It’s been another action-packed weekend for Chiltern Harriers, with racing across road, trail and track – and if there’s one theme tying it all together, it’s this: hills were unavoidable.

U14 Girls
Lyla Russell scored three PBs in her three A string wins - 13.20 for 100m, 26.59 for 200m, and 4.63m for long jump. Also having a busy day was Nia Beckford who ran a PB of 12.60 to win A string 75m hurdles and jumped 4.04m and 1.30m respectively to win B string long jump and high jump. Hattie Clarke Shorten recorded 1.42m to be second in A string high jump and was third in B string 75m hurdles in 15.47.
There was success in middle distance with Aura Lue Fong second in A string 800m and Chloe Willson winning B string. In 1500m Sunaya Nanda was second in A string 1500m and Lottie Monnington, struggling with a thigh injury, third in B string. Millie Killingback ran a PB in non-scoring 800m (2.47.30) and Anna Whitty made a good 1500m debut in non-scoring. Darcey Dutton was fifth in B string 100m and Elly Konkader was fourth in B string 200m. Darcey also contributed with fourth in A string discus. Sianna Clarke impressed with an A string win in hammer, throwing 27.25m and was also fourth in A string shot. Silver Vassiliou gained good experience in non-scoring high jump. The 4 x 100m team of Nia, Hattie, Darcey and Elly was fourth.
 
U14 Boys
James Woodgate won A string high jump with a PB of 1.51m and Jack Dalton was second in B string. In long jump Jerry Rushton and Thomas Cooper scored valuable points. George Aliaj was third in A string shot with 7.30m, Thomas Cooper looking after B string. Jack Dixon was second in A string javelin with 20.43m and also ran well in non-scoring 800m. Arthur Evora helped out in B string discus and hammer. Jerry Rushton also ran non-scoring 200m.
George Aliaj also contributed with fourth in A string 100m and 80m hurdles. Arthur Evora was third in B string 100m. Barnaby Williams ran a PB of 28.68 to be third in A string 200m and was third in B string 1500m. William Clasby ran a PB to be third in A string 1500m and was second in B string 80m hurdles. Further good points came in 800m with Jack Dalton third in A string and Harvey Cartledge, in a PB of 2.29.67, second in B string. The 4 x 100m relay team of Arthur, George, Jerry and Barnaby was fourth.
 
U16 Girls
There was a double win in 300m hurdles with Holly Knott recording a PB of 52.45 in A string and Nia Clarke a PB of 55.64 in B string. Gaia Ferraro and Ursula Mounsher contributed in 80m hurdles. Bliss Bushay and Rekha Kanagaratnam looked after 100m and Rekha combined with Lana Wahlberg in 200m. Maya Davis scored a 300m PB of 46.49 to be fourth in A string with Bronwen Harman third in B string.
Again middle distance was a source of good points with Alice Martin second in A string 800m in a PB of 2.25.96 and Annie-Rose Quantrill winning B string. The 1500m race was a high-quality affair with four girls under 4.51. Juliette Macdougall ran a PB of 4.49.68 to be third in A string and Maya Davis won B string in 4.50.68. Nell Frost ran a PB of 4.54.51 in non-scoring. Nia Clarke logged a long jump PB of 4.12m in A string with Bliss Bushay looking after B string. Holly Knott was second in A string high jump and fifth in A string shot. Bronwen helped with A string javelin and B string shot, and Lana and Annie-Rose combined in discus. Amelia Qasam was B string javelin and ran non-scoring 1500m.
 
U16 Boys
Sahar Dushvani-Eli ran PBs to be fourth in A string 100m (12.27) and third in A string 200m (24.84). Isaac Taylor ran well in B string 100m and Jack Rogers made a comeback with a good B string 200m. Harrison Lawrence and Isaac McCall helped out with A and B string 300m. In 800m John Rooney was fourth in A string. Harrison Lawrence, third in A string, and Isaac McCall, second in B string, ran well in 1500m.
Colin Miles had a strong day, second in A string 100m hurdles, third in A string high jump and third in A string javelin. Harrison Lawrence helped with A string shot and Sahar and Jack scored good points in discus. The 4 x100m relay team of Saha, Isaac McCall, Jack and Colin was fifth.
 

A warm, still evening provided great conditions on Wednesday and a good portion of the Chiltern contingent involved scored some strong PBs. The first part of the evening featured BMC races with Evelyn Wildman and Harry Cox competing.
 
British Milers Club Gold Standard
800m
Evelyn Wildman (U18)                   2.08.26               PB
 
1500m
Harry Cox (SM)                               3.58.54
 
1500m Section 1
Race 1
Annie-Rose Quantrill (U16)          5.18.44               PB
Lottie Monnington (U14)              5.20.02               PB
Thomas Cooper (U14)                  5.31.86
 
Race 2
Jack Dalton (U14)                          4.56.03               PB
Chloe Willson (U14)                      5.03.80               PB
 
Race 3
Harvey Cartledge (U14)               5.03.73               PB
 
Race 4
Maya Davis (U16)                          4.44.54               PB
Barnaby Williams (U14)               4.56.08               PB
 
Race 5
Jacob McCall (U16)                       4.50.57
 
Race 6
Isaac McCall (U16)                       4.36.44                PB
 
1500m Section 2
Race 1
James Henderson (U18)             4.26.02                PB
Jack Turner (U20)                        4.29.34                PB
 
Race 3
Callum Powell (U20)                   4.23.02
 
3000m
Race 1
Emily Ford (U20)                        10.40.58             SB
 
Race 2
Tom Ford (U18)                           8.36.40               PB

Another quiet Upper Age Group match took place in very hot conditions at Jarman Park on Sunday. Despite having a small team the Wycombe and Chiltern composite was comfortably second from five teams.
 
The Chiltern men put in a good shift with Jack Turner winning U20 A string 3000m and B string 800m. James Henderson won U18 B string 3000m and was third in A string 800m. James Malin won U20 A string 800m, and Charlie De Sousa was third in U18 A string 400m and ran non-scoring 800m.
 
On the females’ side Abi Masters ran well in U18 200m and 400m, and Lydia Cross won B string 400m.
 
The final match is at Perivale on July 12th.

There was a big Chiltern presence in the men’s 5000m. Aran Davidson was second in A string with 15.50.52 and a trio of non-scorers scored PBs - U18 Edward Johnson ran 15.56.14, Senior Cameron Reid 15.57.63, and U18 James Henderson 16.56.79. Immediately beforehand Lucinda McRonald (11.29.10) and Katie Royals (11.46.32) scored valuable points in 3000m.
 
Alex Aldred ran well for second in A string 800m in 1.56.98 and ran in a strong 4 x 400m relay team that was third in 3.33.18. Jess Orr was third in B string 800m.
 
Sarah Cross won B string pole vault with 2.80m and scored excellent points in high jump, triple jump, and javelin. Issy Robinson was also busy in A string 400m and 1500m and as part of the 4 x 100m relay team. Fiona Calder helped out in B string 100m and 200m.
 
The next match is at Chelmsford on June 21st and the team hopes for a better turnout before the Wycombe and Chiltern hosted match at Little Marlow on July 19th.

Good Evening, Race Report fans. I am sorry that it feels like a while since you’ve heard from me. There’s been a bit too much life going on.
 
However, the positive upshot of that is that you get an extra chunky report, full of Race Report goodness for this Sunday evening. Hopefully it will help you to counteract some of the sugariness of Eurovision, for those who indulged in that form of entertainment.
 
First of all: it was a brilliant PB for Ed Wright at the Belfast Marathon on 3 May. Ed clocked a time of 3.20.45 – a very fitting reward for the hard work which he has been putting into training. Well done, Ed!

Saturday
100m and 1500m races took up a good chunk of the day. Jonathan Hildingsson Oshlyansky and Arthur Evora gained useful experience to be sixth and seventh in the U14 Boys 100m. Nia Beckford, who had a busy weekend, ran well for silver in the U14 Girls 100m. Bronwen Harman and Charlotte Smart qualified for the U16 Girls 100m final and were seventh and eighth in it. Abi Masters was fourth in the U18 Women’s 100m. Emile Morti won a high quality U18 Men’s 110m hurdles with an ESAA qualifier of 14.37. Issy Robinson won silver in the U18 Women’s 400m in a PB of 61.18.
 
The female 1500m races saw great success for Chiltern’s athletes. The U14 Girls saw a 1-2-3 with all three medallists gaining PBs: Aura Lue Fong winning in 5.13.48, Sunaya Nanda second in 5.14.70, and Lottie Monnington third in 5.20.59. Remarkably the U16 Girls race was also a Chiltern triple with Maya Davis victorious in 4.52.06, Juliette MacDougall winning silver in 4.57.11, and Nell Frost bronze in 4.58.35. All three girls were slightly off PB territory in a tactical race. Evelyn Wildman was a comfortable winner of the U18 Women’s race in an impressive time and ESAA qualifier of 4.34.81. Jack Turner won U20 Men’s 1500m in a PB 4.35.20, just holding off dad Neil, who won the Men’s Vet 50 race, also in a PB of 4.35.54.
 
The U14 Boys 1500m saw good runs from Barnaby Williams, fifth, Jack Dixon, 11th and Thomas Cooper 14th. The U16 Boys in Bucks has good strength in depth at middle distance this year and the 1500m was run as two time trials. Overall Harrison Lawrence was fifth, Isaac Taylor 12th, John Rooney 13th and Isaac McCall, suffering with heel pain, 15th. In the U18 race Edward Johnson was fifth, James Malin ninth and Charlie De Sousa 11th.
 
In the field there was a win in U14 Girls Javelin from Lottie Monnington in a PB of 18.30m. There were medals in U14 Javelin for Jack Dixon (silver) and Thomas Cooper (bronze). Arthur Evora and Thomas Cooper both scored PBs in U14 Boys Long Jump. Bronwen Harman was third in U16 Javelin in a PB of 18.56m.
 
Sunday
In U14 Girls 200m Lyla Russell won gold in 27.50 and Nia Beckford was also a winner in U14 Girls 200m hurdles. George Aliaj ran well for fourth in U14 Boys 200m, and Abi Masters won silver in U18 Women’s 200m in 28.67. Ffion Harman won U20 Women’s 400m hurdles in 70.58. Nia Beckford also won U14 Girls 75m hurdles and was fourth in high jump. Bethan Lloyd won silver in U16 Girls 80m hurdles in 13.22. George Aliaj won gold in U14 Boys shot with a PB of 7.53m and James Woodgate was third in U14 Boys high jump with 1.40m.
 
Aura Lue Fong gained her second medal of the weekend to win silver in U14 Girls 800m. The other three Chiltern girls ran PBs, Millie Killingback, eighth in 2.51.27, Amelia Hanstein, 11th in 2.52.32, and Anna Whitty, 14th in 2.59.32. Alice Martin won silver in U16 Girls 800m and Nia Clarke was seventh. The U18 Women’s 800m race saw another medal for Issy Robinson, winning bronze in a season’s best 2.23.48.
 
In U14 Boys 800m, which was another race determined by two time trials, Barnaby Williams had another good run to be seventh in a PB of 2.25.53. Harvey Cartledge was 14th in 2.31.66 and Jonathan Kalibbala 16th in 2.44.84. The U16 Boys saw another good effort from Harrison Lawrence, just off his PB with 2.12.41 to be seventh. John Rooney was ninth in a PB of 2.20.61. James Malin and Edward Johnson came back to be fifth and sixth respectively in the U18 Men’s 800m race.
 
Other County Champs
 
Hertfordshire
Jack Dalton ran on Saturday in the U14 Boys 800m heats at Watford. Jack made the final as a non-automatic qualifier in a PB of 2.23.17 and was an excellent fifth in the final on Sunday just outside that time. Callum Powell ran a PB of 2.02.44 to be third in the U20 Men’s 800m.
 
Middlesex
James Henderson was third in the U18 Men’s 3000m on Sunday at Lee Valley in a good time of 9.53.29.

The first match in the YDL Lower Age Group series was a Chiltern Harriers-hosted meeting at Little Marlow on Sunday. The meeting went off well with several kind comments from visiting officials and other clubs. Nicky Beckford had worked tirelessly to coordinate a big team of helpers all contributing to an excellent day.
 
The Chiltern team were a very good third from the division of five with many PBs and a great atmosphere in the team. The weather was kind with mild temperatures, the occasional sunny spell and no rain.    FULL RESULTS
 
U14 Girls
Lyla Russell had a great meeting winning A string 100m and 200m and second in A string long jump. All were good performances and the 200m a PB. Nia Beckford also had an excellent day, winning A string 75m hurdles in a PB of 13.09, second in A string high jump, and second in B string long jump. There was an excellent double win in 1500m from Chloe Willson and Sunaya Nanda, both scoring PBs, 5.06.21 and 5.16.79 respectively. In 800m Aura Lue Fong ran well for second in A string in a PB of 2.34.29 with Amelia Hanstein third in B string, and PBs in non-scoring for Millie Killingback and Anna Whitty.
 
Elly Konkader provided good B string back up in the 100m and 200m, and Chloe Atkins ran well for third in B string 75m hurdles. Scarlett Shearer Dean won B string high jump and Hattie Clark Shorten jumped a huge PB of 1.44m in non-scoring. Darcey Duttton helped out to be third in A string hammer, as well as non-scoring 100m, and Chloe Willson was fourth in A string javelin. The 4 x 100m team of Elly, Lyla, Darcey and Nia was third.