Surrey Medal Haul

The Club was represented by over 100 athletes competing at the Surrey County Track and Field Championships at Kingston over the weekend of 20/21 May. Between them they collected 25 medals: 11 gold, eight silver and six bronze.

Above: Millie Thorpe (left) retains her 800m title and left, gold medallists U20 Freddie Arkell (200m) and U15 Matthew Wehrle (300m) celebrate with U20 Darcey O’Shea, who took silver and bronze in the javelin and shot.

The medal roll call:

U13 Girls

Florrie Foster: gold, shot, 7.70; silver, high jump, 1.30

Ariane Freemantle, bronze, long jump, 4.18

Freia Harper-Tee, bronze, 1500m, 5:10.84

U13 Boys

Theo Creed, silver, 1500m, 4:42.73

U15 Girls

Isabella Harrison, gold, 800m, 2:15.29

Vivienne Jonczyk, gold, 300m, 42.18

Neva Jansen, gold, hammer, 22.25; silver, discus, 23.60

Willow Scales, silver, high jump, 1.50 (equal to winning jump)

U15 Boys

Matthew Wehrle, gold, 300m 38.46

U17 Women

Mabel-Rose Scales, gold, high jump, 1.60

Ariana Shala, silver, triple jump, 9.97

U17 Men

George Johnson, gold, javelin, 55.59

U20 Women

Millie Thorpe, gold, 800m, 2:17.10

Kyra Stone, silver, 200m 26.01

Darcey O’Shea, silver, javelin, 20.77

Darcey O’Shea, bronze, shot, 7.72

U20 Men

Freddie Arkell, gold, 200m, 21.95

Senior Men

Charlie Wyllie, gold, 1500m, 3:57.68

Mark Andrews, gold, triple jump, 11.77; silver, high jump, 1.65; silver, javelin, 35.17;

bronze, discus, 30.61

James Osola (2nd claim) bronze, 200m, 22.37

PB Night for Jonny Cornish

Meanwhile in North London on Saturday, amid the razzmatazz and circus atmosphere of the Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs, which this year incorporated both the British Championships and World Championships Trials, Jonny Cornish clocked a PB of 29:33.50 for a personal best of almost 25 seconds, finishing 14th in the B race of this unique, talent-stacked event.