National Relay Champs, World Masters Athletics Champs and Watford Graded Open Meeting

Some excellent performances in the past week, particularly from Adrian Essex who was a member of the Great Britain V70 4x100m team in Sweden which finished 3rd to take home a bronze medal in the World Masters Athletics Champs. And our U17 men came 5th and Senior men 3rd in the National Relay Championships in Birmingham

Watford Harriers Open Graded Meetings, Watford 21.8.24

1500m

SX2 11th Milly Watkins (U20) 5:13.67

SX5 5th Issy Watkins (U20) 4:47.14

SX5 6th Lily Woolcock 4:47.34

SX1 7th Charlie Nicolson (U15) 4:33.16 PB by 5.62s

SX2 1st Richard Macaulay (V35) 4:17.02

England Athletics National Relay Championships, Birmingham 25.8.24

Simon Baker reported: “This year England Athletics reinstated the National Relay Championships which we had two teams qualify for:-.  Our UYDL U17 Men and Senior Men.  Our U17s (Malakai David McKenzie Callum, Montana Dennis, Mikel Alexander and Toby Toth-Stevens) produced a strong run finishing 5th in their heat and with the majority of the team in their first year as U17's they will get stronger next year.

The senior men's team (Carlos Mingoes, Trey Corlis, Leon Seale, Neo Fujiwara, Muizz Ottun) did even better finishing 3rd in their heat in a new club record but then broke it again in the final as they finished in 3rd and winning bronze medals a great way to conclude a special Track and Field season for the club. “

4x100m (U17M)

H2 5th Highgate Heathside 44.92s

4x100m (SM)

Heat 3rd London Heathside 42.70s

Final 3rd London Heathside 42.21s

World Masters Athletics Championships, Gotenburg, Sweden 13-25.8.24

Simon Baker reported “Our multiple world champion Adrian Essex was again competing at the Masters World Championships in Gothenburg.  Although he did not win an individual medal he was a member of the Great Britain V70 4x100m team that finished 3rd to take home a bronze medal.”

M70

100m

H1 4th Adrian Essex 15.69s

4x100m

3rd Great Britain & Northern Ireland V70 Team 55.32

BeFit Open, Lee Valley, 25.8.24

Simon Baker reported: “Some good PBs recorded at the weekends Be Fit open which is notable as it featured a new World U15 Record for Devine Iheme (Radley) who ran 10.30s in the 100m.”

60m

H6 5th Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 7.90s PB by 0.003s

100m

A4 6th Suraya Frost (U17W) 13.23s

A01 6th Walid Saleh (T63) 15.73s PB by 0.25s

A5 7th Helena Stone (T63) 18.32s

B3 2nd Suraya Frost (U17W) 13.18s

B5 5th Helena Stone (T63) 18.00s PB by 0.3s

200m

SM2 4th Gabriel Edwards (U15B) 25.04s w PB by 0.5s 

400m

SX1 5th Noelle O'Regan (V35) 64.62s

Parkruns

86 Heathsiders took part in Parkruns on Saturday 24th August. Congratulations on first places to Chiara Borg (Grovelands), James Barnard (Southwark), Sammy Keenan (Sizewell), Jose Sabroso (Sunny Hill), Fred Beale (Pont y Bala), and Chris Magierek (Dodder Valley)

Full results can be found here

Compiled by Caroline White with thanks to Simon Baker for contributions