Last updated
28 February 2018
National Cross-Country,
Parliament Hill Fields, London 24
February 2018
Reports are here...
Photos start here...
Full
results
here...
The following extracted by Chris Haines
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Senior Men |
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25th of 162 teams |
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2328 runners finished |
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pos |
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time |
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82 |
Ross Braden |
43:07 |
|
86 |
William Ruiz |
43:11 |
|
269 |
Dan Kennedy |
46:24 |
|
362 |
Danny Brewer |
47:21 |
|
366 |
Alex Gibbins |
47:23 |
|
469 |
Luca Ercolani |
48:42 |
|
495 |
Gareth Evans |
48:56 |
|
517 |
Fintan Parkinson |
49:07 |
|
565 |
Chris Tuck |
49:36 |
|
583 |
Jonathan Vintner |
49:48 |
|
854 |
Tom Desborough |
52:37 |
|
1057 |
Paul Sharpe |
54:28 |
|
1229 |
Graham Hollingdale |
56:13 |
|
1371 |
Richard Byford |
57:31 |
|
1546 |
Tim Ayres |
59:32 |
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1846 |
Richard Hall |
1:03:36 |
|
1909 |
Mark Ellison |
1:04:42 |
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1960 |
Rod Harrington |
1:05:45 |
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Senior Women |
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1113 finished |
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pos |
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time |
|
241 |
Amber Reed |
36:26 |
|
260 |
Lorna Clowes |
36:45 |
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Junior Men |
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220 finished |
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|
pos |
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time |
|
11 |
Charlie Davis |
34:06 |
|
127 |
Oscar Hussey |
38:12 |
|
153 |
Marco Arcuri |
39:35 |
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Lewis Mills |
DNF |
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Junior Women |
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3rd of 14 teams |
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146 finished |
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pos |
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time |
|
13 |
Jessica Keene |
26:24 |
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17 |
Niamh Bridson-Hubbard |
26:30 |
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30 |
Yasmine Austridge |
27:12 |
|
79 |
Amy Leach |
30:03 |
|
93 |
Lucy Elms |
30:40 |
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|
U17 Men |
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17th of 36 teams |
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356 finished |
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pos |
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time |
|
31 |
Mathew Francis |
20:59 |
|
132 |
Peter Guy |
22:35 |
|
143 |
Theo Wood |
22:43 |
|
202 |
Prince Reid |
23:36 |
|
209 |
Henry Fisher |
23:45 |
|
220 |
Carlos Ohler |
23:59 |
|
283 |
Charlie Andrews |
25:21 |
|
291 |
Joseph Georgiadis |
25:34 |
|
353 |
Ifetobi Salako |
31:38 |
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U17 Women |
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6th of 26 teams |
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276 finished |
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pos |
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time |
|
22 |
Sophie Hoare |
19:47 |
|
71 |
Millie Smith |
21:08 |
|
102 |
Eloise O'Shaughnessy |
21:46 |
|
124 |
Jessica Sellar |
02:10 |
|
230 |
Charlotte Faries |
24:39 |
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U15 Boys |
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14th of 52 teams |
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504 finished |
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pos |
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time |
|
4 |
Oliver Bright |
15:34 |
|
58 |
Joel Rooney |
16:45 |
|
215 |
Frederick Georgiou |
18:05 |
|
294 |
Pablo Seema Roca |
18:45 |
|
298 |
Jake Leng |
18:46 |
|
299 |
Wil Andrews |
18:47 |
|
350 |
Jacob Wibe |
19:14 |
|
408 |
Bailey Marks-Belaon |
19:55 |
|
412 |
Harvey Blandon |
20:01 |
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U15 Girls |
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3rd of 50 teams |
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464 finished |
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pos |
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time |
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31 |
Naomi Toft |
15:40 |
|
57 |
Elli Dolby |
15:59 |
|
84 |
Zoe White |
16:20 |
|
88 |
Jessica Neal |
16:23 |
|
149 |
Bethany Panton |
16:53 |
|
227 |
Sabrina Mannes |
17:35 |
|
265 |
Holly Sutton Trott |
17:51 |
|
282 |
Emily Davis |
17:59 |
|
295 |
Ella Smith |
18:06 |
|
299 |
Kelsey Pullin |
18:07 |
|
307 |
Abigail Leeves |
18:10 |
|
330 |
Niamh Milmo |
18:22 |
|
364 |
Ella Deighton |
18:52 |
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Anwen Thomas |
DNF |
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U13 Boys |
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17th of 56 teams |
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570 finished |
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pos |
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time |
|
84 |
Max Gregson |
12:48 |
|
19 |
George Shaw |
13:03 |
|
142 |
Jamie sears |
13:10 |
|
310 |
Sam Stuart |
14:06 |
|
337 |
Mathew Smith |
14:14 |
|
338 |
Jake Anthony |
14:14 |
|
384 |
Archie Whitehead |
14:29 |
|
421 |
Ted Marston |
14:44 |
|
424 |
Zach Mathews-Mansour |
14:45 |
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Alessio Tutt |
DNF |
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U13 Girls |
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3rd of 51 teams |
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467 finished |
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pos |
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time |
|
13 |
Lara Mannes |
12:59 |
|
34 |
Imogen Hadley |
13:21 |
|
56 |
Hannah Clark |
13:35 |
|
80 |
Biancamaria Polloni |
13:51 |
|
139 |
Lily Meers |
14:20 |
|
181 |
Cameron Kelly-Gordon |
14:36 |
|
227 |
Jade Adbelmoumene |
14:57 |
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303 |
Isabella Louth |
15:29 |
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310 |
Amelie Willars |
15:32 |
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344 |
Natalia O'Doherty-Veru |
15:50 |
The sun may have been shining but temperatures were
low, the mud was thick, the hills relentless and the competition fierce as a
mammoth 2328 men descended on Parliament Hill for the 130th Senior Men's
National.
Seasons of consistent, strong running were rewarded
for Ross Braden and Will Ruiz as both had major breakthroughs to come 82nd
and 86th respectively, setting up a strong foundation for the rest of the
team.
Dan Kennedy followed in a respectable but well adrift
269th, followed by Danny Brewer in 362nd as a he builds his mileage for
another marathon attempt. He had to keep a close look over his shoulder
though as Alex Gibbins defied a badly injured calf to follow on in 366th in
an incredible 16th consecutive National. Luca Ercolani completed the scoring
6 with an impressive 469th in his debut National.
Gareth Evans had another strong, well-judged run to
make the top 500 in 495th while Fintan Parkinson packed well to come 519th.
Chris Tuck had already pulled off a minor miracle by getting to the race
after he travelled in from the Alps throughout the night in time to make it
to the start line, and he was rewarded with 565th. Fellow jet setter Jon
Vintner flew in from Miami the previous day to place 583rd in another solid
effort.
Two debutants came home next in the shape of Tom
Desborough in 854th and Paul Sharpe in 1054th, a man presumably grateful to
have been persuaded to wear spikes. Graham Hollingdale endured several
problems with his shoes but refused to let that put him off as he came in
next in 1229th. Richard Byford was next in 1371st as he also builds towards
the London Marathon with another tough training effort. Tim Ayres snuck
under the hour in 1546th as the prospect of a cold beer kept him going right
to the end.
Rich Hall put recent injury troubles behind him to
come 1849th, while Mark Ellison was another to run his first National as he
came 1909th. Rod Harrington completed the set for Blackheath in a battling
1960th.
The net result was Blackheath coming 25th out of 162
teams; a commendable result that can be built on next year.
Congratulations to everyone who raced, you did
yourselves proud!
Up the Heath!
Ross, Dan & Chris
Parliament Hill, North West London played host to this
year’s National cross country Championships and once again the iconic course
lived up to its tough reputation causing difficulties for most of the
thousands who dared to run!
Twelve months previously Blackheath and Bromley HAC young athletes arguably
had their best National XC Championship in Nottingham 2017 and so this
year’s Hampstead Heath Championship was always going to be a great
challenge.
With large numbers of BB’s competing we were bound to have athletes in the
thick of the action and with many making their BBHAC debuts let alone their
Nationals debuts, the results were excellent.
Individually our athletes were solid but collectively we were impressive,
especially our girls as they secured team bronze in three age groups.
Blackheath and Bromley athletes are currently having
their, not so fair share of injuries and illness but this made no impact on
the 68 BB youngsters who did toe the start line.
The U13 girls had five finish in the top 100 in a field of over 460. Lara
Mannes has raced several times at Parliament Hill and this advantage showed
as she placed an impressive 13th in her National debut. Imogen Hadley also
on her National debut was strong in 34th with Hanna Clark high up in 56th.
Biancamaria Polloni made her National debut a great one placing 80th and
Amelia Middleton had one of her best races of the winter finishing inside
the top 100 in 98th. Great to see Lily Meers on the come back trail after
injury, finishing well in 134th. Cameron Kelly Gordon was 181st, Jade
Adbelmoumene was 227th, Isabella Louth 303rd, Amelie Willars 310th and
completing the strong squad was Natalia O’Doherty-Veru in 344th. The team
won a great bronze, not quite managing the fine gold from last year.
Max Gregson led the U13 boys home, making the top 100 in a great 84th. Next
up were three boys making their National debuts, George Shaw was a great
119th, Jamie Sears 142nd and Sam Stuart 310th. Encouraging to see Matt Smith
fast improving, having recovered form a nasty ankle injury, racing hard at
the end with team mate Jake Anthony, who lost his right spike but carried on
regardless, placing 337th and 338th and clocking the same time. Next home
was Archie Whitehead making both his club and National debut, in at the deep
end and finishing well in 384th. Ted Marston in his first year of club
running was 421st and another double debutant Zach Mathews-Mansour starting
his career at the sharp end just behind Ted in 424th, interestingly in front
of a further 146 U13 boys as 570 completed the 3k hilly course. Alessio Tutt
made a great start to his BBHAC career only to frustratingly lose a shoe
early on, having no option but to reluctantly pull out. The team were 17th
out of 56 complete teams.
Our U15 girls had great numbers running and were out in force with fourteen
girls attempting their challenging 4k course. Naomi Toft led the charge
placing a strong 31st, Ellie Dolby next up in a solid 57th backed up by Zoe
White in 84th and Jess Neal in 88th. With four to score a great bronze was
secured, an impressive performance with 50 completed teams finishing.
Bethany Panton continued her fine season with a 149th finish, Sabrina Mannes
was 227th, Holly Sutton Trot 265th and Emily Davis 282nd. Ella Smith ran
well crossing the line in 295th just ahead of Kelsey Pullin in 299th.
Abigail Leeves finished in 307th, Niamh Milmo was 330th and Ella Deighton
making her club and National debut a good 364th in a big field of 464
running . Anwen Thomas was moving well near the front of the pack but
unfortunately had to pull up during the race.
Oliver Bright had a fantastic run in the U15 boys 4.5k race finishing
tantalisingly close to the medals, placing 4th but the highest individual
placed BBHAC athlete on the day, a great run by our schools international
athlete. Of the ten U15 boys racing for BBHAC, seven were making their
National debuts, while three of those were also making their club debut.
Joel Rooney making his double debut ran brilliantly, closing in a fine 58th.
Freddy Georgiou in his first National placed 215th, and Pablo Seema- Roca
inside the top 300 in 294th. Remarkably we had two more boys both inside the
top 300 as Jake Leng and Will Andrews battled in out down the home straight
with the final result reading Jake 298th and Will 299th. Jacob Wibe on his
double debut crossed the line in 350th and Bailey Marks - Belaon 408th with
training buddy Harvey Blanden just behind in 412th. Eden Abdelmoumene made
his club debut but no official results were recorded. The team were 14th on
the day out of 52 completed teams.
The BBHAC U17 girls were reigning champions from 2017 but came away with 6th
this year in a very competed age group. Sophie Hoare had a great run
finishing high up in 22nd with Millie Smith well inside the top 100
finishing 71st. Eloise O’Shaughnessy was 102nd and a great run from Jess
Sellar saw her 124th and Charlotte Faries in her National debut 230th.
BBHAC U17 boys had a great turn out with nine boys contesting the tough 6k
course. First home for BB was Mathew Francis in a very solid 31st, next up
was Peter Guy in 132nd and Theo Wood, in his 1st National 143rd. Great to
see Prince Reid in his first cross country outing for the club this winter,
finish 202nd. Harry Fisher on his BBHAC debut had a good run placing 209th
and Carlos Ohler just behind in 220th. Pleasing to see Charlie Andrews back
running after a enforced lay off due to injury, finishing well in 283rd and
same goes for Joe Georgiadis who is steadily running himself fit again after
an injury break. Ifetobi Salako began his BBHAC career at the highest level
finishing the National in 353rd. The team were 17th out of 36 teams.
The U20 women were unable to field a scoring team last year but well and
truly made up for it this year as they combined to win a fantastic team
bronze. Strong runs from newly crowned senior England International Jess
Keene in 13th, Niamh Bridson Hubbard in 17th, Yasmin Austridge in 30th, Amy
Leach 79th and Lucy Elms in her first National, 93rd secured the 3rd place
finish.
The U20 men gave us one of the best individual club performances of the day
when Charlie Davis powered around the 10k course with relative ease,
finishing a fantastic 11th, his highest National finish. Charlie showed
great promise as a year 7 boy by winning the Kent Schools, but has been
dogged byinjury, illness and other distractions but University life clearly
suits as he has found his running feet again. Charlie’s form can never be
predicted as he reminded us that he was 12th in the Kent XC champs in Jan
and 11th in the Nationals in Feb, being 1st Kent athlete home! Oscar Hussey
continued his fine winter form placing 127th and good to have former winter
boys team captain Marco Arcuri back with the team and finishing 153rd. Lewis
Mills negotiated the first hill really well but was then caught up as two
athletes in front fell, ripping off Lewis' spike and sock. Despite trying to
continue Lewis had no alternative but to pull out, a real shame as I'm sure
Lewis would have had a great run. With only three finishers no team score
was recorded.
The race sponsors Saucony have secured free photos of all athletes, go to
and type in your race number for (hopefully) some great shots
www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/news/race-day-pictures-saucony-english-national-cross-country-championships-2018/
Many thanks go to Mick Keene and past president Dave Cordell for pitching
the tent in the small hours securing what must have been the best team tent
spot on the course. Many thanks also to Mike Peel for taking all the great
photos already up. Not only did we have loads of athletes running we also
had plenty of parents, grandparents, siblings and past presidents all dotted
around the course supporting our athletes, thank you.
Paul
