A Championship in three parts — Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club

For 2025 the Surrey Championships in Kingston were split even further – from two parts last year, to three this year – in a further attempt to take in all the events across the age groups without officials being subjected to too long a schedule – such huge numbers of entries has meant that in recent years the event has frequently over-run.

In part one on 12 April Tom Davies won silver in the U20 2000m Steeplechase in his first race over the full height barriers, and there was an excellent haul of medals at the Main Championships over the weekend of 10/11 May.

Gold:

Maia Heward-Mills U17W 100m, 11.69 (w)

Tommaso Crosara U15B 300m, 36.23 (PB)

Freia Harper-Tee U15G 1500m (4:48.70 PB)

Ariane Freemantle, U15G Triple jump, 10.39

Silver:

Angel Gutierrez-Bailey, U13B 200m, 26.75

Adam Ofeimun, U20M 200m, 21.60

Kyra Stone, SW 200m, 25.69

Rafael Garcia Davis, U13B 800m, 2:21.41

Daniel Fitzsimmons, U13B 1500m, 4:50.25 (PB)

James Fraser, U15B 1500m, 4:28.93

Mabel-Rose Scales, U20W High jump, 1.70m

Soraya Stevens, U17W Triple jump, PB 10.72m

Ryan Yap, U20 Triple jump, 11.93m

Mark Andrews, SM Triple jump, 10.44

Bronze:

James O’Flynn, U17M 100m, 10.96

Freya McAndie U15G 300m, 42.74 (PB)

Matthew Wehrle (U17M competing in the U20M race) 400m, 49.10

Lara Delport, U20W 800m, 2:26.23

Ryan Yap, U20 Long jump, 6.18m

Sonya Atherton, U13G Shot, 7.30m

Nell Foster, U13G Javelin, 13.56 (PB)

Tife Ajayi, U17M Discus, 35.46

Mark Andrews, SM shot, 9.08m

A host of young athletes finished in the most-hated fourth position, agonisingly just missing out on a medal. Thomas Smith was 4th in the U13B 1500m In 4:58.77, while in the U13G final Rachel Wisemen was 4th and just pipped for 3rd but ran 5:02.90 in only her second race over the distance as a first year U13.

In the U13G shot, Cassidy Cooper was 6th in a new best of 5.22m. Cassidy Cooper was sixth in a new best of 5.22m. Having won bronze in the shot Sonya Atherton cleared a PB of 1.30m for 5th. To add to her bronze medal in the javelin, Nell Foster was 6th in the U13G long jump, with a PB of 3.78. In the U13B 800ml Charlie Pearl 4th and Ted Giles 6th.

In the U15B 300m Pablo Carreido was just outside the medals in fourth, running 37.92. Max Harrison was fifth in the U15B 1500m in 4:32.91. Alex Hughes was fifth in the Under-15 boys 800m in 2:08.70.

Under-17 James O’Flynn was 4th in the 200m, before returning the next day to take the bronze over 100m.

In the U20 Men’s 800m Pancho Panchev was 5th in a PB of 2:00.30, while in the U20 Women’s long jump Charlotte Gurney jumped 4.24m to finish 4th.

Florence Conerney finished in 4th in the Senior Women’s long jump with a 4.32m leap, while Mark Andrews added fourth places in the long jump (4.79m) and discus (31.81m) to his silver medal in the Senior Men’s triple jump and bronze in the shot.

Part 3 of the Championships was held on 18 May (along with the Surrey Masters Championships).

Isabella Harrison dominated the U17 Women’s 3000m, taking the gold medal by 37 seconds in 9:47.30. Rose Evans was fourth in the same race (10:57.66). Freia Harper-Tee topped up on her gold medal from the previous weekend with a silver in the U15G 3000m, running 10:30.71. Anna Wait was fourth in the same event (10:38.89), with Jessica Wood sixth (10:44.53).

There was a bronze medal for James Fraser in the U15 Boys 3000m (9:36.50), to add to his silver in the 1500m the previous week, and more bronze medals in the 1500m for U20s Lara Delport, who clocked 5:17.09 to add to her bronze in the 800m the previous week, and Alexander McGuigan (4:06.86). Pancho Panchev also took the bronze in the U20 Men’s 3000m (9:02.18). Noah Fernandez was fourth in 9:09.52.

Flying Start in the Southern Athletics League

While many of the Club’s athletes were in action in the final episode of the County Championships the senior team headed to Portsmouth for the the first of this season’s four Southern Athletics League matches, earning an impressive away win thanks in large part to the sprint squad. As a result the team finished with 278 points ahead of home club City of Portsmouth AC, to set them up well for the Club’s home fixture on June 22nd.

Adam Ofeimun won the Men’s A 100m and 400m in PBs of 10.96 and 51.76 respectively Jaleel Roper, who won the B string 200m (22.82s) was a strong second in the B team over 100m, clocking 11.08. Javon Blake, still an U20, was second for the B-string in the 400m, in 52.03.

Perhaps unsurprisingly there were wins, too in the Men’s 4x100m and 4x400m.

Charlie Eastaugh took the Men’s A 800m in 2:01.52), Ed Charlesworth took the Men’s B 3000m Steeplechase (13:09.85) and Christer Hagberg won the Men’s A Hammer (42.16m),

For the women’s team, as usual Heather Letley had a busy day, winning the A-string Pole Vault (1.10m) and B string 400m Hurdles (1:32.10), coming second in the A-string 100m Hurdles (21.42s), B-string 2000m Steeplechase (10:33.07), and third in the A-string Triple Jump (7.73m) and B-string 3000m (14:38.53). For the 400mH B-string Charlotte Gurney earned maximum points in 1:18.21.

There was a win for Chelsea Spanoudakis who ran 11:08.69 in the 3000m. She was also second in the Women’s A 1500m (5:28.84), with Charlotte Lam also finishing second for the B String (6:03.18). U17 Izzy Chimah won the women’s B string long jump with a leap of 4.22m, .

Meanwhile:

At the Copenhagen Marathon cross-country captain James Stockings clocked 2:26:01 for 30th, running a smart race to finish in splits of 72:50 and 73:11 for each half.