Harrow Open Meeting - 24th September

Harrow AC hosted another middle distance open meeting on Thursday featuring both 800m and 1500m. In quite good conditions a great turnout of Chiltern youngsters ran excellently with a high proportion of PBs achieved.
 
800m
Race 1
Marlie Nkoane (U13) made her age group track debut with second place in a  promising 2.44.61. Fellow first year U13 Charlotte Grosse also made her debut with 2.58.53.
 
Race 2
Two further first year U13s got underway in Race 2 with Zach Cleary seventh in 2.43.71 and Charlie De Sousa tenth in 2.52.51. U15 Savarnah Pandya was ninth in 2.48.63
 
Race 3
Second year U13 Lily Jessop-Tranter ran a big 9-second PB to be third in Race 3 with 2.31.94. U17 Charlotte Docwra made her track debut with a good run of 2.34.84.
 
Race 4
Second year U13 Olivia Clarke was also in PB form, fifth in 2.33.69.
 
Race 5
U15 Lesedi Nkoane was fourth in Race 5 in 2.29.61.
 
Race 6
U15 Ethan McCall took a whopping 12 seconds off his PB to be second in this one in 2.18.45.
 
Race 8
In-form U15 Isaac Jessop-Tranter won Race 8 with an excellent 2.11.32, four seconds ahead of his recently set PB. Frankie Baxter (U15) was 11th in 2.23.89.
 
Race 9
A further Chiltern win came in Race 9 courtesy of Thomas Askey with 2.03.87, again a new PB.
 
Race 10
The wins and PBs kept coming in Race 10 with U15 Alden Collier proving his record-setting year in 2019 as an U13 was no fluke with 2.01.42, putting him inside the top four in national rankings.
  
1500m
Race 1
U13 Emily Ford made an excellent track debut with second place in 5.19.96. First year U13 Katie Allsop made her target with a solid run of 5.50.26.
 
Race 3
In-form U15 Ellie Shield was seven seconds inside her previous best to be second in Race 3 in 5.08.69. Fellow U15 Rosa Williams was seventh in 5.18.62.
 
Race 5
U13 Alex Hughes ran a PB to be second in 4.56.73. Fellow U13 Daniel Munn made an impressive track debut to be close behind Alex in 4.57.62. U15 Maddie Hughes ran a season’s best 4.57.73 to be sixth in a close, exciting finish.
 
Race 6
U17 Will Shield has been away from track racing for a while but put his good training form into practice with a win in 4.34.00, in what was in fact Will’s debut at the distance. U15 Max Baxter ran a PB of 4.47.95 to be fourth. Callum Powell found himself in a race ahead of his fellow U13s Alex and Daniel, but hung on gamely to log a nine second PB of 4.58.87. All three lads are in the national top 30.
 
Race 7
U15 twins Euan and Archie Pinder impressed to be second and third in Race 7 with 4.32.02 and 4.32.27 respectively – both PBs by over ten seconds. In fourth was their coach Vet 50 Nick Hughes, running an impressive 4.35.22. Another PB came from U20 Joe Day, tenth in 4.48.82.
 
Race 9
U17 Louis Peterson, hampered by illness and injury for a long time, ran well to be third in 4.21.44, just off his PB.
 
Race 11
U20 Alex Johnson ran very well to continue his good season be third in 4.05.89.