Middlesex AA championships and new 1500m and 10K club records

This week’s report includes some impressive performances at the Middlesex AA championships,  new club records from Liam Garrett and Pete Crockford, and a few other track, marathons and road races

Middlesex AA County Championships, Lee Valley, 13-14th May 2023

Simon Baker sent in the following report from Lee Valley:

The middle of May brings the County Championships.  These are the most informal of the track and field championships and a great opportunity to experience championship racing, potentially negotiating heats to reach the final, and who doesn't like to win a medal?.  Plenty of Heathsiders appeared, with 13 county champions and a total of 33 medals won.

Great performances included Gabriel Edwards securing U13B sprint titles as well as High Hurdle title the latter in a new Championship best.  Trey Corlis (U17M 100m) and Suraya Frost (U15G 75mH) also took the hurdles titles the later with English Schools qualification time.  Magdeline Paitoo added to U17W 300m title to her bronze from the National Indoors.  Dylan Mills showed his stamina taking both U15B 300m and 800m titles in two pulsating races.  Lily Woolcock took the senior woman's 1500m title.  Koppany Szentes won the Inaugural U15B 3000m race with an exceptionally composed run.  In the field events Elkie Baker couldn't reach the heights of her 34.25m throw in the week but an opening throw of 29.85m was enough to take the title by 6m.  Thomas Wasserman added the U17M Shot put title to his silver in the Hurdles.

 Elsewhere there were hosts of PBS and great performances, of special mention is Rosa Cormacain who in her first 1500m secured bronze and returned the next day to take silver in the U15G 3000m. It was great to see a host of Seniors in the 5000m try to take Jerry Odlin's Championship Best set in 1977. 

 The wind on Saturday meant club records were impossible to break for the sprinters but Koppany Szentes and Rosa Cormacain both broke the respective U15 3000m records. Millie Bridgman-Athanasatos the U15G Triple Jump and Malia Anderson-Watson the U15G Hammer.

Senior Men 
100m

H2 4th Vladimir Woodham Smith 11.79

H2 5th Mohamed Kamala 12.16 PB

200m 

H1 4th Vladimir Woodham-Smith 23.28 PB

H1 5th Asha Osei (V35) 23.56

H3 7th Mohamed Kamala 26.11 PB

800m

3rd Richard Macaulay (V35) 2:07.08 🥉

1500m

2nd Richard Macaulay (V35) 4:23.45 🥈

5000m

2nd Sion Lewis (V40) 16:11.38 🥈 

3rd Jordan Marshall 17:10.45 PB 🥉 

4th Fillipo Minelle (V35) 17:17.44

5th Jake Spencer (V35) 17:31.10 PB

6th Alex Sweet (V40) 19:16.25

110mH

2nd Israel Nworgu (V35) 16.68, 🥈 

U20 Men

400m

4th Avery Dietrich 55.66 PB

U17 Men

100m

H1 5th Montana Dennis 11.62

H1 7th Tobias Toth-Stevens 12.46

H2 4th Oscar Hall 11.30 PB

Final 6th Oscar Hall 11.23 PB

400m

4th Oscar Hall 54.17

800m

2nd David Bath-Okyere 2:05.81 🥈 

4th George Saint 2:07.23

9th Artie Feeny Willings 2:32.26

100mH w/s +3.1

1st Trey Corlis 13.18 PB🥇 

2nd Thomas Wassermann 14.02 PB 🥈 

3rd Montana Dennis 14.59 PB 🥉 

High Jump

2nd Artie Feeny Willings 1.40m  🥈 

Shot Put (5kg)

1st Thomas Wassermann 10.75m 🥇 

U15 Boys

100m

H1 4th Malakai David MacKenzie Callum 11.99 PB

200m

H1 3rd Malakai David MacKenzie Callum 24.70 PB

Final 6th Malakai David MacKenzie Callum 24.55 PB

300m

1st Dylan Mills 39.83 PB 🥇 

800m

1st Dylan Mills 2:06.49 PB 🥇 

7th Ennio Kaloukian 238.56

1500m

H1 9th Ennio Kaloukian 5:19.92

3000m

1st Koppany Szentes 9:49.87 PB NCR CBP 🥇 

80mH

1st Malakai David MacKenzie Callum 12.30 🥇 

Long Jump

4th Malakai David MacKenzie Callum 5.01m 

U13 Boys

100m

H1 1st Gabriel Edwards 13.18 

Final 1st Gabriel Edwards 12.78 🥇 

200m 

1st Gabriel Edwards 26.40 🥇

800m 

4th Rory Willis 2:30.57 PB

1500m

5th Rory Willis 5:15.95

75mH

1st Gabriel Edwards 12.32 🥇 

Senior Women

200m

7th Noelle O'Regan (V35) 28.88

400m 

2nd Noelle O'Regan (V35) 62.75 🥈 

800m

3rd Rhian Male 2:21.75 🥉 

1500m 

1st Lily Woolcock 4:53.94 🥇 

U17 Women

200m

H2 2nd Magdeline Paitoo 26.60

H2 4th Ella Burridge 26.68

Final 5th Magdeline Paitoo 26.33

Final 8th Ella Burridge 26.81

300m

1st Magdeline Paitoo 41.88 🥇

3rd Ella Burridge 43.49 🥉 

1500m

3rd Issy Watkins 4:55.45 🥉 

4th Millie Watkins 4:58.07

5th Ishaana Cannell 5:15.38 PB

80mH

3rd Imani Quamina 12.29 🥉 

Hammer (3 kg)

2nd Patrycja Jarosz 25.29m 🥈 

U15 Girls

100m

H1 4th Munevver Akesen 13.36 PB

200m

H1 6th Ivy Paitoo 28.47 

H2 4th Suraya Frost 28.08 

H2 7th Kyra Smith 29.23

300m

6th Ivy Paitoo 45.78 PB

7th Maya Westgate 48.87 PB

800m

4th Lettice Gundry 2:36.02 PB

5th Maya Westgate 2:36.49 PB

7th Margot Hunt 2:39.36 PB

1500m 

3rd Rosa Cormacain 4:58.48 PB NCR CBP🥉 

5th Amy Kirk 4:59.70 PB

9th Jessica Lappin 5:52.40 PB

3000m

2nd Rosa Cormacain 11:03.68 PB NCR CBP 🥈 

75mH  w/s +4.9

1st Suraya Frost 11.62 PB 🥇 

3rd Tara Sweetnam 12.39🥉 

Long Jump

4th Kyra Smith 4.42m

6th Milli Bridgman-Athanasatos 4.22m

Triple Jump

2nd Milli Bridgman-Athanasatos 9.57m PB NCR🥈 

Shot Put (3Kg)

2nd Elkie Baker 8.53m 🥈 

Discus (1Kg)

1st Elkie Baker 29.87m 🥇 

Hammer (3Kg)

4th Malia Anderson-Watson 26.21m PB NCR 

Richard Macaulay wins silver at the Middlesex champs

Heathsiders at the Middlesex champs

Track races

 Jacob Howe sent in the following report from the US and locally:

Over in the States, Liam Garrett demolished his own club record at 1500m, running inside his previous best not once but twice last week.  Continuing a fine run of form starting with the College indoor season and extending into the early season outdoors

11/5/23 West Point Twilight, US 

1500m

7. Liam Garrett 3:45.95

11/5/23 Yale Last Chance Meet

1500m

7. Liam Garrett 3:46.39

Meanwhile, closer to home Gus Tomlinson Smith won the 800m at BMC meet at the Scrubs. With previous 1500m record holder Tom Archer in form, and Joe Young having recently run a 5000m PB, the club champs could be interesting...

10/5/23 BMC/TVH Wormwood Scrubs

800m

1. Gus Tomlinson Smith 1:53.92

 Marathons

Congratulations go to Glen Taylor for completing the Copenhagen marathon in 3:31:40 and to Aaron Smith, who chose picturesque Halstead to run his first marathon, finishing in 3:57:20.

 Copenhagen marathon, 14th Mary 2023

2317  Glen Taylor    3:31:40

 Halstead marathon, 14th May 2023

107  Aaron Smith  3:57:20

RunThrough Races Victoria Park, 7th May

Jacob continues to report:

  On the roads, Kwasi Agyei-Owusu won at the RunThrough 5k in Victoria Park, whilst Darryn was third in the 10k

 7/5/23 RunThrough Races Victoria Park

5k

1. Kwasi Agyei-Owusu 18:05

 10k

3. Darryn Hillson 34:04

193. Michael Gray 54:30

Civil Service 10k Champs, Battersea Park, Weds 10th May

Pete Crockford sent in the following report from Battersea Park:

Tony Killilea wasn't there this year, so, as far as I can tell, I was the only Heathsider. Won V65 Gold and set a new club record for that age group, but having to get used to being 5% slower than last year ☹

67th        Pete Crockford  44:11 (1st MV65)

187 finishers

Watford Harriers Open Meetings, Watford 17.5.23

800m
SX4 1st Artie Feeny-Willings (U17M) 2:30.35
SX12 2nd George Saint (U17M) 2:05.96 PB 0.17s improvement
SX12 4th Dylan Mills (U15B) 2:06.43 PB 0.06s improvement

Parkruns

Many Heathsiders ran in parkruns this weekend.  Congratulations for first place finishes go to Seyfu Jamaal (Finsbury Park, 15:33), Olivia Desborough (Highbury Fields, 18:33), Matthew Wheat (Severn Bridge, 16:39), Amy Cook (Lordship Rec, 19:09).  Full results can be found here.

https://www.parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=2017&eventdate=2023-05-13

Compiled by Emilia with reports from Simon Baker, Pete Cockroft, Aaron Smith, Jacob Howe

Photos: Simon Baker