Power of 10 – Top 100 National Rankings
I think we can safely say that the track season has ended for 2009 so I thought I’d make use of a rainy Sunday afternoon by scouring the national rankings and spot top 100 ranked SMRACkers.
Jivendra Singh – 13th 100, 27th 200, 4th 800, LJ 16th
Jamie Finnegan – 70th 1500
Rebecca Killip – 91st 1200
Katie Iliffe – 36th 3000
Ross Franks -… Continue reading
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Met League (3) – 28th November – Wormwood Scrubs
Some good performances today from a slightly smaller team than normal following on from the school races this week…
U13 girls – Another win for Rebecca who dealt with the windy conditions well, sitting in with the lead group and then putting her foot down in the woods and kicking like crazy at the final corner – a very mature run, well done. Kirsty was a strong 6th on… Continue reading
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Borough Schools XC Champs
KINGSTON – Tuesday
Senior Girls – 1st Maddie; Inter Girls – 1st Katie I; Junior Girls – 2nd Faye
Inter Boys – 1st Eoin, 2nd Ollie
HOUNSLOW – Thursday
Junior Girls – 1st Rebecca; Inter Girls – 1st Tulsi (multi-eventer in Jim’s group)
Junior Boys – 1st Ben, 2nd Jivendra, 3rd Jamie; Inter Boys – 1st Bradley, 2nd Jack
RICHMOND – Friday
Junior… Continue reading
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Southern Inter Counties – Top 10s for Jivendra and Ross
There were plenty of SMRAC athletes in action for their counties today at Parliament Hill. Jivendra and Ross made the top 10 in their races, an excellent showing in their biggest XC races to date. Running for Surrey, Ross picked up a silver team medal for his efforts.
Full details to follow….. There are finally results for this race HERE
At Bushy Park Florence took 12seconds… Continue reading | 1 Comment
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Lost and found / In need of a new home
Digital watch and spike key left at the track on Tuesday. I have them. Let me know if they are yours.
I still have a few pairs of track spikes left to give away in limited sizes. Let me know if you need some and we’ll see if any are suitable for you. On a similar note, Abi has a pair of orange puma track spikes (UK… Continue reading
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Molly wins Lord Mayor’s Mile! (and other results)
Molly won the middle age group. Unofficial reports (Molly on the mobile) suggest the following:
Ross and Bradley 3rd and 4th in the oldest group (the winner was old enough to be a first year Uni student and mentioned Ross in the TV interview, quote “some people fell over”)
Jack 2nd in the middle group
Jivendra 3rd
Maddie 5th
Molly 1st and Christina 4th… Continue reading
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Featured Quote 3 – Sally Gunnell
Sally Gunnell
I spent today with a group of coaches sharing ideas and discussing ways to develop you athletes. This meeting was held at the home of Sally Gunnell the former Olympic Champion, World Champion and World Record Holder at the 400m Hurdles.
The day was extremely valuable… Continue reading
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Met League XC (2) Claybury – Jamie wins, Bradley and Rebecca 2nd
U13 girls – Perhaps a little too fast from Rebecca at the start but another good run none the less in 2nd. Well backed up again by Ella in 4th. 2nd in the league despite only ever having half a team out!
U13 boys – Jamie took the race by the scruff of the neck leading from the start and holding on well in the final straight when being… Continue reading
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The Wrong Trousers
Someone picked up a pair of Canterbury tracksuit bottoms by mistake at the track on Thursday. Can you check if you stuffed them in your bag by accident and I will reunite them with their owner. Cheers…….. UPDATE – Trousers found!
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