Xelia Mendes-Jones 3rd in SE U17 javelin
We witnessed a brace of impressive performances by London Heathsiders over the past week – with our runners giving their blood, toil, tears and sweat (well, maybe not too much of their blood) on muddy fields, wind-swept tracks, water-logged roads, and for the mad few, the seas and oceans too.
The stand-out performance in the field events belonged to Xelia Mendes-Jones, who came third in the javelin in the South of England U17 Girls championships in Watford on Saturday, with a throw of 30.19m. Lily just missed out on a medal in the 300m, with the second and third placed girls running PBs to make the podium.
As Sue Rust and Adrian Essex report, congratulations are due to our SAL athletes for doing a brilliant job of pulling together as a team and performing beyond the call of duty in the fourth fixture of the season on Saturday. Based on draft results the team came in second, their best performance since the first fixture. It was an inspiring cumulative effort, taking in the actual athletics, team management, and heroic officiating. The results capture the team’s athletic efforts, but not all the other hard work that goes into participating in a track & field fixture and everyone deserves credit for stepping up to the plate, with thanks in particular to Rob and Chris for their officiating and, in Chris’s case even a shot put. Young athletes Djanira, Angelica and Christiana (who wasn’t even there to compete) also did a fantastic job of helping officiate the javelin events, which was a trial by swamp in ankle-deep standing water on an infield that looked like a landscape from a WW1 film after a heavy bombardment from the hammer throwers left it pockmarked with substantial craters.
Tom Aldred delivered the run of the week with his Olympian 15.51 over 5km in the rainy, muddy, slip-sliding Club Handicap at Highgate Woods last Tuesday – a championship record. The fastest woman, by almost a minute, was Sarah Swinhoe in 19.31. Also in blistering form was Rob Salter who burned up the hilly course in 17.48 to take the fastest debut prize, just pipping Steve Monaghan (also 17.48) by a nose. Steve took the fastest Vet prize for men and Miranda Yau, in 21.06, took the fastest female vet prize – three seconds behind her relieved husband, Raymond Yau (although it should be stressed that he had a 45 second head start). The full results can be found via this link: http://www.londonheathside.org.uk/home_news.htm?tb=looptb3&loop3_id=143
There were several impressive Park 5km performances in Saturday’s rain (thanks to Gaby for sending these). Pick of the pack was Liam Proudlock’s first place in the wet and hilly Ally Pally (18.39) while Emma Grayson was the first woman in 24.38. Rob Salter’s 18.03 for second place in Finsbury Park and Daniel McKeown’s 17.48 in Gunnersbury (4th place) were also noteworthy. Dan also came an impressive 16th in the Northbrook 10km in Coventry on Sunday, with a PB time of 36.25.
London Heathside’s steadily growing triathlon sideline was once again on display on Sunday – this time in the speedy, gritty (or just plain masochistic) form of Ken Heney who completed the Ironman European Championships in Frankfurth in 10.38.16. At the Olympic distance, Howard Gold cruised through the Bristol Harbourside Triathlon in 2.25.53.
South of England U15/U17 championships, Watford
U17 Girls Javelin
3rd 30.19m Xelia Mendes-Jones
U15 Girls 1500 m (heat 2)
11th 5. 15.1 Lauren Gee
U17 Girls 300m
heat 2
2nd 43.01 Lily Beckford U17
300m final
4th 42.53 Lily Beckford
Southern Athletics League Match 4, Walthamstow, 14/07/2012
Senior Men
100m
A 3rd 11.6 Emmanuel Nwaobodo
B 1st 11.7 Jordan Glaze (U20)
200m
A 3rd 23.3 Emmanuel Nwaobodo PB
B 2nd 23.5 Jordan Glaze PB
400m
A 4th 69.3 Alex Macaulay
B 2nd 56.3 Israel Nworgu
800m
A 4th 2:33.6 Nathan Cyrus
B 4th 2:55.2 Adrian Essex (V60) (PB)
1500m
A 4th 5:01.3 Alex Macaulay
B 4th 5:05.0 Paul Lemmon (V45)
3000m
A 4th 10:30.5 Paul Lemmon
B 4th 11:34.5 Alex Macaulay
110m Hurdles
A 1st 17.3 Israel Nworgu
400m Hurdles
A 2nd 67.7 Nathan Cyrus
B 3rd 98.0 Adrian Essex
3000m Steeplechase
A 3rd 11:30.8 Paul Lemmon (SB)
B 3rd 15:45.1 Adrian Essex (PB)
4x100m relay
2nd 44.8 London Heathside
4x400m relay
2nd 3:40.5 London Heathside
High Jump
A 3rd TBC Nathan Cyrus
B ?
Pole Vault
A 2nd 2.60 Nathan Cyrus
B 2nd 1.50 Adrian Essex SB
Long Jump
A 1st 6.47 Emmanuel Nwaobodo PB
B ?
Tiple Jump
A 2nd 12.51 Ashley Baynes
B 1st 1 12.27 Nathan Cyrus
Shot Put
A 4th 6.35 Nathan Cyrus
Senior Women
100m
A 4th 14.0 Fatima Fofana
B 2nd 13.6 Djanira Costa (U17)
non-scoring 3rd 14.2 Angelica Wynter
200m
A 3rd 28.1 Nicky Famodun (U20)
B 3rd 29.2 Fatima Fofana
400m
A 2nd TBC Anne-Christine Scherer
B 2nd TBC Sue Rust
non-scoring 2nd 28.0 Anne-Christine Scherer (PB?)
800m
A 2nd 2:31.9 Sue Rust
B 2nd 2:41.8 Claire Morrissey (PB)
1500m
A 3rd 5:19.8 Claire Morrissey PB
B 2nd 5:30.1 Katherine Vinnicombe (SB)
3000m
A 1st 11:05.8 Anna Critchlow (V40)
B 1st 12:04.8 Elspeth Storrar
100mH
A 1 17.9 Djanira Costa
2000m Steeplechase
A 2nd 7:53.8 Sue Rust
4x100m Relay
A 2nd 53.9 London Heathside
4x400m Relay
2nd 4:38.7 London Heathside
High Jump
A 1st 1.40 Anne-Christine Scherer
B 1st 1.35 Estelle Camprecios
Long Jump
A 2nd 4.63 Anne-Christine Scherer
B 2nd 3.63 Angelica Wynter
Shot Put
A 1st 9.48 Anne-Christine Scherer
B 3rd 6.24 Milly Watkins
Discus
A 1st 25.65 Angelica Wynter PB
B 1st 22.60 Anne-Christine
Hammer
A 4th 13.36 Sue Rust (SB)
B 2nd 9.10 Milly Watkins
Javelin
A 4th 17.34 Milly Watkins
B 3rd 11.04 Estelle Camprecios
Park Runs, Saturday July 14
Ally Pally
1 Liam PROUDLOCK 00:18:39
4 Rob SHULMAN 00:20:21
5 Dominic JACKSON 00:20:42
11 Emma GRAYSON 00:24:38
16 Ruth Helen FORBES 00:26:11
21 Lyn EVANS 00:29:07
Finsbury Park
2 Rob SALTER 00:18:03
8 Brian BOYLE 00:20:32
9 Carl Andrew HEAP 00:20:34
Gunnersbury
4 Daniel MCKEOWN 00:17:48
61 Nessa JACKSON 00:24:11
Hackney Marshes
18 Russell WESTON 00:21:38
Hampstead Heath.
28 Rajesh BATRA 00:24:13
49 Bob GOULD 00:25:56
Northbrook 10k, Coventry, Sunday July 15
Dan McKeown – 36.25 (PB)
Bristol Harbourside Triathlon. Sunday July 15
Howard Gold - 2.25.53.
Ironman European Championships, Frankfurt, 08/07/2012
677th Ken Heney
Swim 01:03:10 (2.4 miles)
Bike 05:26:44 (112 miles)
Run 03:59:56 (26.2 miles)
Total 10:38:16