events :

 “ Almost perfect cross-country weather greeted a good turnout of both men’s and women’s teams. It however made a mockery of the decision to cancel the Junior races earlier in the day.  With still plenty of autumn colour in the trees the course was remarkably firm although there was plenty of mud to coat the legs.  The women started the action and while no one was able to keep full pace with the leaders the team led by Jessica Prior packed well from 19th place with 9 runners in the top 50 and the team missing the bronze medal by just 9 points.

The senior mens race saw Seyfu Jamaal and Kader Seyed set off in the leading group on the 3 lap course.  By the 2nd lap 3 runners had broken ahead with Seyfu in close contention ultimately finishing 2nd .  Behind him there were a host of Heathsiders with Kader finishing 9th and George Gurney and Yann Sevestre with Tom Aldred the first vet home in 15th place.  This ensured the Men comfortably won the London Championship title. “

Senior Mens (10km, 445 finishers)

1st D Nolan (Croydon Harriers) 36:41

2nd Seyfu Jamaal 36:52 🥈

9th Kader Seyed 39.12

12th George Gurney 39:20

14th Yann Sevestre 39:37

15th Tom Aldred 39:41 🥇(Vet)

25th James Hurrell 40:46

29th Sion Lewis 41:01

37th Raoul Metcalfe 41:25

38th Matthew Rallison 41:30

45th Andy Barnes 41:57

57th Peter Gould 42:29

66th Darryn Hillson 43:01

81st Filippo Minelle 43:32

87th Keith Geoghegan 43:56

131st Alex Sweet 45:39

136th Ewan Gault 45:57

163rd Etienne Daries 47:03

164th Mihaly Jeles 47:05

170th Peter Wootton 47:13

184th Rob Shulman 47:46

191st Jose Sabroso 47:56

192nd Adam Mitchell 48:02

200th Joel Northcott 48:20

215th Chris Hartley 48:54

222nd Matt Beard 49:20

227th Sam Williams 49:30

272nd Dominic Jackson 51:46

290th Federico Forti 52:33

307th Marcus Tillotson 53:21

312th Harry Owrid 53:38

314th Phillip McDermott 53:45

318th Gavin Evans 53:54

325th Steve Crowley 54:16

327th Jonathan Hopkin 54:24

362nd Lee Connor 56:55

Team:- 1st London Heathside (Jamaal, Seyed, Gurney, Sevestre) 37 pts🥇 ( pictured top )

Senior Women (6km, 261 finishers)

1st H Dixon (Cambridge Harriers) 23:01

19th Jessica Prior 25:08

22nd Katherine Hawkshaw 25:14

28th Lily Woolcock 25:53

30th Chiara Borg 25:56

33rd Ula Cartwright-finch 26:05

46th Rhian Male 26:49

47th Olivia Lukasewich 26:49

48th Ciera Kennedy 26:51

50th Sarah Swinhoe 26:55

63rd Francesca Stocco 27:55

75th Genevieve Weston 28:25

90th Tanya Addison 29:10

117th Jennifer Wing 30:48

132nd Annabel Judd 31:33

137th Kimberli Butler 31:47

147th Caroline Curtin 32:02

157th Jackie Wastell 32:26

160th Caroline White 32:36

Team:- 1st Thames Hare & Hounds 45 pts, 4th London Heathside (Prior, Hawkshaw, Woolcock, Borg) 99 pts

in was a comparatively light week for road racing there was a half marathon at Battersea Park, which featured a close battle between Greg and:Dan

Run Through Battersea Park Half Marathon 18 Nov

17 Greg Whiteley 1hr 15m 11s

18 Dan Collins 1hr 15m 24s 5th V40

48 Sam Segameglio 1hr 23m 18s

and results from the previous week; including a win for Jonathan at Victoria Park

Run Through Victoria Park 10K                                12 Nov

1       Jonathan Hilling                33m 8s

30 Jamie Sullivan 38m 40s

Alton Towers Half Marathon      Alton                    12 Nov                

103      Jonathan Finney               1hr 33m 18s

147      Steve Brookes                   1hr 36m 2s

& 10K

153      Hongbin Gu                       43m 55s

Windmill 10K                    Lytham                               12 Nov 

“ A nice flat out and back course, although given its coastal location it’s liable to be windy at this time of year “

 233      Mark George                     47m 6s

Park Runs

The quickest time of the week went to Jake Evans with 15m 21s at Long Eaton. There were first place finishes for Louisa Pointon ( Coventry ), Margot Hunt ( Finsbury P ) and  Emma Simpson ( Norwich ),  while Jake Evans ( Long Eaton,), Conor Brown ( Aldenham ), Eric Beale ( Ally Pally ) & Jonny Forsyth ( Finsbury P ) took second places

Full results can be found here

compiled by Mark George, with thanks to Simon for the XC report; pictures from Lenny, Caroline, & Mihaly Jeles ( via Club facebook )