Results Winter 2006-2007
East Surrey League Road Race April 10th
2007
By Matthew Kiernan
Croydon Harriers produced several medal
winning performances at the East Surrey League road race in Ewell
on Tuesday evening.
As has been the case so many times
this season, the junior Harriers excelled themselves, with Jordan Maurice
winning the U13 race.
The
He was well supported with Will
Mercer (3rd, 13:15) and Fraser Novell (4th, 13:27) ensuring that Croydon finished runners-up in the team standings.
Elsewhere, the Harriers senior team
put the heartache of relegation in the
Veteran Ray Marriott (7th, 23:45) led
Croydon home, whilst U20 athlete George Thatcher
(19th, 25:29) finished inside the top 20, over the 4 mile course.
Third to score was Dave Warren,
(22nd, 25:54) who just held off fellow veteran Colin Oxlade
(23rd, 26:06), to place the senior team 3rd overall out of the 21 competing
teams.
Senior Race – 4 Miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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7th |
Ray Marriott |
23:45 |
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19th |
George Thatcher |
25:29 |
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22nd |
Dave Warren |
25:54 |
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23rd |
Colin Oxlade |
26:06 |
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35th |
Terry Lapins |
27:12 |
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37th |
Andy Del Nevo |
27:23 |
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66th |
Matthew Kiernan |
30:57 |
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71st |
Eric Campbell |
31:33 |
101 finishers
Overall Team Position:
3rd (21), B team 16th
U17+15 Race– 2 Miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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4th |
Claudius Ricketts |
12:46 |
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12th |
Seb Novell |
13:35 |
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14th |
Scott Fanner |
13:42 |
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21st |
Daisy Collingridge |
15:18 |
30 finishers
Overall Team Position:
5th (12)
U13 Race – 2 Miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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1st |
Jordan Maurice |
12:30 |
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3rd |
Will Mercer |
13:15 |
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4th |
Fraser Novell |
13:27 |
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8th |
Mark Plackett |
14:13 |
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13th |
Phillip Wise |
14:58 |
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20th |
Emily Knight |
16:22 |
30 Finishers
Overall Team Position:
2nd (13), B team 8th
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Croydon Harriers Cross
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Jane Searle |
W45 |
4th in race 1st Croydon
woman home |
29.59 |
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Sarah Guest |
SW |
5th in race 2nd Croydon
woman |
30.32 |
Junior athletics: Harriers clinch
title Epsom Downs 18th March
By Mike Fleet
Croydon Harriers' U13 cross country runners took
the Downs League title in swashbuckling fashion with a big win in the final
fixture at Epsom on Sunday.
Setting a positive tone from
the start, the three young Croydon boys were led home
over the 2.5k course by the ever improving Jordan Maurice, who clipped
20seconds off his previous best, to clock a winning 11:59, with tenacious team
mate Will Mercer the close runner-up in 12:05.
Admirable support came from
newcomer Philip Wise who finished third in 13.12 and Emily Knight, 10th, in
15:13, who was the first girl home.
Further honours
came for Croydon from Jordan Maurice and Emily Knight
won both overall individual titles Consistent U15 Scott Fanner took a well
deserved third overall Croydon title when he
concluded his series with 3rd place in12:36.
The club had two U11s in
action too, with Andrew Statter completing the 2k
course in 13:09 for sixth place, followed by Karina
Maurice a commendable 13th in 14:13. They placed fifth out of eight in the team
event
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Jane Searle |
W45 |
15.10 |
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Junior athletics: Jumpers set high
standards at Indoors
By Mike Fleet
Croydon Harriers' high jumpers took the
plaudits in the club's 17-medal haul at the Surrey Indoor Championships last
weekend, writes Mike Fleet.
Royal Russell student Tsidi Dagadu comfortably took the
title in his first year as an U20.
With narrow failures at a
near best of 1.95m, his previous success clearance at 1.90m saw him surpass the
opposition by 10cms.
U17 Ned Quiney,
another first year in his age group, produced a fine series for a win by 5cm at
1.70m to equal his outdoor best.
He also finished sixth in
the long jump at 5.53m.
On Saturday, a shoeless
Jordan Staples virtually jumped out of his socks, revealing rare talent to win
the U15 event at 1.60m.
He made it a golden double
the next day when he stormed ahead in the 60m to win in 7.56 seconds, with
fellow Harriers Kristian Wright and Joe Young third
and fourth in 7.77 and 7.85.
Omar Dixon set a
Championship best performance of 6.30m to claim a U17 long jump victory, and
ran a strong 7.02 for silver in the 60m.
The club's sprinting
strength was further proved by six more medal-winning runs.
The best of these was Twinnelle Hopeson's gold, won in
a highly competitive final.
It was clear nobody would
pass the impressive Croydon athlete as she drove
determinedly for the line.
The excellent time of 7.69
ranks her 31st in the overall
Young Ethan
Shakespeare-Richards was in a class of his own in the U13 60m finishing well
clear in 8.25.
U20 Jamel
Beckford rounded off the club's golden tally in the
60m hurdles which he won in 8.25.
10:07am Thursday 8th March
Innovative jumps international 21st Feb
2007 Picketts Lock Athletics Centre & 24th Feb
2007 Birmingham U20 Indoor Champs
Athletics: Okoroafor
nets personal best
By Mike Fleet
Croydon Harrier triple jumper Trevor Okoroafor headed a group of ambitious local athletes in
their quest for indoor success last week.
The 17-year-old capitalised on his Great Britain U20 selection for the
innovative jumps international against
He stretched to a new best
of 14.95m on his third attempt, to take a precocious third overall, immediately
behind seasoned international Julian Golley
This performance catapulted
him more than 50cms clear of his rivals in the UK Athletics Power of 10 U20 ranking,
and lifted him to second overall in the Croydon
Harriers all-time rankings with a new club indoor record.
Three days
later, in the England U20 Championships at Birmingham, and not expecting
anything sensational so soon after his spectacular 35cm improvement, still
showed his undoubted talent to take second place with a distance of 14.62m.
He did however have the
satisfaction of being the first British athlete to finish, the event being won
by a Singaporean competitor. A repeat of his international performance would
have won him the title.
Babatunde Amosu also
snatched national triple jump silver in the U17 event in which he cleared
13.63m.
The excellent distance he
achieved, took him to second in the U17 power of 10 rankings and earned him
18th place in the Harriers' men's all-time list.
Three other Harriers made
the top six headed by Erasmus Ntim-Dwemo fifth in the
U17 shot with a put of 14.57m.
Two others took sixth places
at U20 level. Ryszard Buk
cleared 4.30m in the pole vault and Kayleigh Ferguson
clocked 9.17sec in the 60m hurdles.
Lee Mclaughlin
qualified for the 200m final having run 22.55sec in semi, but had to withdraw.
9:40am Wednesday 28th February 2007
Athletics: Depleted Harriers on song
By Mike Fleet
Hit by half-term, numbers
were low for the penultimate Downs League meeting at Epsom on Sunday, but the Croydon Harriers in action certainly earned their share of
the spoils from the three races.
Of the major individual
places, they had a winner, two runners-up and a third.
U13 Elliott Verheary continued his run of fine form with a time of 11
minutes 53 seconds for the 2500m course, 25 sec clear of team mate Jordan
Maurice.
These friendly rivals were
in a class of their own, both running faster than Epsom's U15 winner In that
U15 race the improving Scott Fanner threw down his challenge on the tough hill
and it all but worked, until the final stages where he was forced to settle for
a creditable second in 12:39.
At the youngest U11 level,
Joshua Haasz, following in the footsteps of his uncle
Ade Odunsi an outstanding
Harrier in the 1980s, made further pleasing progress.
He finished strongly over
2000m to take third in 12:11.
Andrew Statter
enjoyed a good run to finish sixth in 12:39 and Marie Comnee
and Karina Maurice made pleasing debuts to finish
ninth and 13th.
With one match remaining on
11th March, the Croydon youngsters lead the team
category at U13 level, and are just two points adrift in the U15 section.
12:07pm Wednesday 21st February 2007
New
Dasolu shows sprinting promise
By Mike Fleet
Led by rapidly emerging
sprint prospect James Dasaolu, Croydon
Harriers have been enjoying a considerable degree of success on the
Dasaolu 19, followed an impressive Inter
City outing at the New Lea Valley Athletics Centre when he finished 5th in the
60m final in 6.76sec, with a televised 4th place in the semi finals in 6.79sec
(ht 6.76sec) at Sheffield UK trials on Sunday.
The great experience of
running against eventual winner Craig Pickering and Jason Gardener was well
worth the journey north.
On the more domestic front a
large number of young Harriers competed successfully n the Sutton Open Indoor
meeting.
Most registered personal
bests and a very pleasing number made the first three.
Twinelle Hopeson
was top U17 and 3rd fastest overall in the women's 60m with a sharp 7.69sec
clocking.
South of England U17 200m
champion Lee McLaughlin just missed his PB finishing 2nd in 7.07sec. Fellow U17
Erasmus Ntim-Dwemo shone in the shot which he won
with a 13.54m put.
Powerful Chuxx
Onyia's performance suggested greater things to come
with an erratic but nonetheless victorious U20 triple jump at 13.35m.
Jamel Beckford
took third in the U20 60m hurdles in 8.48sec.
U17 horizontal jumpers Derek
Yeboah and Darrel Rugless
both took 3rd in their respective disciplines. Long jumper Yeboah
cleared 5.83m, while triple jumper Rugless was
measured at 10.98m U15 Jordan Staples earned 1st = in his 60m dash a 7.77sec.
Lauren Thomas's 8.58sec run earned her 3rd among the U15 girls Catching the eye among the youngest athletes in action,
Ethan Shakespeare-Richards looked especially sharp when he won the U13 60m as
did Whitney Campbell with her fine 9.01sec win. Older sister Odette ran an
8.06sec PB for 3rd at U20 level.
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East Surrey League Cross Country League Cross
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Jane Searle |
W45 |
13.51 |
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Holly Run,
Athletics: Harriers’ on form again in
By Mike Fleet
Croydon Harriers U13 Boys are rapidly
gelling into a force to be reckoned with.
Following their Downs League
success last weekend, they travelled to Reigate Priory on Sunday to contest the traditional Holly
Run.
They excelled by splitting
two powerful
Predictably led home by in
form Jordan Maurice in 11:41, the rest of the squad supported him superbly, and
all finished in the top 12.
Elliot Verheary
was a close fifth in 11:56; tenacious Will Mercer was next, seventh in 12:00;
Mark Plackett was only fours seconds back in 12:14 and
Zack Dennington completed the Croydon
team in a commendable 12th, clocking 12:56.
Joshua Haasz
continued his exciting progress to finish fourth among 76 U11s in 7:02, with
James Plackett 27th in 7:56.
Scott Fanner took an
encouraging 17th in 21:16 for the U15s and Emily Knight kept the club girls'
flag flying in 28th spot among the U13s
Croydon’s junior athletes
maintained their formidable form on Saturday, with a series of fine
performances, despite a challenging 2.5-mile course.
The Under 13’s produced
another superb team effort, with Jordan Maurice (2nd 15:38), Elliot Veheary (3rd, 15:39) and Will Mercer (4th,
15:40) enjoying top 10 finishes.
The trio’s display keeps
them second in the team standings, narrowly behind hosts Walton AC, with one
race remaining.
In the Under 15+17 category, Claudius Ricketts was narrowly beaten
into 2nd place by
It’s a successful return
to action for the 16-year-old after picking up a foot injury in the Surrey
Championships last week.
Scott Fanner provided
good support with a time of 16:33 to place 7th of the 13 finishers.
Meanwhile the senior team
continued to battle but to no evail, and remains
rooted to the bottom of the division.
However that didn’t stop
four Harriers from placing inside the top 50 over the 5-mile course.
Veteran Darren Bradley
(22nd, 30:47) held off up and coming U20 George Thatcher (24th,
31:11), whilst Robbie McIntyre (45th, 32:02) enjoyed a return to
form, just in front of stalwart Colin Oxlade (50th,
32:17).
U13s 2.5 miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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2nd |
Jordan Maurice |
15:38 |
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3rd |
Elliot Veheary |
15:39 |
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4th |
Will Mercer |
15:40 |
16 finishers
U15/17 2.5 miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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2nd |
Claudius Ricketts |
15:10 |
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7th |
Scott Fanner |
16:33 |
13 finishers
Junior, Senior, Veteran
Men 5 miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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22nd |
Darren Bradley (V) |
30:47 |
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24th |
George Thatcher (J) |
31:11 |
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45th |
Robbie McIntyre (S) |
32:02 |
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50th |
Colin Oxlade (V) |
32:20 |
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54th |
Dave Warren (V) |
32:38 |
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65th |
Dave Dymond (V) |
33:12 |
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77th |
Julian Dillow (V) |
34:16 |
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79th |
Andy Del Nevo (V) |
34:19 |
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117th |
Keith Brown (V) |
37:46 |
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120th |
David Brown (J) |
38:27 |
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122nd |
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38:44 |
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127th |
Matthew Kiernan |
39:38 |
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139th |
Eric Campbell |
43:41 |
The Scoring Ten
143 finishers
Jordan Maurice (8th, 13:24) and Will Mercer
(9th, 13:25) were first home over the severely waterlogged 2 mile course.
Zack Dennington
provided non-scoring support to finish 27th in 14:16, exemplifying Croydon’s strength and depth in this age group.
The Junior Men’s team also enjoyed a good
afternoon, with George Thatcher (23rd, 26:16) and Ben Robson (29th, 26:57) revelling in the muddy conditions.
University students David
Brown (52nd, 32:15) and Matthew Kiernan (53rd, 33:23) completed the team to
place 5th overall out of the 6 participating clubs.
The team may have
finished in the medals had Claudius Ricketts not suffered the heartache of a
foot injury, with only 400 metres from the finish.
The 17 year-old showed
great courage to complete the 4-mile course, with Coach Mike Fleet aiding him
at his side, despite his obvious disappointment.
When the Senior Men’s 7
& ½ mile race began, you would have been forgiven in mistaking Lloyd Park
for a quagmire.
The tough course didn’t
stop 3 Harriers placing inside the top 100 though with Colin Oxlade (74th, 54:19), Dave Warren (89th, 56:36) and Terry Lapins (99th, 57:21) having good outings.
U13 Boys Race – 2
miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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8th |
Jordan Maurice |
13:24 |
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9th |
Will Mercer |
13:25 |
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11th |
Elliot Veheary |
13:32 |
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20th |
Mark Plackett |
13:53 |
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27th |
Zack Dennington |
14:16 |
70 finishers
Team Position: 2nd
out of 10
U15 Boys Race – 2.5
miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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34th |
Scott Fanner |
18:16 |
59 finishers
Junior Men’s Race – 4
miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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23rd |
George Thatcher |
26:16 |
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29th |
Ben Robson |
26:57 |
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52nd |
David Brown |
32:15 |
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53rd |
Matthew Kiernan |
33:23 |
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59th |
Claudius Ricketts |
38:50 |
59 finishers
Team Position: 5th
out of 6
Senior Men’s Race – 7
& ½ miles
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Position |
Athlete |
Time |
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74th |
Colin Oxlade |
54:19 |
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89th |
Dave Warren |
56:36 |
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99th |
Terry Lapins |