Gold for Heathside women and silver for Heathside men in the London cross-country championships
This week’s report is dominated by action at the London Cross-country championships, with great performances by the youngsters, a win for the women, silver position for Heathside men and outstanding individual runs.
London Youth Games, Parliament Hill, 19.11.22
Simon sent in his first report from Parliament Hill:” Saturday morning saw the London Youth Games kick off the action on Parliament Hill. Again London Heathside was well represented in the teams of Haringey, Islington and Hackney. The outstanding performances were Hattie Munday's 7th in the U17 Women's race with club mate Milly Watkins helping Haringey win silver in the team competition. Equally impressive was Amy Kirk's 8th in the U15 Girls race running against girls a year older.”
Results:-
U11 Boys (1400m, 210 runners)
1st L Dutton (Southwark) 4:12
113th Samuel Barron 5:13
119th Sebastian McNeely 5:15
146th Alex Rankin 5:25
U11 Girls (1400m, 197 runners)
1st E Fitzgerald (Hillingdon) 4:38
84th Emily Metcalf 5:37
U13 Boys (2000m, 230 runners)
1st C Holmes (Southwark) 7:12
37th Rory Willis 8:15
49th Alex Kirk 8:23
76th Luke Tomlinson 8:37
90th Ennio Kaloukian 8:44
114th Lincoln Harrison 8:55
182nd Laurie Charalambides 9:30
196th Pip Young 9:41
U13 Girls (2000m, 215 runners)
1st J March (Enfield) 7:37
30th Rosa Cormacain 8:50
50th Cailtin Roberts 9:04
56th Maddie Michaelides 9:08
63rd Maya Westgate 9:10
65th Margot Hunt 9:11
91st Lila Blustin 9:31
156th Charlotte Beale 10:18
158th Reke Szentes 10:19
163rd Lydia Negatu 10:22
166th Alice Rockhill 10:26
U15 Boys (3000m, 185 runners)
1st A Lennon (Sutton) 9:57
25th Dylan Mills 11:09
42nd Koppany Szentes 11:21
70th Eric Beale 11:48
72nd Sam Turner 11:49
83rd Ben Redland 12:00
112th Alex Pountney 12:26
113rd Frank Bailey 12:26
142nd Harry Conley 13:08
147th Thomas Conley 13:12
163rd Christopher Baah-Okyere 13:40
U15 Girls (2000m 189 runners)
1st M Barlow (Bromley) 7:33
8th Amy Kirk 8:02
18th Kiara Corkin 8:18
45th Lettice Gundry 8:47
47th Ishaana Cannell 8:49
85th Ivy Gray 9:12
134th Jessica Lappin 9:46
164th Elkie Baker 10:22
175th Sofia De Brusen 10:50
U17 Men (4500m, 127 runners)
1st C Norman (Croydon) 16:30
51st Alex Smith 18:58
62nd David Baah-Okyere 19:13
80th Gregory Berrisford Sweet 19:38
103rd Ben Ryan 20:42
114th Artie Feeny Willings 21:41
117th Amarin Preka 22:02
U17 Women (3000m, 90 runners)
1st L Russell (Haringey) 11:47
7th Hattie Munday 12:14
26th Milly Watkins 13:06
35th Lucy Corkin 13:30
60th Anna Pritchard 14:24
Team 2nd Haringey (Russell, Munday, Watkins) 34 pts
The start of the men’s race on Parliament Hill
London Cross Country Championships, Parliament Hill, 19.11.22
Simon sent in the following (his second) report of the day from Parliament Hill “The grey skies of the morning broke to leave the Heath in beautiful late autumn sunshine as the seniors competed in the London Cross Country Championships over 6km and 10km courses.
Heathside women team at Partliament Hill
Brogan Wallace took silver to lead the senior women to the London XC title. Brogan who finished 8th last year ran almost 2 minutes faster to just miss out on the individual title by 4s from Hanner Viner of Highgate Harriers. The women who finished 3rd last year saw Rebecca Bunting finish 4th, Josie Hinton in 13th and Rebecca Piggott 20th to convincingly win the title by a margin of 55 points to 2nd placed Belgrave.
The senior men who finished 4th last year almost matched the women taking a team silver. Seyfu Jamaal again ran an exemplary race to finish 3rd with George Gurney and Joseph Young both in the top 15. The scoring team was completed by Jem O'Flaherty in 23rd to round off an immensely successful day for the club.
Senior Women (6,000m, 252 runners)
Podium finish for Brogan Wallace at the London champs
1st H Viner (Highgate) 21:27
2nd Brogan Wallace 21:31
4th Rebecca Bunting 22:02
13th Josie Hinton 23:19
20th Rebecca Piggott 23:44
33rd Nicola Graham 24:19
34th Rhian Male 24:23
42nd Genevieve Weston 24:45
52nd Seren Hughes 25:15
72nd Ciara Williams 26:10
77th Ciera Kennedy 26:19
83rd Sara Black 26:42
107th Tanya Addison 27:36
124th Julie Pickering 28:40
131st Trudy Kearney 28:55
134th Annabel Judd 29:04
145th Kimberli Butler 29:52
146th Kitty Jones 29:56
161st Caroline White 30:55
166th Jackie Wastell 31:01
181st Ann Woulfe 31:51
Team:- 1st London Heathside (Wallace, Bunting, Hinton, Piggott) 39 pts, 2nd Belgrave Harriers 94 pts, 3rd Thames Hare & Hounds 104 pts
Senior Men (10,000m 426 runners)
1st A Abdulle (Ilford) 34:15
3rd Seyfu Jamaal 34:33
10th George Gurney 35:51
13th Joseph Young 36:07
23rd Jem O'Flaherty 37:05
33rd Oliver O'Connor (U20M) 37:47
42nd Yann Sevestre 38:21
58th Andy Barnes 39:07
64th Callum Coleman 39:19
66th Harry Kleiman 39:22
93rd Flippe Minelle 40:31
98th Tom Fancett 40:41
119th Ed Boden 41:25
133rd David McCormick 41:53
140th Jordan Marshall 42:15
151st Bedo Fraskoczy (U20M) 42:33
164th Adam Mitchell 43:03
172nd Matt Collins 43:16
198th Martin Potter 43:51
200th Janak Subberwal (U20M) 43:56
219th Valentin Valeanu 44:48
228th Liam Hazelton 45:21
231st Deng Akol 45:31
241st Nick Haward 45:54
256th Lee Connor 46:33
263rd Michael Smith (U20M) 46:48
268th Matt Beard 47:10
274th Pep Pomies 47:24
293rd Justin Costley 48:11
299th Benjamin RidleyJohnson 48:27
384th Michael Gray 54:02
398th Jerome Boughton-Mills 56:15
Team:- 1st Hercules Wimbledon 40 pts, 2nd London Heathside (Jamaal, Gurney, Young, O'Flaherty) 49 pts, 3rd Thames Hare & Hounds 50 pts
Minithon, Lee Valley, 30.10.22
Simon Baker sent in the following report from Lee Valley: “The results were delayed but the Lee Valley Minithon saw a number of the youngest Heathsiders compete with Kingston Bennett the fastest U11B in the 60m while Maddox Ageu was the fastest U11B in the 200m. Plaudits however should go to Gabriel Edwards who set a new UK leading time and club record for an U13B in the 60m Hurdles his time of 9.64 was a PB by 0.71s and the fifth fastest UK all time by a U13B.. His 200m time was also a new club U13B record.”
60m
Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 8.27 (4th fastest U13B)
Kingston Bennett (U11B) 8.80 PB (1st fastest U11B)
Maddox Ageu (U11B) 8.81 PB (2nd fastest U11B)
Eliza Burridge (U13G) 9.72
Amber Littlewood (U11G) 9.85 PB
Noah Purcell-Chandler (U11B) 10.73
Casper Gain-Merdassi (U11B) 10.82
200m
Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 26.5 (1st fastest U13B) New U13B Club Record
Maddox Agwu (U11B) 30.6 PB (1st fastest U11B)
Kingston Bennett (U11B) 31.2 PB (2nd fastest U11B)
Amber Littlewood (U11G) 33.0 PB (1st fastest U11G)
Eliza Burridge (U13G) 33.2
Noah Purcell-Chandler (U11B) 38.8 PB
600m
Maddox Agwu (U11B) 2:06.0 PB
Noah Purcell-Chandler (U11B) 2:25.8 PB
60mH
Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 9.64 PB by 0.71s New U13B Club Record and fastest by U13B in UK this year and 5th fastest U13B 60mH of all time
Eliza Burridge (U13G) 12.63 PB
Long Jump
Kingston Bennett (U11B) 3.88m (1st U11B)
Casper Gain-Merdassi (U11B) 2.56m
Shot Putt (2 Kg)
Casper Gain-Merdassi (U11B) 4.89m (2nd U11B)
Heathside in action at the minithon
London Heathside Winter Throws, Finsbury Park, 20.11.22
The Club held a Hammer Competition on Sunday morning at Finsbury Park
Hammer (5kg)
Thomas Wassermann (U17M) 27.89m
Hammer (4Kg)
Malakai David Mackenzie Callum (U15B) 20.39m PB
Max Wassermann (U15B) 10.98m
Hammer (3Kg)
Helene Kehoe (VW55) 24.45m
Malia Anderson-Watson (U15G) 23.52m
Patrycja Jarosz (U17M) 18.99m
Nyah Brown (U15G) 15.56m PB
Parkrun
A few Heathsiders ran in parkruns this weekend. Congratulations for first place finishes go to: Jonny Forsyth (Finsbury Park, 17:02), Amy Cook (Lordship Recreation Ground, 19:08). Full results can be found here
Compiled by Emilia, with thanks for all reports to Simon Baker, photos from Caroline White