Category: Race reports

Great performances by Fred Tremblay and Donald Brown at the World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in Budapest. Fred ran a fantastic time of 1.57 to finish 6th in the final of the M35 800m. The race was won by GB athlete James Thie in a time of 1.53. Video of the final from Paul Osland is here.

Donald Brown ran close to his club record to reach the final of the 60m hurdles. His time of 8.88 was close to a PB and apparently was achieved despite having a cracked rib put back in place earlier in the week!!! Donald also put in a great performance in the 60m where he ran 7.78 in the semi’s.

Well done guys!

Well done to all the under 8’s who braved the rain last Thursday night to complete the Sports Relief Mile at Wyndley.  Definitely a good night to where a onesie to training! The event raised £100 for Sports Relief.

The Flying Frenchman (Fred Tremblay) showed he’s in great form running 1.25.55 to win his 600m race at the Sale Harriers Open. Great running Fred!

There were some strong performances at the 3rd indoor open meeting at the HPC. Amiyah Forrest ran a PB of 8.20 in the 60m and 12.95 in the 100m. Nicholas Mbewe ran 11.62 to win his race in the U20 100m. Elliot Walker jumped a PB of 5.88 to win the U17 long jump.

Well done to Megan McBrien who represented the Midlands at the Home Countries International on Saturday. Competing against the best runners from across Britain she had a great run finishing in 21st place.

Photo from Dave Payne’s Mudrunner Photography page.

Great performances by our men and women at the road relays in Sutton Park on Saturday. The men, who were missing a number of runners, secured qualification to the National Road Relays with a 22^nd place finish. Ollie Harradence ran the fastest long leg for the club (27:31), whilst Chris Taylor ran the fastest short leg (15:22). There were particularly strong runs by Carl Dunne, Dean England and Marcus Smedley who have all had battles with injury over recent months. Well done also to Steve Marklew and Dave Long who ran decent times on legs 11 and 12 after running the Stafford Half Marathon in the morning!!!

1. Simon Corker (35) 30:38
2.  Frederic Tremblay (33) 15:24
3. Oliver Harradence (25) 27:31
4. Dean England (26) 16:34
5. Carl Dunne (26) 30:21
6. Rob Andrew (26) 16:49
7. Thomas Chew (26) 31:05
8. Marcus Smedley (26) 15:52
9. David Liddall (26) 16:26
10. Chris Taylor (24) 15:22
11. David Long (23) 16:19
12. Steve Marklew (22) 16:04

The women had an incomplete team of only four runners – a shame as the team was in 5^th place at the end of the 4^th leg. Katie Ingle had a particularly strong run to record the 8^th fastest time of the day. Kate McBrien also ran well, especially given that she had also run a half marathon during the weekend (although at least she had had a nights sleep between races).

1. Katie Ingle (4) 15:09
2. Megan McBrien (4) 16:19
3. Amy Johnson (5) 17:27
4. Kate McBrien (5) 17:22

The National Road Relays take place on 5 April in Sutton Park where we hope to put out strong men’s and women’s team. Please let Steve (Men’s Team) or Margaret (Women’s Team) know if you’re able to run.

Photos and results are available on the Race Results website

The marathon runners were back out again on Sunday, although it was only 13.2 miles this weekend – barely worth getting out of bed! There were no fallers at this half marathon but there were plenty of complaints about the headwind. Steve Marklew showed he is returning to form with a great 7^th place finish. Matt Stenson also had a superb run to break 90 minutes for the first time. Results for Royal Sutton runners below:

• Steve Marklew – 1.18.24
• Russell Simpson – 1.21.31
• Dave Long – 1.22.13
• Colin McAuley – 1.22.55
• Paul Terleski – 1.27.56
• Tony Hinchley – 1.28.00
• Subodh Dave – 1.28.25
• Matt Stenson – 1.29.55

Photo of Dave Long from www.racephotos.org.uk/

Donald Brown had a great weekend at the British Masters Indoors Championships, with two gold medal winning performances in the M50 age group.

Our marathon men recorded some great times in the Stafford 20 on Sunday. Steve Marklew was the first RSC athlete home, finishing 7th in a time of 2.05. Well done also to Russell Simpson (2.09), Colin McAuley (2.12), Paul Terleski (2.15), Mark Rickards (2.18), Subodh Dave (2.18), Matt Stenson (2.27), Paul Jenkins (2.31) and Richard Lewis (2.40). The team narrowly missed out on the team prize – shame as it was a case of Bud which would have gone down nicely!

They’ll be back on the roads in Stafford again this weekend for the half marathon. Good luck guys!

RESULTS 

Photo of Steve Marklew from http://www.racephotos.org.uk/

Well done to our distance runners who pulled on their county vests at the Inter County Championships at Cofton Park on Saturday. In particular, congratulations to Megan McBrien who had an outstanding run to finish 24th in the U20 women’s race.

There were great runs by all our junior athletes, many of whom were representing their county for the 1st time. Well done to Ellen Humpherston (U13 girls – 180th), Caitlin White (U13 girls – 286th), Ben Horton (U13 boys – 249th), Alex Stapleton (U13 boys – 250th), Georgia Curry (U15 girls – 126th), and Jerome Austin (U17 men’s – 206th).

We also had three athletes competing in the senior races. In the senior women’s race Andrea Deathridge finished 157th, whilst in the senior men’s race Nick Corker was 139th and Ollie Harradence was 182nd.

The full results are available on the British Athletics website.