Herne Hill Harriers: Mega medal haul at Surrey County Track & Field Championships
A number of championship best performances (CBPs) were recorded and these included three from young athletes from the club.
Ella Rennie clocked her first wind-legal 100m time of under 12 seconds when placing second in her U17 women’s 100m semi-final in 11.85, before claiming a bronze medal in the final with a wind-assisted 11.80 on Saturday.
This was a prelude to her main event on Sunday where she brought home the gold medal in the 200m with another PB and a CBP of 24.03.
Rikaion Smith produced a couple of scorching runs in the U20 men’s 100m on Saturday as he twice broke the old CBP.
First his semi win in a legal 10.48, which also set a new Herne Hill club record for his age group, eclipsing one of the oldest remaining marks of 10.5, set in 1947.
Smith ran even faster in his final to win in 11.39, but this time the following wind was over the limit for record purposes.
He returned on Sunday to claim the 200m title in an impressive PB of 21.52, albeit the wind was also just over the allowable limit. His 21.86 winning time of 21.86 was his first legal sub-22.
More excellent CBPs came on Saturday. Cymphonique Barrett is still a week away from her 12th birthday. Her winning times of 12.76 and 12.68 in the U13 girls 100m heat and final respectively are therefore all the more remarkable.
She was also a clear winner of the 200m on Sunday with another superb time of 26.82 after an even more rapid 26.66 in winning her heat.
England Schools combined events international Jasmine Nkoso picked up two gold and two silver medals from her four U17 women’s events on a very busy Saturday. She took the win in the shot (13.56m) and the javelin (37.59m). She placed a very close second behind the winners in both the long jump with 5.20m and the high jump with 1.55m.
Felix Poynter was another double gold medallist claiming first place results in the U13 boys high jump with 1.35m and shot with 8.35m. The U15 girls long jump saw a Harriers one-two-three with only 10cm separating first from third. Sasha Nolan won the gold (5.07m), Jessica Bent the silver (4.98m) and Allisa Jones-Ayreh the bronze (4.97m).
Maalik Adamson soared to a win in the U20 men’s long jump with 6.98m. Keeran Sriskandarajah took a strong and assured victory in the U20 men’s 800m (1:54.53), while Skyla O’Brien was a clear gold medallist in the U13 girls 1,500m with 4:55.23.
Luca Boulton claimed the U15 boys 1,500m title with 4:27.54 and Joshua Nkongolo the U17 men’s hammer with 45.44m.
Oliver Mills was the winner of the Ranelagh Half Marathon in Richmond on Sunday with a course record of 71:24 and Morgan Roberts placed a good second with 30:50 in the Bristol 10km.
PICTURES: HERNE HILL HARRIERS
Main Pic: Ella Rennie on the medals podium
