VoAAC April 2025 Roundup

Our club athletes have been extremely busy in the last month with a large number of them opening their outdoor track and field seasons at open meetings and league matches.

This month saw the return of the ever popular Watford Open meetings that are put on bi-weekly on Wednesday evenings from April until September, our Upper Age YDL team travelled to Carshalton to open their league season and, on the same day as the YDL, four of our athletes (Grace, Amanda, Alan and Hannah) took on (and completed) the London Marathon!

Full competition results can be found below:

Watford Harriers Open Graded Meeting – Wednesday 2^nd April

• 1500m – Joshua 5mins 03.90secs PB

Basingstoke & Mid Hants Young Athletes Open – Saturday 5^th April

• Discus – Isabella 18.68m PB
• Javelin – Isabella 25.65m PB
• Shot Put – Isabella 7.74m PB

WSEH Dennis Daly Memorial Open Graded Meeting (Eton) – Saturday 5^th April

• 800m – Gabriella 2mins 19.52secs PB

Radley AC Kear Memorial Open Graded Meeting (Abingdon) – Sunday 6^th April

• 200m – Isadora 36.21secs (-3.2) PB
• 800m
  • Zachary 2mins 14.79secs PB
  • Isadora 3mins 56.41secs PB

• 1500m Steeplechase – Lucy Cuthbert 6mins 20.81secs

BMC Regional Races (Gillingham) – Saturday 12^th April

• 800m – Gabriella 2mins 17.04secs PB

City of Southend on Sea AC Meeting – Sunday 13^th April

• High Jump – Theo 1.37m

Flitwick 10k – Sunday 13^th April

• Alan Roberts 48mins 26secs

Milton Keynes Open Series – Sunday 13^th April

• 100m – Isadora 16.7secs PB
• 150m – Isadora 25.5secs PB
• 200m – Isadora 38.8secs

Watford Harriers Open Graded Meeting – Wednesday 16^th April

• 800m
  • Gabriella 2mins 16.62secs PB
  • Alessia 2mins 39.43secs PB

Maidenhead 10 – Friday 18^th April

• 3^rd Nathan Jones – 51mins 28secs
• 207^th Charlotte Steptoe – 1hour 14mins 01secs
• 376^th Alan Roberts – 1hour 22mins 30secs

RunThrough Battersea Park 5k – Saturday 19^th April

9^th Connor Richardson 18mins 27secs

• 21^st Stephen Parsons 19mins 31secs PB

Beaconsfield 5mile – Monday 21^st April

• Alan Roberts 39mins 57secs

Biggleswade Track Fest – Wednesday 23^rd April

• 3000m Lucy Cuthbert 11mins 53.8secs PB

Oxford City Midweek Open Meeting – Wednesday 23^rd April

• 200m – Chloe 33.92secs (-0.1)
• 1500m
  • Zachary 4mins 36.48secs PB
  • George 5mins 45.41secs

• Long Jump – Chloe 3.29m PB
• High Jump – Theo 1.27m

Mota-vation Series (Charlton-on-Otmoor) – Thursday 24^th April

• 30^th Charlie May – 29mins 55secs
• 50^th Connor Richardson – 31mins 22secs
• 73^rd Stephen Parsons – 32mins 47secs
• 84^th Ben Riley – 33mins 27secs
• 113^th Andrew Byerley – 34mins 27secs
• 218^th Alan Roberts – 39mins 31secs

London Marathon – Sunday 27^th April

• Grace Rowland – 3hours 22mins 45secs
• Amanda Esslemont – 4hours 0mins 31secs
• Alan Roberts – 4hours 27mins 23secs
• Hannah Welsh – 6hours 48mins 52secs

Upper Age YDL (Carshalton) – Sunday 27^th April

U17 WOMEN

100m

A – Angel 13.31secs (-0.2)

B – Mariia 15.08secs (-0.8) PB

N/S Tais 15.70secs (-0.2) PB

200m

A – Angel 27.51secs (-1.2)

B – Esther 29.17secs (-1.1)

300m

A – Ava 44.17secs PB

B – Tais 53.00secs

800m

A – Leia 2mins 54.54secs

1500m

A – Alessia 5mins 40.58secs PB

80m Hurdles

A – Ava 14.20secs

B – Annabel 16.67secs

Long Jump

A – Mariia 3.93m PB

B – Alessa 3.38m PB

High Jump

A – Annabel 1.30m PB

Triple Jump

A – Mariia 8.87m PB

Shot Put

A – Poppy 6.31m

B – Lexie 5.81m PB

Discus

A – Poppy 17.56m PB

B – Lexie 11.84m

Javelin

A – Poppy 16.83m PB

B – Lexie 14.73m

Relays

4x100m 59.66secs

4x300m 3mins 27.76secs

U17 MEN

100m

A – Dele 12.09secs (-0.6) PB

200m

A – Jack 26.06secs (+1.7) PB

B – Dele 25.08secs (-0.4) PB

800m

A – Digby 2mins 32.84secs

B – Jack 2mins 23.37secs PB

1500m

A – Digby 5mins 02.96secs PB

High Jump

A – Jack 1.55m PB

Shot Put

A – Jafar 10.39m PB

B – Digby 6.98m PB

Discus

A – Jafar 31.64m PB

Javelin

A – Jafar 34.47m PB

U20 WOMEN

100m

A – Esther 13.75secs (-0.3) PB

B – Olamide 14.11secs (+1.1) PB

200m

A – Olamide 29.48secs (+1.5) PB

B – Demi 30.12secs

800m

A – Iona Esslemont 2mins 58.08secs PB

1500m

A – Lucy Cuthbert 5mins 33.61secs PB

B – Iona Esslemont 5mins 58.77secs PB

1500m Steeplechase

A – Lucy Cuthbert 6mins 36.65secs

Long Jump

A – Demi 3.98m PB

Discus

A – Iona Esslemont 8.45m PB

Relays

4x100m 55.39secs

U20 MEN

100m

A – James 11.47secs (-1.2) PB

200m

A – Elliot 25.31secs (-0.7) PB

B – James 23.10secs (-0.4) PB

400m

A – Elliot 57.31secs

Shot Put

A – Harry 7.83m PB

Discus

A – Harry 16.89m PB

Javelin

A – Harry 32.62m PB

Mixed Relays

4x400m – Elliot, Iona, Lucy, Digby 4mins 43.33secs

Watford Harriers Open Graded Meeting – Wednesday 30^th April

1500m

Zachary 4mins 28.77secs PB