Season Best 2026 - compiled by Steve Perkin

800m Section 1
U14 Jack Dalton scored a five-second PB in race 7 with 2.29.91. U16 Maya Davis had been running well over the country and carried this form indoors with a four-second PB in race 10 with 2.21.40.
 
800m Section 2
U18 Issy Robinson made her 800m season debut, after indoor efforts at 1500m and 400m, to log a strong time of 2.24.13 in race 3. In race 6 fellow U18 Mattie Gemmell ran well for 2.09.83, a little outside his best.
 
1500m
All three U18s scored PBs in the 1500m races. In race 6 James Malin took the win to beat his previous best by 53 seconds to run 4.34.99. In race 7 Evelyn Wildman took her mark down to 4.30.04, enhancing her current position as leader of the UK rankings in the age group. In race 8 Eddie O’Brien ran a well-paced race to take his best down to 4.31.04.

England Athletics U15/U17/U20 Championships
Chiltern athletes secured an excellent return on participation at the national age group indoor championships at the English Institute of Sport at Sheffield at the weekend.
This very high-level meeting gives track and field athletes an opportunity to compete against their strongest peers from around the country.
Both Chiltern competitors were in action on Sunday afternoon. U17 Emile Morti took his PB down to 8.06 in winning his 60m Hurdles heat and improved that again to log 7.95 to claim the silver medal in the final.
A little later fellow U17 Evelyn Wildman was running in the final of the 1500m which also included a strong field of U20 women. In a busy and tactically challenging race Evelyn claimed the U17 gold and finished second overall. Her time of 4.32.70 was just outside her PB set last year outdoors.
 
SEAA U20/Senior Championships
A week earlier saw some Chiltern U20s at Lee Valley for the Southern Championships. In the U20 Women’s 400m Issy Robinson made a good debut to log 61.93 in her heat and finish fifth in her semi-final. Yasmin Warnes ran 65.36 in her heat. In the 200m Abi Masters ran well for 28.58 in her heat.
 
Ayo Falola Dream Mile meeting
Euan Pinder came down from Durham to run a season’s best 1.54.44 in the 800m C race at this prestigious Wednesday night meeting at Lee Valley.
 
Beantown Challenge Meeting
Across the pond Archie Pinder got his indoor season going in Cambridge, Massachusetts to run 1.26.50 in his 600m debut.
 
London Indoor Games
Jan 24/25 saw the London Indoor Games at Lee Valley where several Chiltern athletes competed well. In the U17 women’s 800m there was a Chiltern 1-2 with Evelyn Wildman winning in 2.16.60 and Maya Davis second in 2.25.80. In the U15 girls event Holly Knott won her 800m race in 2.30.52 and added 1.36m in high jump.
 
In the U13 boys 60m Toby Moore ran 9.36 to win his heat. George Aliaj (U15) ran 8.52 in his 60m event. U15 Nia Beckford ran 8.80 in her 60m and added 10.69 for 60m hurdles and 3.80m for long jump. U17 Emile Morti ran 8.08 and 8.11 in his 60m hurdles races.

Brunel Indoor Meeting
The first Brunel Indoor meeting took place at the indoor facility at Brunel University on Wednesday November 26th. There was a good Chiltern presence, particularly in the 60m sprint races.
 
U13
Toby Moore made his indoor debut with 9.31. George Callow also ran well with 9.47. Both were PBs.
U15
Nia Beckford scored a PB with 8.80, and George Aliaj also PB’d with 8.69. Lyla Russell impressed with a PB of 8.53 and Max Hall ran 8.76. Ursula Mounsher ran 9.54. Nia also looked good in long jump, scoring a PB of 4.14m
U17
Returning U17 Shaun Gonos-Mashavari was also on PB form with 8.18. There were further PBs for Sophia Moore (9.05) and Gaia Ferraro (9.40).
  
SEAA Champs
Three Chiltern middle distance runners took part in the Southern 1500m Championships held at Lee Valley on Saturday December 13th. Maya Davis won silver in the U17 women’s race and Issy Robinson was third in the Women’s U20 event. U20 Man Mattie Gemmell ran a good PB in his race of 4.28.98.

2026 sees the introduction of new age groups for juniors in track and field athletics (U14, U16 and U18) so a summary of the ‘old’ age group records for the U13s, U15s, U17s and U20s is shown here.
 
A whole new batch of club records will be set in 2026 with plenty of changes along the way.

Women
Christina Poulsen and Eva Carsberg did well in short sprints with Christina second in both A string races in excellent times, 12.49 and 25.37. Amy Hogbin ran A string 400m and in B string Evelyn Wildman made a good debut at the event, running 59.06 to be second, a new U17 club record. Alice Brown was second in non-scoring 400m. There were good points in middle distance with Liv Brown second in A string and Tash Taylor winning B string in a PB 2.19.77. Soraya Lockwood was second in A string 1500m in 4.54.98 and Zoe Doyle won B string. Bev Whitfield was second in A string 5000m and Roxie Jones was third in B string. In non-scoring Jess Orr was second in 800m, and Alex Whitfield (PB of 5.09.33) and Jinaan Lockwood both ran well in 1500m.
 
Florence Lee-Rubis and Lisa Fitzgerald had good runs in 100m hurdles and Lisa ran well over 400m hurdles. Issy Robinson was just pipped to the A string win in 1500m steeplechase and Ivy Uhart was third in B string.
 
Chloe Zmuda won A string discus, and added third in A string javelin and third in A string shot. Also in throws Katrina O’Brien was third in B string discus, Genevieve Cole was third in A string hammer, and Sarah Cross was second in B string javelin. Sarah also won A string pole vault, and was third in A string triple jump. Florence was third in A string long jump and fifth in A string high jump. Lisa added fourth in B string high jump, and fourth in B string long jump.
 
The 4 x 100m relay team of Sarah, Christina, Lisa and Florence was second.
 
Men
Kieran Shah and Kai Tin Fung Man ran 100m and 200m with Kai Tin winning B string 100m. James Twallin ran A string 400m and Euan Pinder won B string. Euan had earlier been second in A string 800m with Isaac Jessop-Tranter second in B string. In 1500m Rowan Fuss was third in A string, with Dean Childs winning B string. The 3000m saw Aran Davidson third in A string, and Callum Powell second in B string.
 
Ryan Wells was third in A string 100m hurdles and Marko Stankovic was third in B string. Marco added fourth in A string 400m hurdles. Dan Cogan was third in A string 2000m steeplechase.
 
Ryan Wells and Fraser Kilsby covered many bases in the field - Ryan third in A string high jump, fourth in A string pole vault, third in A string triple jump, second in A string hammer, third in A string discus, third in B string shot; Fraser fifth in B string high jump, fifth in B string pole vault, second in A string shot, third in B string discus, and second in B string javelin. Jack Wallwork was A string long jump and Ryan Allbrook was B string long jump and triple jump. Oliver Dorrell was A string javelin and Ben Coughlin second in B string hammer.
 
The 4 x 100m team was fourth. The mixed 4 x 400m relay saw the team record holders Isaac Jessop-Tranter, Evelyn Wildman, Amy Hogbin and Euan Pinder reunite to be third in 3.45, and the B team of Rowan Fuss, Zoe Doyle, Tash Taylor and James Twallin were second in 3.52.
 
The team will look to keep up these high standards next year.

There were some great late season performances at Watford on a warm, dry evening.
 
200m
Josh Woodward (U15)                                 28.17    PB
 
1500m Section 1
Race 2 
Jack Dalton (U13)                                         5.12.03   PB
 
Race 6
Evelyn Wildman (U17)                                4.32.19    PB
Eddie O’Brien (U17)                                    4.35.06    PB
 
1500m Section 2
Race 3
Charlie Quantrill (U17)                               4.13.34   PB
Daniel Munn (U20)                                     4.13.61   PB
 
Race 6
Alex Johnson (U23)                                      3.59.87   PB
 
3000m
Race 1
James Henderson (U17)                             9.52.46
Jack Turner (U20)                                         9.52.77
 
Race 2
Alex Hughes (U20)                                       9.00.58   SB

Season Best Performances - from Steve Perkin

U13 Boys
There were strong PBs in 1200m for Jack Dalton (4.07.10) and Thomas Cooper (4.14.40), and good efforts in 800m from Jonathan Kalibbala and Nicholas Janisch (PB of 2.42.80). Max Hall, despite carrying a hip niggle, did well in A string 75m, 75m hurdles, and long jump, and Thomas Cooper helped with B string long jump and javelin. Nicholas Janisch improved his PB to 28.03m to win A string javelin with 28.03m. Jack Dalton was third in A string high jump and Jonathan and Jack contributed with shot. George Callow ran well in B string 75m and 150m. Narayan Riat made a good debut in 150m and non-scoring 800m, and there was a great debut from George Aliaj, running a very strong non-scoring 75m (11.40) and in non-scoring 800m.
 
U15 Girls
Bethan Lloyd ran a 200m of 28.70 and also did well in 75m hurdles and javelin. Holly Knott ran a hurdles PB, was fourth in A string shot, and was second in B string 800m to record a season’s best 2.30.2. Lauren Dwyer also had a varied day recording PBs in A string hammer and long jump. Juliette MacDougall was third in A string 1500m, second in B string javelin and fifth in B string long jump. Maya Davis was fourth in A string 800m and A string shot and Ursula Mounsher gained good experience in A string 100m and discus. The 4 x 300m relay team of Bethan, Holly, Lauren and Juliette was sixth.
 
U15 Boys
A normally strong age group was badly affected with holidays. Josh Woodward ran well in A string 800m and ran a good 100m PB of 13.90 to help out. Harrison Lawrence had a busy day with A string 1500m, discus and B string shot. Colin Miles did well in his trio of events, 80m hurdles, high jump and javelin, and Isaac Brown ran well in B string 1500m.

Just three weeks after match 2, the third SAL match was held in very high temperatures at Gillingham on Sunday.
 
The Wycombe and Chiltern composite team performed very well despite having several regulars missing. The result saw the team third, still well inside the league top ten.
 
Women
Christina Paulsen and Sophie Matthews made a powerful sprint duo with Christina second In A string 100m and first in A string 200m, Sophie first in both B strings. Tash Taylor was third in A string 800m and second in A string 1500m; Zoe Doyle was third in B string 800m, fifth in A string 400m; and Ivy Uhart was third in B string 400m, fourth in A string 400m hurdles and fourth in A string 2000m steeplechase.
 
Tilly Firth was second in B string 1500m, and Charlotte Docwra and Sam Usher scored good points in a very hot 3000m. Aoife McAuley was third in 100m hurdles with Hannah Wells fourth in B string. Ellen Taylor gamely helped in 400m hurdles B string.
 
In the field Chloe Zmuda had an excellent day, second in B string shot, A string discus and A string javelin, and fifth in A string hammer. Aoife was third in A string shot. Sarah Cross won A string pole vault, and was fourth in both A string high jump and triple jump. Aoife won A string long jump. Gabrielle Pope contributed well in B string high jump and long jump and Melody Ball was fifth in B string triple jump.
 
The sprint relay team won in an excellent 49.70 and the 4 x 400m team was fourth.
 
Men
Kai Tin Fung Man was fourth in A string 100m and 200m, backed up by Issa Phillips-Pope in 100m and Jordan Browne in 200m. Jordan was A string 400m and James Twallin ran a season’s best 53.30 to be third in B string. Archie Pinder was second in A string 800m with David Clark winning B string. David continued his marathon day with third in A string 5000m and fifth in A string 1500m, while Jack Barry took care of 1500m B string. James Henderson made his SAL debut with a PB of 17.35.36 in B string 5000m and Jack Turner ran non-scoring.
 
Hurdles was a rich source of points with Ryan Wells and Marko Stankovic winning both 110m hurdles races, and Marko and Fraser Kilsby winning 400m hurdles. Dan Cogan was third A string in a gruelling 3000m steeplechase.
 
Ryan Wells added wins in A string long jump and triple jump, third in A string high jump, fourth in B string hammer. Fraser was second in B string pole vault, second in B string triple jump, third in B string high jump, fourth in A string shot. Oliver Dorrell won A string hammer and was fourth in A string javelin. Issa Phillips-Pope was second in A string pole vault, and Ed Morris scored valuable points in B string long jump, discus and shot. Both relay teams were fifth.
 
After three matches Wycombe and Chiltern are sixth in Division 1 (from 18 teams) and the final match at Bracknell on August 30th sees an opportunity to consolidate that position. In 2024 the team finished tenth, so 2025 has seen good progress.