Milton wins national indoor title in Sheffield

This week’s highlights include an impressive national championship win by Milton Copper, the final of the Sunday league cross-country, the NWLL cross-country and several other races.

England Athletics National U20,U17,U15 Championships, Sheffield 12-13.2.22

Milton hits the front with 50m to go

Simon reports on a fantastic result at the indoor championships in Sheffield last weekend:

A fantastic run in the final saw Milton Copper win the National U15 Boys Indoor 300m title in Sheffield at the weekend.  After winning his heat running sub 39s for the first theme Milton entered the final as the 2nd fasted qualifier behind James Clark (Glasgow City).  Drawn in lane 6 in the final Milton had James on his inside lane.  James took the race out hard closing the stagger on Milton who then reacted holding his ground around the penaultimate bend as the runners broke from their lanes and with a burst of speed managed to get to the next corner in first place with James having to check.  Milton then held the inside and despite James coming again Milton crossed the line 1st a national champion in a massive PB of 37.70s.

Well done to Milton and his Coach Israel whose training group are putting together some impressive performances

EA National Junior Indoor Championships, Sheffield 12-13.2,22

U15 Boys 300m

H1 1st Milton Cooper 38.37 PB

Final 1st Milton Cooper 37.70 PB New Club U15B Record

Milton receiving his Gold Medal

NWLL 4, Harrow School, 12.2.22

Simon Baker sent In the following report from Harrow last Saturday:

Although school holidays hit numbers the clubs young athletes enjoyed another successful day at the NWLL Cross country races run over the plush grounds of Harrow School.  There was a 2nd place for Mia Hampton Philips (U17W) and 3rd places for CNicolson (U11B), David Baah-Okyere (U15B), Hattie Munday (U15G) and Roni Kizilkaya (U17M) as well as 6 other top 10 finishes.  Although no team wins there were 2nd places for U11B, U13B, U13G, U17W and 3rd place for U17M.

The Club go into the last race in March at Wormwood Scrubs well placed both the Boys and Girls overall titles.

U11 Boys 1500m (35 Runners)

1st A Charles (Cookham) 6:48

3rd C Nicolson 6:58

6th Rory Willis 7:02

19th Alex Rankin 8:07

24th J Hampton Phillips 8:28

34th W Edwards 9:19

Team:- 1st ESM 29 pts, 2nd London Heathside 53 pts

U11 Girls 1500m (30 Runners)

1st A Weidner (Dacorum) 7:23

14th C Pegoraro 8:34

15th Mia Beeby 8:35

19th S Muchlenpford 8:46

26th C Muchlenpford 9:34

Team: 1st Harrow 33 pts, 4th London Heathside 65 pts

U13 Boys 3000m (27 runners)

1st A Plug (Highgate) 9:13

3rd Sam Turner 9:42

4th D Mills 9:44

11th E Kaloukian 10:16

Team: 1st Highgate 44 pts, 2nd London Heathside 46 pts

U13 Girls 3000m (18 Runners)

1st I Ions (Highgate) 9:59

5th Lettice Gundry 10:59

7th Ivy Gray 11:17

11th Lila Blustin 11:59

Team: 1st Dacorum 31 pts, 2nd London Heathside 40 pts

U15 Boys 4000m (29 runners)

1st C McConnon (TVH) 15:09

3rd David Baah-Okyere 15:47

23rd Artie Feeny-Willings 21:02

Team: 1st Trent Park 48 pts, 7th London Heathside 76 pts

U15 Girls 4000m (17 Runners)

1st A Suffield (Harrow) 17:11

3rd Hattie Munday 17:28

Team: 1st Harrow 33 pts, 4th London Heathside 57 pts

U17 Men 5000m (13 Runners)

1st J Bailey (Highgate) 17:21

3rd Roni Kizilkaya 18:25

7th Luke Fenn 18:46

12th Michael Smith 20:19

Team: 1st Trent Park 28 pts, 3rd London Heathside 43 pts

U17 women 5000m (10 Runners)

1st C Harris (Barnet) 20:44

2nd Maia Hampton Philips 21:05

9th Fabiane Weston 25:41

Team: 1st Barnet 24 pts, 2nd London Heathside 33 pts

Sunday League cross-country, Royston, 13.2.22

A few brave Heathsiders travelled to north Hertfordshire last Sunday to take part in the final of the Sunday league cross-country in Royston. The conditions were unforgettable, with just under 6 miles of rollercoaster hills and strong, cold headwinds on most of them.  Karina Kaufmann was first Heathside woman and first Heathsider overall, finishing in 46:10.  In the women’s team, Ruth Miller and Katie Belkin were next whilst Fabio Espirito Santo, Marco Maserati and Alex Praag were Heathside’s top 3 men.  As ever, thanks go Captains Laura and Mike for their enthusiastic support throughout the season.

Sunday League, Royston 13.2.22 (8 Miles, 328 Runners)

Heathsiders at the Sunday league cross-race in Royston

126th Karina Kaufmann 46:10

178th Fabio Espirito Santo 50:18

179th Marco Maserati 50:20

181st Alex Praag 50:25

182nd Nick Dodd 50:39

198th Michael Hickey 52:15

203rd Ruth Miller 52:30 (3rd FV55)

212th Simon Marks 53:12

215th Katie Belkin 53:20

225th Jo Irwin 54:03

241st Sue Eedle 55:58

292nd Emilia Vynnycky 1:03:38

299th Bob Gould 1:05:38 (3rd V70)

310th Louise Cripps 1:08:34

London Schools Cross Country Championships, Wormwood Scrubs, 2.2.22, 

A number of our Young Athletes took part in the London XC Championships which also acted as a trial for the National Schools Championships.

Senior Boys (37 Runners)

1st J Taylor 21:29

6th Bedo Draskoczy 22:19

17th Michael Smith 24:42

Intermediate Boys (87 Runners) 

1st C Chilton 14:54

21st Greg Berrisford Sweet 17:19

28th Ivor Joslin 17:41

Junior Boys (11- Runners]

1st A Wilson 13:58

8th Koppany Szentes 14:56

37th Frank Bailey 16:12

Lee Valley Middle Distance Open, Lee Valley 8.2.22

800m

H9 3rd Artie Feeny-Willings (U17M) 2:34

Runthrough Battersea 10K, 12.2.22

Impressively speedy times were recorded at the Battersea 10K last Saturday:

22 Évangélista Divetain 36:28 PB, 2nd woman

28 Josie Hinton 36:39 PB, 3rd woman

33 Olivia Desborough 37:19, 5th woman

53 Catrin Tyler 39:54

Parkrun

Many Heathsiders took part in parkruns last Saturday.  Congratulations for first place finishes go to Seyfu Jammal (Finsbury Park, 15:39), Brogan Wallace (Finsbury Park, 18:39), Annie Arnold (Mount Edgcumb, 21:17),  Beth Hawling (Hackney Marshes, 17:18), Melvin Lewis (Sunny Hill park, 19:13).  Full results can be found here

Compiled by Emilia with reports by Simon Baker, Jacob Howe and photo by Ken Townsen.