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29/06/21
BBHAC has three individual winners at British
Champs in Manchester
As you’d expect from one of the country’s leading
clubs, BBHAC had many athletes competing for medals at the British Athletic
Champs, and for those performing well enough Olympic selection was on the
line.
We had three outstanding winners with Dina Asher Smith
winning the 100m in 10.97 having run 10.91 in qualifying, and more than
likely with that Olympic selection and we also hope for the 200m. Adam
Gemili won the men’s 200m in 20.63 which should be good enough to see him on
the plane to Tokyo, and Bekah Walton won the ladies javelin with a massive
new pb of 54.03m with Lauren Farley 4th in 48.87m and Hollie Arnold 10th
with 37.61m. Another medallist was Divine Oladipo who took bronze in the
ladies’ discus with a throw of 53.21m, also bagged 4th place in the shot
with 16.18m, with Zara Obamakinwa 10th in the discus with 43.40m, who I
inadvertently omitted from last week’s results having taken a superb bronze
with 45.26m in the national Under 20s event.
Other great efforts were by Jonathan Ilori with 16.01m
(w) for 4th in the triple jump, James Whiteaker took 4th in the men’s
javelin with 70.46m, Jahisha Thomas secured 5th in the ladies long jump with
6.38m, Zara Asante took 6th in the ladies’ triple jump with 11.91m, Nana
Gyedu took 7th in the shot with 14.48m, while Joe Ellis finished 6th in the
hammer with 67.47m and Tom Parker was 9th with 63.54m.Unlucky not to make
the finals there were some great performances in the 100m hurdles heats with
Annie Davies clocking 13.66, Isabella Hilditch 13.68 and Mallory Cluley
13.70 for a pb. Bailey Stickings ran 52.77 in the men’s 400m hurdles,
Kelechi Aguocha leapt 2.03m in the high jump, Ethan Brown ran 48.38 in the
men’s 400m and Krystal Galley 56.31 in the ladies 400m. Finally Niamh
Bridson Hubbard ran the race of her life in the heats of the 1500m to
qualify for the final with 4.21.38 and a new pb, but it was a big ask to do
the same again the following day in the final and Niamh was off the pace but
proved she can race with the top runners in this event.
Elsewhere other notable performances were recorded by
Jeriel Quainoo with a new pb of 10.50 over 100m at Lee Valley with Chizute
Ogbedeh clocking 11.11, while at Loughborough Charlie Davis ran a new 1500m
pb with 3.55.76 and Martin Richardson clocked 16.21.11 for a pb over 5000m
at Eltham, and also at Lee Valley Modupe Shokunbi clocked 12.04 over 100m
and Kaliyah Young ran 12.07.
Nick Brooks
23/06/21
The
England Under 20 and Under 23 Champs at Bedford saw a host of club
athletes in action and such was our depth that the club realised 15 medals,
including two gold, four silver and nine bronze along side many other great
performances.
Bekah
Walton threw over 50m again with 50.20m to win the under 23 womens javelin,
and Nana Gyedu continues her fine form with a 14.78m win in the under 20
ladies shot. A great new pb for HAC athlete Aaron Enser in the 3,000m
steeplechase winning silver in 9.12.54, with Hannah MacAulay securing silver
in the under 23 ladies discus with 42.48m, and Annie Davies and Isabella
Hilditch running brilliantly for silver and bronze in the 100m hurdles with
13.69 and 13.79 respectively, and Fleur Todd Warmoth ran brilliantly for
silver in the under 20 ladies 3,000m with a great new pb of 9.42.73. All
other medailists including many bronze medals listed below, plus yet another
new 400m pb for Sam Reardon with 47.48 and Dillon Claydon’s shot of 15.32m
for 5th.
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Under 23 Men |
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Aaron Enser |
3000m SC |
2nd |
9.12.54 |
PB |
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Kelechi Aguocha |
High Jump |
3rd |
2.10m |
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Ben Sutton |
Long Jump |
3rd |
7.04m |
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Alex Botterill |
800m |
3rd |
1.51.98 |
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Lewis Harknett |
3000m SC |
4th |
9.21.71 |
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Coleman Corry |
400m Hurdles |
7th |
58.59 |
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Under 23 Women |
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Bekah Walton |
Javelin |
1st |
50.20m |
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Hannah MacAulay |
Discus |
2nd |
42.48m |
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Annie Davies |
100m Hurdles |
2nd |
13.69 |
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Isabella Hilditch |
100m Hurdles |
3rd |
13.79 |
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Lauren Farley |
Javelin |
3rd |
47.36m |
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Under 20 Men |
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Sam Reardon |
400m |
5th |
47.48 |
PB |
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Dillon Claydon |
Shot Putt |
5th |
15.32m |
PB |
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Barnaby Corry |
Pole Vault |
6th |
4.15m |
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Dillon Claydon |
Discus |
6th |
42.78m |
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Henry Fisher |
800m |
7th |
1.54.65 |
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Pablo Seema Roca |
400m |
Q |
49.82 |
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Under 20 Women |
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Nana Gyedu |
Shot Putt |
1st |
14.78m |
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Fleur Todd Warmoth |
3000m |
2nd |
9.42.73 |
PB |
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Holly Mpassy |
400m |
3rd |
55.67 |
SB |
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Amelia Gray |
Triple Jump |
3rd |
11.97 |
PB |
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Mallory Cluley |
100m Hurdles |
3rd |
13.85 |
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Amarisa Sibley |
800m |
3rd |
2.11.04 |
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Kaliyah Young |
200m |
5th |
24.79 |
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At the
Southern League London South East match held at Eltham, the club won the
mixed mens and womens match by a clear margin against Kent AC, Bexley and
Cambridge Harriers. There were many outstanding performances including
Michael Damoah 10.93 in the 100m and 22.17 in the 200m, Faith Akinbileje
11.98 in the 100m for a pb, Zsiriah Thomas 25.78 over 200m and a new sb, a
fine run from V45 athlete Carole Coulon with 10.31.00 over 3,000m, 15.25 by
Zoe Austridge over the 100m hurdles and wins in both mens and womens 4 x
100m and 4 x 400m relays. In the field Edward Regan recorded a pb in the
high jump with 1.70m, the same height for Rebecca Hawkins, good pole vault
efforts by Benjamin Platt, Oscar Whitcombe, Barnaby Corry and Holly Platt,
with Brydon Duncan still an under 17 wining the senior discus with new pb of
35.86m. Solid discus wins for Hannah MacAulay and Gypsy Nash also still an
under 17 athlete who also threw a new pb of 40.16 to win the hammer with
Abbie Stewart also throwing a new pb with 39.96m.
Nick Brooks
16/06/21
County Schools and Southern Champs Round Up
The Southern Champs at Bedford saw nearly 20 club
athletes participating with 6 gold medals, a silver and 3 bronze medals
being won by club athletes. There were great wins for Bailey Stickings over
400m hurdles with 51.96, and higher claim athlete Lewis Hartnett claiming
gold in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase with 9.21.78, and Jahisha Thomas
winning the ladies long jump with 6.27m.
In the under 20 category there were golds for Nana
Gyedu in the shot putt with 14.42m and Mallory Cluley in the 100m hurdles in
13.88, while Dillon Claydon won the under 20 men’s discus with 46.54m.
Jonathan Ilori took silver in the men’s triple jump with an impressive
15.94m, Alex Hill took bronze in the ladies 400m hurdles with 61.38, Pablo
Seema Roca ran well for third in the under 20 men’s 400m with 49.27, and
Barnaby Corry vaulted 4.30m for bronze in the under 20 men’s pole vault.
Elsewhere Dina Asher Smith recorded a great 22.06 over
200m in Florence at the Diamond League, and Divine Oladipo threw a new club
record in the discus with 57.26m for 9th in the NCAA Champs in Eugene,
Oregon, also taking 14th in the shot with 16.76m. In a sprints meeting in
Stratford, Henry Fisher clocked 49.64 over 400m, Prince Reid (T20) ran
52.36, Steph Fisher ran 59.20 over 400m and Alex Hill clocked 62.0 over 400m
hurdles.
At a BMC meeting Angus Harrington chopped another half
a second off his 800m pb with 1.48.90 and Joe Rogers also ran a pb with
1.50.39, with Alex Bruce Littlewood continuing his return to form with a
solid 14.32.98 over 5,000m.
At the Surrey Schools Champs at Battersea Park there
were wins for Issah Abdulkarim in the under 17 men’s 100m with 11.47, Fleur
Todd Warmoth won the under 17 ladies 1500m in 4.40.75 with Lara Mannes 2nd
in 4.59.47, while Megan Slattery took silver in the under 15 girls 1500m
with 4.53.04.
Being a Kent based and affiliated club we had an
abundance of club athletes in action at the Kent School Champs at Ashford
with wins in the sprints for Tianna Haynes in the ladies under 20 100m
(12.27), Faith Akinbileje (24.11) in the under 17 women’s 200m with Nina
Whitter (27.14) winning the under 15 girls event and Holly Mpassy (55.79)
running well for gold in the under 20s 400m.
In the middle-distance events there were wins for
Matthew Smith over 800m in 2.05.33 (U17), Amarisa Sibley in the 800m (U17)
winning by 9 seconds in 2.11.15, Tallulah Ndikwanu in the 800m (U15) in
2.23.96 and Zoe White in the 3000m (U20) in 10.57.78. Over the barriers
Rayhan Mourtada won the under 15 boys 80m hurdles in 11.44, George Shaw won
the under 17 men’s 1500m steeplechase in 4.43.57, and Morgan Squibb now back
after a long-term leg injury showed fine form in winning the under 20 ladies
steeplechase in 5.02.36 with Gabriella Martin winning the under ladies’
version in 5.26.59.
Also on the track there was affine 3,000m win in the
walk for Abigail Smith with 16.09.88, in the pole vault pit there was a win
and a pb for Barnaby Corry in 4.30m, and 4 long jump wins for Dylan Carroll
in 5.64m (U17), Zuriel Nwogwugwu in 5.63m (U15), Emily Algeo in 5.27 n(U17W)
and Daisy Snell in 5.34 (U15G). And finally to the throws as Cleo Agyepong
won the under 17 shot with 14.66m, Islay Pearson won the under 15 event in
8.20m, Dillon Claydon won the under 20 men’s discus in 45.03m and
Titiobiowula Akinrele won the under ladies’ discus with 30.68m.
Nick Brooks
9/06/21
Busy League Action for BBHAC
The senior men’s and women’s teams were in action at
the NAL Premier League match at Norman Park, where in superb conditions the
mixed team performed brilliantly to finish second on 479 points behind TVHs
winning 579 points.
On the track there was a great B string 100m win for
Korede Awe in 10.73, and 17-year-old Sam Reardon won both the men’s A string
400m and 800m running as maturely as a man far older, both in great new
personal bests of 47.62 and 1.50.87 respectively, with coach Nigel Stickings
walking around the track with a permanent smile on his face all afternoon.
Pablo Seema Roca won the B string 400m in a pb with 48.74 improving by
almost a second while Callum Parker won the B string 800m in a pb of
1.55.84. In the field Patrick Apantaku won the B string triple jump with
11.90m and Benjamin Platt won the pole vault with 3.90m.
In the ladies’ events there was a magnificent double
for team manager Niamh Bridson Hubbard running a new pb over 800m in 2.08.77
and comfortably winning the 3,000m with 9.56.02, with Amarisa Sibley winning
the B string 800m in 2.09.50. Two great performances over the 100m hurdles
with Annie Davies winning the A string with a new pb of 13.38 and Isabella
Hilditch winning the B string also in a pb of 13.56. In the field events
Hannah MacAulay won the discus with 42.22m while Lauren Farley won the
javelin with her first throw over 50m with 50.20m, and to round things off
the ladies’ team of Zsiriah Thomas, Annie Davies, Shakanya Osahon and
Mallory Cluley won the 4 x 100m relay in 47.48.
Other notable performances among the men included
Bailey Stickings clocking 52.13 over the 400m hurdles, Rico Cottell running
a pb of 14.87 over the high hurdles losing out by a fraction, Ben Sutton
achieving a pb in the long jump with 7.13m and Kelechi Aguocha clearing
2.05m in the high jump, and among the ladies Kaliyah Young ran 12.12 and
24.55 over the sprints, Deborah Martin high jumped 1.75m, Mary Adeniji leapt
11.91m in the triple jump, Nana Gyedu threw 15.02m in the shot for a pb,
Gemma Vickery threw the hammer 50.96m with Abbie Stewart throwing 39.55m and
the ladies quartet finished 2nd in the 4 x 400m in 3.51.98.
In the YDL Young Age Group match at Sutcliffe Park,
BBHAC easily won the match with 322 points with Medway & Maidstone 2nd with
234.5. Club athletes recorded an unprecedented 49 personal bests between
them plus a host of season bests. In the under 13 boys’ races over 75m there
were fine runs for Theodore Osobu in 10.44, Antonio Seuret Montgomery in
10.59 and Thomas Vallins in 10.75, and Emilia Adese clocked 10.93 winning
the girls U13 B race. Other notable performances were achieved by Rayhan
Mourtada in the 80m hurdles with 11.53, Daisy Snell ran the 300m in 42.10
and achieved a new pb in the high jump with 1.65m both in the under 15 age
group, while under 13s Lucas Elmqvist ran 3.41.79 over 1200m and Luciana
Smith registered 3.54.72
Elsewhere Dina Asher Smith had her first full blown
run out over 100m and won in 10.92 at an event in Hengelo in the
Netherlands, while Charlie Davis ran in one of the UK trial races over
10,000m and clocked a new pb of 30.26.03 at Birmingham University.
Nick Brooks
2/06/21
Top performances by BBHAC both home and abroad
A lot of club athletes have been in club action in the
past few weeks and many new pbs have been recorded both in the UK and
overseas.
Adam Gemili ran a much improved 200m in 20.58 at last
week’s Diamond League event in Doha, and Katy Ann McDonald lopped a huge
amount off her best time in the 800m with 2.01.67 in Jacksonville, Florida
in the NCAA East regionals where she has now qualified for the NCAA finals,
along with Divine Oladipo who also qualified for both finals after putting
the shot 16.79m and throwing the discus 54.79m.
On the track Brandon Murray recorded 10.78 in Dagenham
and Jak Mensah clocked 10.79 in Kettering, and Theo Adesina jumped 6.57m in
the long jump and 1.89m for a pb in the high jump at Bedford, and Daisy
Snell recorded 1.60m in the high jump for a pb at Lee Valley.
At Sportcity in Manchester Chereice Hylton clocked
23.74 over 200m, Mallory Cluley clocked 13.87 over the 100m hurdles and Aron
Enser ran 9.31.05 over the 3,000m steeplechase. Charlie Davis clocked a new
pb of 14.28.56 over 5,000m at Birmingham University, At the Club pen Meeting
at Norman Park where 168 athletes took part, there were notable 400m efforts
by Sam Reardon who ran 48.03 for a pb, previously I had recorded Sam had run
a relay leg for England but it was GB Juniors, while Angus Harrington ran a
pb in 49,56 and Pablo Seema Roca recorded 49.65 also for a pb, with Drew
Burridge running 52.72, Ross Edmonds 53.42 and Nathan Firla 53.40, our
fastest lady was Holly Mpassy with 57.34, and there were great efforts over
the 100m by Tianna Haynes in 12.44 and Zsiriah Thomas in 12.58. Over 200m
there were notable performances by Charles Nortey in 23.08, Adam Islam-Medeaux
in 23.27 and Louisa Vallins in the W40 with 28.88, while Chereice clocked
39.51 over 300m.
In the Kent Young Athletes League at Dartford the club
is in the overall lead with 570 points ahead of Medway on 563 points after
the Under 13 boys finished 2nd, the Under 13 girls 2nd, the Under 15 boys
were 4th and the Under 15 girls first. In Division 2 the club lies in 5th
place after the first round. At the time of writing there are no results for
the Youth Development League Upper age group.
Over the longer distance William Brindley managed a
new pb by 4 minutes in the Boston (Lincs) Marathon with a fine 3.07.13
performance.
Nick Brooks
24/05/21
Track and Field round-up from busy week for BBHAC
athletes
Dina Asher Smith was back in action at the Diamond
League meeting in Gateshead over 100 metres this time around, where in
atrocious conditions resembling winter, she won in 11.35 into a 3.1m/s
headwind, and beating the worlds top sprinters. Adam Gemili lined up in the
200m and managed a 21.18 season’s best over 200m, but was some way off the
pace although it’s a long time yet before the Olympics.
Elsewhere results include Ethan Brown clocking 47.15
over 400m in Manhattan, Kansas, while Callum Parker ran 1.56.2 over 800m and
Fleur Todd Warmoth ran 4.36.5 over 1500m at Battersea Park, while in a great
3,000m in Milton Keynes Charlie Davis ran a new pb of 8.20.78 and Alex
Bruce-Littlewood continues his improvement clocking 8.23.49.
The club had many athletes in action at the
Loughborough International representing GB Juniors, England and Scotland.
There was a win in the ladies triple jump with 13.09m for Jahisha Thomas,
with Zara Asante jumping 12.03m, Jonathan Ilori was also in action but found
the conditions difficult and recorded 13.26m in the men’s event, while
Kelechi Aguocha is getting back to form clearing 2.13m in the high jump,
with Bekah Walton throwing the javelin out to 47.59m and Hollie Arnold
registering 40.30m. Nana Gyedu threw the shot putt out to 14.54m while on
the track Mallory Cluley and Annie Davies were in action over the 100m
hurdles, both clocking good but windy times of 13.61 and 13.64 respectively,
Jeriel Quainoo ran 21.70 over 200m and also ran in the 4 x 100m relay, and
Kaliyah Young ran 24.74 in her 200m event. Yasmin Austridge ran 10.45.04
over the 3,000m steeplechase for a new club record, Sam Reardon ran for
England in the men’s 4 x 400m relay and Niamh Bridson Hubbard clocked a
great new pb over 1500m with 4.22.36.
At Bromley’s Norman Park there was a middle distance
and hurdles open meeting with over 400 athletes taking part. There were 39
personal bests for BBHAC athletes and 9 season’s bests, with athletes coming
from far and wide to compete. There were fourteen 800m races and nine 1500m
races !
A week on from my last comment Angus Harrington has
now broken the magic 1.50 for 800m with a great new pb of 1.49.48, closely
followed by Henry Fisher for his pb with 1.50,59, while in the 1500m mens
races Jake Anthony clocked 4.14.71, Thomas Sugden 4.18.58 and Dan Kennedy
4.20.77, while in the mens 5,000m there were good runs from Roger Vilardell
with 16.04.14, Micah Evans 16.35.36 and Graham Lugar 16.44.85, with Carole
Coulon running 18.25.80. Abigail Smith competed in the 3,000m walk and
clocked a solid 16.06.03, while Morgan Squibb ran the ladies 1,500m
steeplechase in 5.12.52, and Ailbhe Barnes clocked 5.27.94.
In the hurdles events there were some good runs from
Shakanya Osahon over 100m with a pb of 14.95, and Zoe Austridge recorded
15.26 also for a pb, and in the under 15 girls 75m hurdles Daisy Snell
recorded another pb of 11.39 and Alyssa Firla ran 12.78, in the under 15
boys 80m hurdles Rayhan Mourtada ran 11.79 for a new pb, and Emily Algeo ran
12.51 in the under 17 ladies’ event over 80m and also recorded 47.53 over
the rarely contested 300m hurdles.
Nick Brooks
19/05/21
England International Selection and Results Round Up
Some
excellent breaking news for club athletes is that Yasmin Austridge has been
selected to represent England at the Loughborough International meeting in
the steeplechase, and Jahisha Thomas has been selected for the ladies triple
jump and Jonathan Ilori for mens triple jump, with the event due to take
place on 23rd May. In the GB Juniors team, Nana Gyedu has been
selected in the shot, and Jeriel Quainoo in the mens 4 x 100m relay, and Sam
Reardon in the 4 x 400m. Scotland have selected Zara Asante in the ladies
triple jump, well done to all our club athletes.
Elsewhere, Dina Asher Smith opened her 2021 account winning a classy 200m in
22.56 in Savona in Italy, while at a Birmingham University meeting Yasmin
Austridge ran the 1500m in a new pb of 4.28.25, at the same meeting Bailey
Stickings clocked a new impressive pb over 400m hurdles with 51.89, and
Henry Fisher ran 1.53.23 over 800m. Alex Bruce-Littlewood clocked 8.24.45
over 3,000m at West London and also managed a 1.59.54 over 800m at
Southampton where Drew Burridge ran a useful 51.94 over 400m.
At
Loughborough last week Jeriel Quainoo clocked 10.83 and 21.79 over 100m and
200m, with Jack Mensah also clocking 22.32 over 200m at the same meeting.
Annie Davies clocked a very solid 13.68 which ranks her 10th in
the UK, while Rico Cottell managed another pb over the 110m hurdles with
14.90, and Kelechi Aguocha opened his outdoor account in the high jump with
a 2.05m clearance. Missing from the Kent Champs in Ashford was a great
triple jump effort from Jacob Byfield with 12.70m.
There
were 25 club sprinters in action at our Open Meeting last Monday where
Kaliyah Young clocked 12.16 over 100m for a new pb, with Tianna Haynes
running 12.62 and Daisy Snell 12.73. Toby Olubi was back on the track
clocking 11.58 and Zach Nwogwugwu ran 11.05.
Nick Brooks
12/05/21
Results roundup home and abroad
The club had many athletes in action over the weekend
at the Kent County Champs and with far too many to mention here are the
winners among the many events for both men and women.
In the senior men’s events there were gold medals for Rico Cottell in the
110m hurdles won in 15.41, while Bailey Stickings took gold in the 400m
hurdles in 52.82, and Ben Sutton won the long jump in 7.04m. In the ladies
events Lauren Farley improved her pb in the javelin with gold in 47.85m,
Annie Davies won the 100m hurdles in a new CBP of 13.90, Liz Hughes won the
pole vault in 2.90m and Molly Walsh threw the hammer to win with 46.20m.
In the men’s under age 20 group there were wins for
Sam Reardon over 400m with 48.94, and Dillon Claydon won both the shot and
discus with 14.38m and 42.43m respectively, while in the ladies U20 events
Kaliyah Young won both the 100m and 200m in 12.44 and 25.85, Nana Gyedu won
the shot with 13.38m and Zara Obamakinwa won the discus with 45.55m.
In the under 17 men’s events Benjamin Platt won both
the javelin (47.25m) and pole vault (3.50m), Connor Sutton won the long jump
with 5.71m and Brydon Duncan took the discus with 43.71m, while in the
ladies U20 events Faith Akinbileje won both the 100m and 200m in 12.31 and
26.56, while Cleo Agyepong won the shot with 13.64, Gypsy Nash won the
discus with 27.28m and Emily Algeo won the long jump with 5.24m. In the
under 15 boys Rayhan Mourtada won the 80m hurdles in 12.61 while in the
girls under 15 events Tallulah Ndikanwu won the 800m in 2.25.42, and Daisy
Snell won the 75m hurdles in 11.81 and set a CBP in winning the long jump
with 5.43m.
Elsewhere Scott Overall won the Goodwood Grand Prix
over 10km with 29.32, and also ran 14.21.02 behind Phil Sesemann’s 14.01.19
at the BMC event in Stretford. Imanuela Aliu also ran two good sprints in
the US although both over the legal wind limit with 11.44 and 23.38 for 100m
and 200m, while Lewis Mills had run an even faster 1500m than previously
reported in the US with 3.57.68, with Alex Bruce-Littlewood clocking 4.03.0
in Aldershot recently.
At the Loughborough Throws event Bekah Walton started
her return to form with a 50.02m effort in the javelin, Hannah MacAulay
threw the discus out to 44.81m, and Cleo Agyepong threw the shot out to a
new pb of 14.66m in the under 17 ladies event. Other recent notable
performances include a new pb over 400m for Sam Reardon with 48.44, Oscar
Whitcombe 3.44m in the pole-vault, Louise Evans pbs over 100m and 200m with
12.04 and 24.18, Isabella Hilditch 14.00 over 100m hurdles in the US, a
13.11m triple jump for Jahisha Thomas and two fine 1500m runs for Fleur
Todd-Warmoth with 4.37.46 and Jess Keene 4.47.59. Callum Parker 50.02 and
Angus Harrington 50.6 getting closer the magic 50 second barrier over 400m,
while Kyle Reynolds-Warmington and Brandon Murray both clocked 10.82 over
100m.
Nick Brooks
27/04/21
Road and track in the UK and US for BBHAC athletes
this week
The club had nine athletes in action this past week
both on the road and the track. Ross Braden ran a fine marathon at the
Cheshire Elite race clocking 2.21.12 making him the 8th fastest club runner
over the distance with the 34th best time. Fellow club member Phil Sesemann
helped with pacing to 19.5 miles as you can see in the picture below.
Last week at the Birmingham University and BMC event,
Yasmin Austridge took a big chunk off her club record of 6.51.82 set in
2018, with a sterling 6.45.81 over the 2,000m steeplechase, while Angus
Harrington came within a stride or two of breaking the magic 1.50 barrier
over 800m with a new pb of 1.50.20. Matthew Francis at the same meeting
clocked 4.03.71 over 1,500m for a seasons best, while at a meeting at Harrow
Niamh Bridson Hubbard ran a great pb over 3,000m with 9.29.08.
On the US collegiate circuit Divine Oladipo threw the
shot out to 16.34m and the discus to 52.43m at a meeting in Champaign,
Illinois, Katy Ann McDonald continued her fine early season form with a
2.05.74 over 800m at a meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and at the same
meeting Immanuela Aliu clocked a windy 24.02 over 200m. On the same day just
down the road in Houston, Lewis Mills broke the 4 minute barrier over 1,500m
for the first time with a new pb of 3.58.27.
Nick Brooks
19/04/21
BBHAC Athletes in Walking and Throws action
including new club discus record
In the US at the Big Ten Indiana Invitational held in
Bloomington, Indiana, Divine Oladipo was back in action, putting the shot
out to 16.69m, while in the discus Divine threw 55.69m for a new personal
best and a new club senior ladies record, eclipsing the 54.23m record from
2018. This currently ranks Divine in 3rd in the UK rankings, and with 63.50m
needed for Olympic qualifying lets hope Divine has the time and competition
left to extend her new pb even further.
Closer to home at the Loughborough Spring Throws event
at the weekend the club had three athletes in action with Zara Obamakinwa
throwing 44.69 in the discus albeit a little down on her best, while Bekah
Walton threw the javelin out to an impressive 48.36m with Hollie Arnold
throwing well with 38.76m.
At the Cambridge Harriers Open Graded Walking event
both Abigail Smith and Jonathan Ellerton who are both in the under 17 age
group, were in action and both recorded new personal bests with 15.52.45 and
17.43.48 respectively.
From previous weeks it is also noted that Jeriel
Quainoo clocked 48.85 over 400m for a new pb at Lee Valley on the 10th
April, and Mark Cage ran pbs in the 3,000m and 5,000m with 9.17.42 and
16.21.36 at meetings in Stretford on the 3rd and 10th April respectively.
Nick Brooks
13/04/21
BBHAC Host First Open Meeting of 2021
It’s great to see live track and field athletics again
in the UK and Blackheath & Bromley hosted its first Open Meeting of the
season at Bromley’s Norman Park following strict government guidelines.
Everybody welcomed back real competition as virtual athletics although
valuable does not beat the real thing.
With over 200 competitors in action from many clubs
across the south east, there was a lot of fine action taking place, and with
55 athletes from BBHAC participating the club had a lot of interest.
Club athletes combined to deliver 26 personal bests
and 24 season bests in both track and field events. The pick of the
performances was from Lauren Farley who threw the javelin out to a new pb of
47.41m and currently tops the UK women’s rankings. On the track Drew
Burridge clocked an impressive 36.28 over the rarely run 300m, and Alex
O’Callaghan Brown ran 84.50 over 600m. Martin Richardon ran 9.31.59 over
3,000m while among the ladies Lily Meers clocked a good 2.20.83 over 800m.
In the field Barnaby Corry opened his outside season in the pole vault with
3.60m and Oscar Whitcombe reached 3.20m for a new personal best.
There was little action on the US collegiate circuit
this past weekend for club athletes, but Katy Ann McDonald clocked 4.25.95
over 1500m at a meeting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while Lewis Mills ran a
great new pb in the 3,000m steeplechase with 9.15.76, also reported he
clocked 4.00.68 over 1500m for a new pb as well, at a meeting in Oxford,
Mississippi.
Away from the track we have also learned that former
BBHAC club member Emily Muskett (nee Godley) has become the first British
weightlifter to claim European gold for 26 years by winning the women's 71kg
division in Moscow. The 2019 World bronze medallist lifted 98kg in the
snatch stage, before achieving 129kg in the clean-and-jerk stage to total
227kg.
Myrtle Augee (also a former BBHAC club member) was the
last British weightlifter to win a European title when she took +83kg gold
in 1995, Although the women's 71kg division is not part of the Olympic
programme, Muskett's success boosts her chances of attaining a place at the
postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Results from this category and those in the
81kg class will be used to determine the line-up for the 76kg Olympic
division.
Muskett, who in addition to claiming the overall
victory also claimed European snatch silver as well as clean and jerk gold.
Nick Brooks
7/04/21
BBHAC athletes in action on the road and track this
week
In the UK to begin with this week as we saw four club
athletes in action on the road. At the Run Through 10km event at Kempton
Park race course Scott Overall won the race in 29.59 with Ross Braden a
solid second in 30.52 in a field of 217 finishers.
Slightly longer event at the same venue saw William
Brindley clock 3.11.11 over the marathon distance for a new pb, while at St
Albans Carole Coulon ran 10km in 37.20, a fantastic effort for 58th overall
in the race but more importantly second lady to finish and second W40 class
as well.
With the US outdoor season now well underway, the club
had two throwers in action with Divine Oladipo throwing the shot out to
17.03m, and throwing the discus 52.35m, both seasons bests at an event in
Jacksonville, Florida, while at a meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, Tom
Parker threw the hammer out to 64.67m just a little below his recent pb.
Nick Brooks
30/03/21
More
US Performances for Blackheath & Bromley athletes
On the US Collegiate circuit the club had 6 athletes in
action. On Friday in a meeting in Mount Olive, North Carolina, Tom Parker
threw the hammer out to a new pb of 67.68m, and on Saturday Divine Oladipo
threw two seasons best in the shot and discus with 16.96m and 52.94m
respectively, at a meeting in College Park in Maryland.
On the track Katy Ann McDonald a second year student
at Louisiana State University clocked 2.06.84 narrowly winning an 800m event
in Austin, Texas, while at the same meeting Immanuela Aliu has a busy
weekend clocking 11.43 and later a 11.41 for new pb over 100m, and also
clocked a windy 23.30 over 200m followed up with a legal 23.44 performance.
Just up the road in Houston Lewis Mills ran 9.33.45 in the 3,000m
steeplechase and Lois Warden recorded a seasons best in the pole vault with
3.50m at an event in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Nick Brooks
22/03/21
Outdoor Season starts for some BBHAC Athletes in
the US
This past weekend saw many outdoor opening events at
college tracks across the US and three BBHAC athletes were in action.
Immanuela Aliu continues on from her fine indoor
season form and ran a pb over 100m in 11.43 in Tucson Arizona, while it was
great to see Katy Ann McDonald back in action over 800m with a 2.08.90
clocking in Lafayette, Louisiana. Finally hammer thrower Tom Parker who has
not been in much reported action lately threw 62.08 in High Point, North
Carolina, having thrown 62.64m the previous weekend in Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina.
This ranks these athletes in their respective events
in the UK as 1st, 10th and 6th, so great early season performances.
Nick Brooks
8/03/21
Phil Sesemann at Euro Indoors in Poland
Saturday morning saw our higher claim member Phil
Sesemann running for the GB team in Torun in Poland in the European Indoor
Champs. Phil ran in heat 3 and ran superbly just missing his pb with a
7.51.70 clocking for 5th place which was not quite good enough to make the
final. Perhaps if two athletes had not escaped from the pack so early on
there might have had a different outcome but nevertheless Phil did himself
and the club proud and got to compete against the 1500/3000m double winner
and rising star Jacob Ingebrigsten.
Also on duty at the Euro Champs was Mark Purser one of
our executive management team, who was one of the official starters. Well
done to Mark for rising to the top of the ranks in an official capacity, a
very deserving reward for many years of hard work put into the sport.
Not much happening on the US circuit this week with
the NCAA Indoor Champs in Arkansas due next weekend. This promises to be
another high quality event with a very high standard expected. We have
several athletes studying and competing in the US as per previous reports
and despite them all being in the form of their lives, unfortunately none of
them has made it to the NCAA finals where only the top 16 are considered.
Ethan Brown is ranked 27th in the 400m, Immanuela Aliu 41st over 60m and
24th over 200m, Marcia Sey is ranked 36th over the 60m hurdles and Divine
Oladipo 32nd in the shot put. Just to compete there will require a world
class performance which is something all our fantastic athletes can aspire
to.
Nick Brooks
1/03/21
Five Blackheath & Bromley athletes in track and
field action and Sesemann called up for European Indoors
British Athletics can confirm Philip Sesemann has been
added to the British team for the 2021 European Athletics Indoor
Championships following the withdrawal of Marc Scott from the men’s 3000m.
Sesemann who is a BBHAC higher claim athlete set a
personal best of 7:51.27 over 3000m in Manchester earlier in the month. He
was part of the mixed relay team at the 2018 European Cross Country
Championships and this is his first call-up to a senior British team on the
track.
Elsewhere, Ethan Brown improved on his recent indoor
pb from a month ago to clock 46.62 over 400m for another club 400m indoor
record at the Big 12 event in Lubbock, Texas, while Marcia Sey was busy
clocking 7.59 over 60m, 24.44 over 200m and 8.27 over the 60m hurdles in
Geneva Ohio, while Divine Oladipo at the same Big Ten Conference meeting
hurled the shot out to 16.20m.
In Fayetteville Arkansas, Immanuela Aliu continued her
busy indoor season clocking 7.38 over 60m and 23.45 over 200m at the South
Eastern Conference Champs, while closer to home in a meeting in
Loughborough, Zara Obamakinwa threw the discus out to 46.55m, presumably an
outdoor performance.
A small correction in that the previous week Kelechi
Aguocha high jumped 2.04m and not 2.12m as reported in the British Indoor
trials.
Nick Brooks
22/02/21
Blackheath & Bromley athletes on action in the UK
and US
This past weekend saw three BBHAC athletes in action
in the UK and three in action in the US on the college circuit.
The British Athletics European Indoor selection events
occurred at three different venues with Jahisha Thomas winning the ladies
triple jump with a leap of 12.93m, but had to settle for 4th in the long
jump with a jump of 6.12m at Lee Valley while Phil Sesemann (2nd claim)
running at Sportcity in Manchester took third in the mens 3,000m in 7.57.22,
having clocked 7.51.27 at the Bryggen Sports Invitational the previous week
at the same venue for a pb. Kelechi Aguocha took 5th in the high jump with
2.12m having cleared 2.12m the previous week.
In Ann Arbor in Michigan in the US Marcia Sey ran the
200m in 25.14 and the 60m hurdles in 8.41 while in Maryville in Missouri,
Elizabeth Ibidunni clocked 7.82 over 60m.
Away from the sport it is noted that Tremayne Gilling
who was one of our top sprinters a decade or so ago, teamed up with Joel
Fearon, Ben Simons and Lamin Deen the previous weekend in the 4 man
bobsleigh representing GB, taking 12th in the world championships at
Altenburg in Germany.
Nick Brooks
8/02/21
Blackheath & Bromley athletes in more competitive
action in the US
This past weekend saw three club athletes in action
across the US with Immanuela Aliu clocking 7.44 and 7.45 over 60m and also a
useful 23.89 over 200m at a meeting in College Station, Texas. Meanwhile in
Bloomington, Indiana, Marcia Sey ran 8.62 over 60m hurdles and Divine
Oladipo putt the shot out to 15.97m, both athletes a little down on last
week. Immanuela now ranks 2nd in the UK over 200m with Marcia 3rd over the
hurdles, while Divine is 2nd in the UK shot putt rankings.
From the previous week it is also noted that Ethan
Brown ran 46.69 over 400m in Lubbock, Texas for an indoor pb and his 4th
fastest time ever. This also tops the UK men’s rankings.
Nick Brooks
3/02/21
Early indoor season performances by Blackheath &
Bromley athletes
Despite the lockdown causing nearly all sporting
events to be cancelled, Blackheath & Bromley athletes have managed to find
places to compete albeit abroad and here are some of the early indoor season
efforts from Europe and the US.
Dina Asher-Smith having not raced indoors in recent
times ran a 7.08 in the 60m sprint to equal her pb in winning the World
Athletic Tour Gold event on Friday in Karlsruhe in Germany, and two days
later in Dusseldorf clocked a useful 7.12 to win the ISTAF indoor event.
In the US the club has many athletes studying at
numerous Universities across the country. At College Station in Texas on the
16th January, Immanuela Aliu clocked 7.38 over 60m, and Lewis Mills ran
8.45.04 over 3000m, and on the same day in Ann Arbor in Michigan Marcia Sey
clocked 24.57 over 200m and 8.39 over the 60m hurdles.
On 23rd January at University Park in Pennsylvania,
Marcia ran 7.68 over 60m while Divine Oladipo putt the shot 16.05m, while on
the 29th January in Lubbock Texas, Ethan Brown ran 46.69 for 400m and ran 21.90 over 200m with Immanuela clocking 23.78 also over 200m.
Adam Gemili was also in the US and he clocked 6.81
over 60m in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 24th January. On 31st January, Zara
Asante leapt to 11.93m in the triple jump at an event in Lyons in France.
Nick Brooks
