Brown & Edwards break club youth records in Lee Valley

Heathside’s athletes were back in the groove last weekend. At the BeFit Indoor Open in Lee Valley on Sunday Sam Brown broke the 16-year-old U17 club record in the 400m in 53:39, U17 sprinter Oscar Hall won his heat in a PB of 7.33 while senior Cian O’Donnell came second in his in 6.9,  U13 Gabriel Edwards came first in the 200m in 27 seconds and broke the club’s 60m record in 9.54, and Rachel McDonald ran a PB in the 800m in 2:29. Three veterans - Adrian Day, Adrian Essex and Tony Kililea broke club age group records in the 300m. Another excellent performance was Conor Brown’s PB of 1:15:05 in the Run Through Battersea Park Half.

BeFit Indoor Open, Lee Valley, Sunday January 8

Simon Baker reports that BeFit held their 2nd indoor open of the season at the weekend and among a host of great performances was Sam Brown breaking Ryan Wenzel's 16-year-old 400m record by 1.6s with a time of 53.39s.  Elsewhere Gabriel Edwards broke his own 60mH record by 0.1s. Adrian Day, Adrian Essex and Tony Kililea all set new club age group marks in the 300m.  Rachel McDonald recorded a PB in the 800m.  Oscar Hall also set PBs in the 60m while Suraya Frost ran her first hurdle race of the season.

60m

2nd Cian O’Donnell (senior) 6.90

H1.7 1st Oscar Hall (U17M) 7.33 PB AAA Grade 3

H1.7 5th Sam Brown (U17M) 7.69

H2.4 2nd Sam Brown (U17M) 7.65 PB

H2.6 3rd Oscar Hall (U17M) 7.36

1st Gabriel Edwards (U13) 9.54 (club record)

200m

H2 1st Adrian Day (V60) 29.52

H2 2nd Adrian Essex (V70) 30.25

H4 1st Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 27.00 AAA Grade 2

300m

H2 2nd Adrian Day (V60) 48.20

H2 3rd Adrian Essex (V70) 52.40

H3 4th Tony Kililea (V55) 46.91

400m

H3 3rd Oscar Hall (U17M) 54.46 PB

H4 1st Sam Brown (U17M) 53.39 PB New Club Record

800m

H2 3rd Rachel McDonald (SW) 2:29.19 PB by 1.3s

60mH

H1 1st Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 9.71

H2 1st Gabriel Edwards (U13B) 9.54 PB by 0.1s New Club Record Ranked No1 in UK

H35 1st Israel Nworgu (V35) 9.05

H15.1 3rd Suraya Frost (U15G) 10.09 AAA Grade 4

H15.2 3rd Suraya Frost (U15G) 10.10 AAA Grade 4

Long Jump

Results awaited

 Mornington Chasers 10km, Regents Park, Sunday January 8

 43rd Damien Lane (V50) 38.49

61st Marcus Tillotson (V40) 41.18

144th Sue Eedle (VW60) 52.06

 237 runners

Run Through Victoria Park 10k/half marathon, Sunday January 8

10k

Jamie Sullivan – 39:40

Stephen Topp – 39:52

Caroline McGraw – 55:15

Half marathon

Glen Taylor – 1:46:49

Suttcliffe Indoor 60s, Eltham, Sunday January 8 (60m)

 Kyra Smith – 8:82

Helene Kehoe – 9:64

Kent County Championships, Brands Hatch, Saturday January 7 (12k cross country)

Chris Holmes – 49:47

Run Through Battersea Park Half Marathon, Saturday January 7

Conor Brown – 1:15:05 (PB)

Miuki Okubo – 1:31:04

Parkruns

Ninety-nine of our runners took part in 33 Parkruns on Saturday, with five wins for Heathside women – Brogan Wallace, in Pollock, Glasgow (18:36), Oliva Desborough in Highbury Fields (19:04), Nicola Graham in Finsbury Park (19:29), Sarah Swinhoe in Allly Pally (21:47) and Liz Drake in Torbay Velopark (22:04). Full Heathside results here

Report by Gavin Evans with thanks to Simon Baker and Jonathan Moscrop.