Seyfu second in UK in Battersea five-mile

The Heathside Performance of the week once again goes to Seyfu Jamaal who broke his PB and club record in running 23:26 in the five mile in Battersea, the second best five mile in the UK this year (the first was the winner of this race, who beat him by a single second). Also outstanding was Catrin Tyler’s 17:56 in the Lordship Recreation Ground Parkrun).

Running order

1.     Stevenage Sunday League

2.     Battersea 5 mile

3.     Be Fit Open, Lee Valley

4.     Run Through Battersea Park 10k

5.     Northern Athletics December Open

6.     General I Medio half marathon Malaga.

7.     Parkruns

Sunday League, Stevenage, Sunday December 17

Thirteen Heathsiders turned out for the last Sunday League event of 2023 with Christopher Greenwood our first male runner and Katie Belkin our first woman.

111th Christopher Greenwood 35:54 V35

113th Mark George 36:03 V55

168th Fabio Espirito Santo 38:19 SM

206th Marco Maserati 39:46 V60

233rd Katie Belkin 40:52 FV50

237th Jackie Wastell 41:01 1st FV60

247th Caroline White 41:38 1st FV65

249th Michael Hickey 41:41 V60

257th David Walton 42:03 V60

272nd Nick De Sausmarez 42:45 V55

305th Madeline Minson 43:45 FV55

310th Ken Townson 44:02 V55

313th Fiona Holland 44:14 3rd FV65

Battersea Park Friday Under the Lights, Friday December 15

Seyfu pulled off a PB and club record in coming second by one second in this race to Highgate’s Roger Poolman. They were also 1 and 2 in the UK this year so far over the five mile distance, which is not run as often as a few years ago.

2.  Seyfu Jamaal 23:26 (pb, club record)

26. Charles Cooper 25:18 (Kader?)

27. James Hurrell 25:22

40. Abel Woldegiorgis (u20) 26:02

71. Gareth Creagh 27:32

Be Fit Open, Lee Valley, Tuesday, December 12

Simon Baker sent this report on the Be Fit Open in Lee Valley, featuring some strong performances from our juniors:

60m

Rd 1

H4 4th Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 8.01

H5 4th Montana Dennis (U17M) 7.55 

H7 6th Tobias Toth-Stevens (U17M) 7.92 PB by 0.31s

H8 2nd Thomas Wassermann (U20M) 7.44

Rd 2

H4 2nd Tobias Toth-Stevens (U17M) 7.94

H4 6th Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 8.03

H6 1st Montana Dennis (U17M) 7.48 PB by 0.12s

H7 2nd Thomas Wassermann (U20M) 7.39 PB

60mH

Rd1

H3 1st Trey Corlis (U20M) 8.60

H3 3rd Thomas Wassermann (U20M) 8.89

Rd2

H3 1st Trey Corlis (U20M) 8.49

H3 2nd Thomas Wassermann (U20M) 9.03

200m

Men

H3 1st Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 26.13

H5 5th Mikel Alexander (U17M) 24.63

H6 5th Sam Brown (U17M) 23.75

Women

H6 1st Ivy Paitoo (U15G) 27.95 PB by 0.33s

H12 5th Magdeline Paitoo (U17W) 26.43

300m

H2 2nd Malakai David McKenzie Callum (U17M) 39.01 PB by 1.66s

H2 4th Tristian Willhoft-King (U17M) 40.13

RunThrough Battersea Park, Battersea Park, 5k and 10k, Sunday December 10

Alex Sweet was back to form in this 10, finishing in 36:28. Also impressive was Kwasi Agyei-Owusu’s 36:56 PB. In the 5k Ed Samuel is another coming back to form as a V45, finishing in 17:14.

10km
Alex Sweet (V40) 36:28
Kwasi Agyei-Owusu (V40) 36:56
Daniel Johns (V45) 37:29
Laurence Grafton 37:53
Stephen Topp (V45) 38:47
5km
Edward Samuel (V45) 17:14

General I Medio Maraton Malaga, Malaga, Sunday December 10

A good PB from our Chiara Borg in this half marathon in a time of 1:25:57 – in reach of a sub-3 marathon with that time.

263rd Chiara Borg (SW) 1:25:57 PB (18th SW)
387th Thomas Gödel (V40) 1:29:18 PB
547th Monika Newton (V40) 1:34:15 (53rd SW)

Northern Athletics December Open, Sheffield, December 1
600m

3rd Rachel McDonald 1:43.50

Parkruns, Saturday December 16

Seventy-two Heathsiders raced in 26 Parkruns at the weekend. There were wins for Catrin Tyler in Lordship Recreation Grounds (17:56 – the Parkrun performance of the week), David Bach in Pymmes (17:32), Darryn Hillson in Durbanville in South Africa (17:38) and Johnny Forsyth in Finsbury Park (17:47). Results here

Report by Gavin Evans with thanks from Simon Baker, Caroline White and James Hurrell.