Race round-up part 2: Valencia and California marathons and the Lea Valley indoor meeting
In part two of this week’s race round-up, we have the belated results from the Chingford League last week, great performances from marathons in Valencia and California and an indoor meeting in Lea Valley
NWLL/Chingford League Cross Country, Trent Park 27.11.21 I
The arctic winds were a pretty brutal introduction to Cross Country for the bumper numbers of Heathside debutants at the NWLL meeting at Trent Park. With the course shifted from the normal course to an exposed sloping field which combined with the stiff wind provided a real challenge. Our Girls lead the way again with wins in the U13 and U15 Girls races and 2nd place for the U17 Mens team. Although there were no individual race wins Izzy Watkins (U15G) was 2nd and Kompany Szentes 3rd plus another 12 top 10 finishes.
Girls 2000m 39 Runners
1st A Weidner (Dacorum) 9:26
16th M Cole 11:15
17th Alice Rockhill 11:17
NWLL Positions:- 1st Trent Park 37 pts, 6th London Heathside 79 pts
Chingford League Positions:- 1st WG&EL 19 pts, 8th London Heathside 117 pts
U11 Boys 2000m 57 runners
1st B Kasper (SBH) 8:23
9th Rory Willis 9:21
12th M Wahid 9:27
17th Alex Rankin 9:51
22nd W Ascott 9:59
26th Pip Young 10:21
37th Jude Hampton-Phillips 11:08
41st Kit Young 11:43
44th Seb O'Connor 12:11
47th R Sanderson 12:26
48th D Beal 12:26
50th E Tyler 12:34
NWLL Positions:- 1st SBH 37 pts 2nd London Heathside 49 pts, 7th London Heathside B 113 pts,
Chingford League Positions:- 1st WG&EL 56 pts, 2nd London Heathside 60 pts
U13 Girls 3000m 25 runners
1st J Hall (WG&EL) 13:21
4th Lettice Gundry 14:37
7th Cailtin Roberts 14:57
9th Lila Blustin 15:49
16th Ivy Gray 17:32
23rd A Guthrie 19:01
24th F Cole 19:53
NWLL Positions:- 1st London Heathside 22 pts, 2nd SBH 45 pts
Chingford League Positions 1st WG&EL 33 pts, 2nd London Heathside 36 pts
U13 Boys 3000m 48 pts 47 runners
1st E Phillips (SBH) 12:16
3rd Kopanny Szentes 12:31
10th Sam Turner 13:03
36th I Walket 15:58
NWLL Positions:- 1st SBH 24 pts, 5th London Heathside 68 pts
Chingford League:- 1st WG&EL 57 pts, 2nd London Heathside 98 pts
U15 Girls 4000m 32 runners
1st A Suy (TVH) 17:11
2nd Izzy Watkins 17:41
4th Milly Watkins 18:12
5th Hattie Munday 18:31
8th Ruby Walls 19:01
12th Mia Rosen 19:35
NWLL Position:- 1st London Heathside 19 pts, 2nd TVH 27 pts
Chingford League Positions:- 1st London Heathside 19 pts, 2nd Trent Park 114 pts
U15 Boys 4000m 45 runners
1st C McConnon (TVH) 16:06
5th David Baah-Okyere 17:06
19th Ben Ryan 18:39
41st Artie Feeny-Willings 21:33
NWLL Positions:- 1st Trent Park 23 pts, 6th London Heathside 96 pts
Chingford League:- 1st Trent Park 47 pts, 3rd London heathside 111 pts
U17 Women 5000m 20 runners
1st G Milines (Dacorum) 19:51
10th Mia Hampton Philips 23:47
13th Clara Leustean 25:36
NWLL Positions:- 1st Dacorum 13 pts, 4th London Heathside 63 pts
Chingford League:- 1st Barnet & District 51 pts, 4th London Heathside 65 pts
U17 Men 5000m 22 runners
1st J Bailey (Highgate) 17:56
4th Roni Kizilkaya 18:36
7th Janak Subberwal 19:23
14th Michael Smith 20:34
NWLL Positions:- 1st Trent Park 20 pts, 2nd London Heathside 39 pts
Chingford League:- Trent Park 24 pts, 2nd London Heathside 48 pts
ESAA XC Cup, National Final, Newquay, 4.12.21
Simon sent in the following report from Newquay:
Izzy and Milly Watkins missed the Met League as they were running for their school in the National Final of the English Schools Cross Country Cup. Having qualified through 2 rounds the girls found themselves up against some of the best runners in the country many of whom will be contesting the National Schools Championships. Both girls are having fine seasons under coach Kabir's watchful eye and despite challenging conditions on the exposed course Izzy was her school's 1st runner home in 14th place with sister Millly only 5s behind. Then they had to endure a long wait before the results were declared and they were given the news that they had won team silver to go with their Team Silver in the London Youth Games.
ESAA XC National Final, 2364m 150 Runners
Intermediate Girls
1st Z Gilbody 10:45
14th Izzy Watkins 11:28
17th Milly Watkins 11:33
Izzy and Milly with team mates
Valencia Marathon, 5th December 2021
Valentin Valeanu and several Heathsiders had a great day at the Valencia marathon last weekend, from where he sent the following report: “It was a great event and race, 12 degrees at the start of the race and about 19 degrees at the finish line, very sunny during the whole race but bit windy ....overall...all Heathsides were brilliant with impressive personal achievements!”
822 Steven Pennington 2:47:00
1449 Josie Hinton 2:56:09 (19th F)
2202 Valentin Valeanu 3:02:28
2503 Catrin Tyler 3:08:23
California International Marathon
Meanwhile, Julia Kelk braved a long haul flight in pursuit of her marathon goals. She reports:
“I ventured abroad after more than 2 years to run CIM (California International Marathon) in Sacramento on Sunday.
It's a very long way to go for a race, with an 8h time difference.
I had to reconsider my goals after being relentlessly ill (not Covid!) for the 9 weeks leading up to the race. But with flights and hotel all booked, I had to go do it! I ran 3:13:28 which was 49th F40-44, 354th woman, 1735th overall. Although I had been hoping for better, it was still a 5 minute PB and should get me a London Marathon Championship place.
The course is gentle rolling hills for 20 miles and then mostly flat for the last 6.2. It's a dream course with few turns, no hills too long or steep, and perfect running weather. Too bad it's so far away!”
California International Marathon, 5th December 2021
1745 Julia Kelk 3:13:28 (PB)
Lee Valley December Open.Lee Valley 5.12.21
Simon Baker sent in the following report from Lee Valley:
The Indoor season opened this weekend at Lee Valley with a great representation of Heathsiders taking part. Gabriel Edwards produced a blistering pair of 60m runs of 8.32 and 8.33s to set the UK's fastest time by a U13 Boy and breal Leon Searle's 7 year old U13 Club record. Magdeleine Paitoo also set a PB of 8.31s taking 0.83s of her previous best and setting a new club U15 Girls record previously set by Laila Tempesta. Casia Langley Bradshaw set a new U15G 60m Hurdles followed by Coach Israel who also set a new V35 Club record.. Elsewhere there were loads of PB's and other records with Angela Pollitzer setting new V70 marks for the 300m and 600m
SM 60m
1.5 7th Michael Lee (U17) 8.76 PB
1.8 7th Michael Salousti (V55) 9:15
2.10 1st Michael Salousti (V55) 8.96
2.10 2nd Michael Lee (U17) 9.07
U16M 60m
1.1 4th Montana Dennis (U15) 8.03 PB by 0.56s#
1.1 5th Gabriel Edwards (U13) 8.33 PB
2.2 3rd Gabriel Edwards (U13) 8.32 PB New Club Record UK No Ranked Time
SW 60m
1.2 1st Laila Tempesta (U17) 8.56 PB
1.3 2nd Imani Quamina (U17) 8.49 PB
1.4 5th Helene Kehoe (V55) 9.56
1.4 6th Maria Fiorella Brancato (V45) 9.85
2.2 6th Imani Quamina (U17) 8.51
2.3 1st Laila Tempesta (U17) 8.64
2.4 3rd Helene Kehoe (V55) 9.58
2.4 4th Maria Fiorella Brancato (V45) 9.52
U15G 60m
1.3 1st Magdeline Paitoo (U15) 8.31 PB by 0.83s
1.3 2nd Casia Langley Bradshaw (U15) 8.63
2.1 2nd Magdeline Paitoo (U15) 8.33
2.1 4th Casia Langley Bradshaw (U15) 8.72
300m SM
5 5th Tony Killilea (V55) 46.88
6 6th Adrian Day (V60) 48:50
300m SW
4 6th Angela Pollitzer (V70) 85.60 PB
600m
X2 9th Steve Crowley (V50) 1:52.79 PB
SW2 1st Mia Rosen (U15) 1:48.1 PB
SW2 11th Angela Pollitzer (V70) 3:14.9 PB
60mH
U17M 1.2 2nd Thomas Wassermann (U17) 9.23
U17M 2.2 1st Thomas Wassermann (U17) 9.20
U13M 1 3rd Max Wassermann (U15) 11.49
U13M 2 3rd Max Wassermann (U15) 11.56
M35 1 1st Israel Nworgu (V35) 8.99 PB New Club V35 Record
M35 2 1st Israel Nworgu (V35) 8.99
U17W 1.2 4th Nina Williams (U17) 10.83
U17W 2.3 4th Nina Williams (U17) 10.95
U15W 1.4 3rd Casia Langley Bradshaw (U15) 10.60
U15W 2.3 1st Casia Langley Bradshaw (U15) 10.39 New Club U15G Record
Shot Put SW 3kg
8th Helene Kehoe (V55) 6.82m
Shot Put U13G
1st Syrah Langley Bradshaw (U13) 7.68m PB New Club U13G Record
2nd Ivy Paitoo (U13) 7.28m
VAC-EMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, Lee Valley 4.12.21
200m
1st Adrian Day 30.19
400m
2nd Adrian Day 1:10.79
60mH
2nd Israel Nworgu 9.10
Perivale 5, 5th December 2021
Hannah Yip sent in the following report from the Perivale, 5 mile race: “I was the only Heathsider who took part in Perivale 5 today. I ran it in 38:00. (Bit disappointed that snoods were offered as opposed to T-shirts!)”
Serpentine Last Friday of the month 5K, 25th November 2021
48 Mark Jefford 19m 22s
85 Mark George 20m 49s
Parkrun
A few Heathsiders resisted the temptation to run in the Met league cross-country and ran in parkruns instead. Congratulations for first place finishes go to Peter Gould (17:48, Ally Pally) and Nick Hodges-Gibson (18:47, Sizewell). Full results can be found here.
Compiled by Emilia, with thanks to Simon Baker, Hannah Yip, Mark George, Valentin Valeanu, Julia Kelk.
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