Teenager Miller wins first England Title

Teenage sprinter Chad Miller enjoyed the most successful day of his young athletics life when he won his first England title at Bedford on Saturday and clinched a place in the British team to compete in the IAAF World Junior Championships in Tampere, Finland next month.

Miller, 18, went into the England Under 20 Championships as the joint third fastest UK 100m runner this season, but proved the best on the day. He had three perfect starts, taking his heat in 10.43, the fastest of the 24 qualifiers for the semi-finals, followed by his semi-final in a faster 10.42, then storming to a tremendous victory in the final in a lifetime best  of 10.35 to win by five-hundreds of a second.

His first round win equalled his previous best time set in Belgium at the beginning of this month and he then improved on that in his two subsequent races. A delighted Miller said after his victory: “I know that when I’m in a certain place at 60m, 70m, then I just need to relax. My dad literally always says to me, ‘running fast is running relaxed’, so I just relaxed and came through. In my head I’m just like, ‘relax, relax’. In the semi I tried to run fast and I was straining. In the final I just relaxed and the line came quick!”

The teenager added: “To be English champion is amazing. I used to come here and be praying I’d make the semi. To me, personally, it means a lot. A few years ago I said, ‘When I’m second year Under-20 I want to run 10.3, because that’s what you need to be in contention’. So for it to actually happen, I just have to thank God. I’m so happy.”

In the light of his win it was decided that Chad should pull out of the 200m, for which he was also entered. This weekend he will be racing in a meeting in Mannheim, Germany.

Representing Britain in the IAAF World Junior Championships will be Chad’s second major international experience. Last year, he ran for England in the Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas, where he took bronze in the 200m and helped the mixed England relay team take silver medals.

A second Hercules Wimbledon sprinter in the Under 20 100m at Bedford was Ryan Facey. The ex-footballer, in only his first full athletics season, managed to finish sixth in his semi-final in a personal best of 10.84 after qualifying in fifth place in his heat with 10.98.

See HW sprinter and media student Tom Meehan's interview with Chad here:
 

Results
 

June 17: UK Youth Development U13/U15 League Div South Central 2, Eltham  Full results

June 17: Ranelagh H 10km, inc Surrey Championships, Petersham

1 Ollie Garrod (Epsom & Ewell) 31:54 HW: 88 Peter Collins 37:43; 123 Andrew Davies 38:48; 176 Tom Cheetham 40:46; 253 Vikki Filsell (2C) 43:34; 428 Maurice Sharp 52:06 (547 finishers)

June 16:  Cote D'azur Mercantour 90km Ultra-Trail: 9 Neil Fraser (HW) 16 hours, 34 minutes, 42 seconds.

June 13: Watford Open Meeting
800 (race 8): 5 Edward Newton 2:17.86 (race 9): 1 Kieran White 2:12.30 (Race 11): 6 Josh Tatters 2:11.83

June 11: Blackheath & Bromley Open, Bromley, Kent

100 (race 3): 4 Timothy Ajayi 12.93 (pb) /-0.7)
200 (race 3): 3 Timothy Ajayi 26.37 (pb) /-1.0

June 11: Sri Chinmoy 5km, Battersea Park

1 Robel Bahlebi (Highgate H) 14:49; 2 Ben Toomer (HW) 14:51 Other HW: 11 Robbie Hynes 16:09; 34 Rob Tuer 17:12; 75 James Greene 18:36; 84 Adam May 18:52; 86 Simon Woodley 18:55; 121 Stewart Bond 20:10; 149 Ellie Morgan 21:32; 204 Tony Austin 24:47; 214 Maurice Sharp (2nd M70) 25:46 (248 finishers)  

June 9: Surrey Schools Championships, Kingston

U20 Men:
3000: 3 Henry Silverstein 9:37.86 (pb)
JT: 2 Samuel Gurney 41.74 (pb)
U17 men
200: 1 Jaleel Roper 11.07/+1.2 (Heat 1): 1 Jaleel Roper 11.34/-1.4
800 (heat 1): 6 Alexander Gee 2:16.66 (pb)

U15 Boys:

1500: 15 Morgan Rennie 4:51.91
LJ: 5 Charlie Wyke 5.30 (pb)

U17 Women:

100: 8 Tianna Gayle 13.26/+0.9 (Heat 1): 4 Tianna Gayle 13.07/-1.2
LJ: 8 Lena Mijic 4.35 (pb)

U15 Women:

100: 5 Dhanisha Banee 13.14/+0.9 (Heat 1): 3 Dhanisha Banee 13.12/+1.0
200: 4 Tara Bartlett 27.13/+1.5 (Heat 1): 3 Tara Bartlett 27.49/-1.1
1500: 3 Ellen Weir 4:54.74 (pb); 11 Lulu Weisz 5:12.51 (pb)

June 9: London Schools Championships, Battersea Park

U15 Boys

100: 5 Freddie Arkell 12.02/+0.5 (pb) (heat 1): 2 Freddie Arkell 12.03 (pb)

U15 Girls

100: 4 Zipporah Golding 12.88/-0.3 (heat 3): 2 Zipporah Golding 12.86/+0.7
200: 7 Tamira Webster 28.61/-0.8 (heat 2): 3 Tamira Webster 28.24/-0.3 800 (heat 1): 3 Albane Fery 2:35.70 

June 3: Surrey County AA Masters Championships, Ewell Court

Note: (CPB = Championship Best Performance)

M45

1500: 1 Matt De Freitas 4:36.96

M50

100: 1 Dominic Bokor-Ingram 12.13; 3 Mark White 12.54
200: 1 Dominic Bokor-Ingram 24.39 (CBP); 3 Mark White 26.00
5000: 2 Peter Lee 18:41.68

M60

800: 1 Richard Clark 2:35.74
1500: 1 Richard Clark 5:13.76
5000: 1 Martin O’Halloran 23:13.08 

M65

100: 1 Paul Wignall 14.33
200: 1 Paul Wignall 30.51

M75

200: 1 Kevin Burnett (2C) 53.94
PV: 1 John Webster 1.60
SP: 1 John Webster 6.20; 2 Kevin Burnett (2C) 4.60
DT: 1 John Webster 17.98; 2 Kevin Burnett (2C) 13.57
HT: 1 John Webster 26.62
JT: 1 John Webster 21.33
Weight: 1 John Webster 9.82

W35

100: 1 Emilie Bokor-Ingram 13.65
200: 1 Emilie Bokor-Ingram 27.87

W50: 

400: 1 Lisa Thomas 67.00
800: 1 Lisa Thomas 2:35.86

W60

200: 1 Anna Garnier 36.12
800: 1 Anna Garnier 2:53.99
1500: 1 Anna Garnier 5:47.55 (CBP)  

June 3
British Masters Championships, Horspath, Oxford

M70
10,000: 3 Peter Giles 45:20.3

parkrun June 16

Wimbledon Common

1 Andrew Penney (HW) 15:21; 2 Jonathan Cornish (HW) 15:25; 3 Ben Toomer (HW) 15:25; 4 Fred Slemeck (HW) 16:01; 5 Howell Craske (HW-2C) 16:05; 6 Dimos Evangelidis (HW) 16:06; 7 Finn Johnson (HW) 16:30; 8 Charlie Eastaugh 16:54; 9 David Lewin (HW) 17:01; 10 Henry Silverstein (HW) 17:03. Other HW: 14 David Scrimshaw 18:13; 16 Liam White 18:24; 17 Hector Revill 18:25; 21 Andrew Davies 18:56; 22 Gina Galbraith (1st F) 18:59; 25 Eileen Brandley (2nd F) 19:24; 27 Keith Scofield 19:35; 28 Peter Clarke 19:45; 35 Victor Ray 20:01; 38 Lulu Weisz (U13-3rd F) 20:04; 42 Charles Hampden-Smith 20:26; 45 Gabriel Durand 20:37; 49 Ben Revill 20:58; 55 Lisa Thomas (4th F) 21:11; 72 Dominic Fraser 21:34; 77 Paul Jones 21:56; 90 James Runnicles 22:16; 92 Seb Hudspith 22:17; 120 Matthew Rockwell Wolf 23:09; 128 John Krause 23:21; 142 Yu Idema 23:45; 172 Charles Lawrie 24:51; 178 Alastair Brwon 24:58; 183 Alexandros Tsagkas 25:10; 209 Katarina Scrimshaw 25:51; 220 Suzie Always 26:10; 331 Peter Collins 29:36 (517 finishers) (37 HW finishers)  

Norwich
1 Jonny Earl (HW) 15:54; 2 Laurence Ball (Norfolk) 17:27 (474 finishers) 

Weymouth
1 Richard McDowell (HW) 16:22; 2 Joshua Avenell (Swansea Un) 17:07 (424 finishers)

Bishops Park, Fulham, SW6
1 Matt Dawson (Sydney Striders) 16:49 HW: 6 Stuart Fraser 17:39; 21 Georgina Clarke (2nd F) 19:05; 370 Charlotte Lam 29:45 (455 finishers)

Kettering
1 Simon Mayes (West End R) 17:48 HW: 11 Alex Binley (2nd F) 19:20 (412 finishers)

Preston Park, Brighton
1 Alex Milne (Enfield & Haringey) 15:56 HW: 13 Adam May 19:02 (467 finishers)

Nonsuch Park, Cheam
1 Matt Jiggins (Unattached) 17:06 HW: 27 Tom Cheetham 19:58 (684 finishers)

Bushy Park, Teddington
1 Will Russell (Thames Turbo Tri) 16:12 HW: 30 Darren Franks 19:14 (1307 finishers)

Wormwood Scrubs
1 Gordon Low (Unattached) 18:07 HW: 32 Victor Hutchins 24:27 (90 finishers)

Kingston
1 Daniel Cheeseman (York) 16:40 HW: 267 John Wasbrough 40:52 (279 finishers)