Welcome Return of Kent AC “Champs” – 1500m and 200m
1500m and 200m Race Report - Sutcliffe Park
Club racing returns! Sadly at Sutcliffe Park as Ladywell Arena remains closed – come on Lewisham Council & GLL! Thanks to Shanice at GLL and the KAC volunteers, for making it a great event, brilliant to see a sea of blue vests back on a track. Report from Ben Cook
…big thanks to everyone that made this great evening happen, Rob Laing, John Barron, Dan Pettitt, Len, Heather, Dave, Simon, Kate, Rowan and everyone else that helped out in this really odd year.
Now on to the races, the results are attached but as always, these only tell half a story. Race 1 was very exciting and saw lots of new club members running. Timothy Ssali took the race out hard and had the handful of spectators wondering whether he was going to be able to hold on to the end and Gary Sullivan, always a canny racer, seemed to smell blood in the water. However after a dip in the third lap Timo managed to find a strong last lap for the win, closely followed by new club American import Louis Wampler with Gary just behind him.
The race also saw some great performances from Susie Fairbrass to run a PB and Nicky Hayes who ran in her first ever 1500m with a performance that will see her go 7th in the UK in her category.
The second race was just as exciting, Sarah Hanley took the race on and looked like she was going to win, however Laurie Garrett ran an incredibly strong last lap to win with Sarah just behind him. This race was the battle of Kent AC’s v50 men with Paul Crompton showing utter disdain for rank and coming in 6 seconds ahead of our illustrious president Alan Curtis who in turn got the better of Paul McCrone. There were two other notable performances in this race, Dee O’Brian’s run will put her in 7th place on the all important Power of 10 rankings and Jo Mott who turned up late for the first race and ran in the second race running a whole minute faster than her predicted time.
The final race of the evening was an absolute peach with Joe Hartley taking it out hard, leaving us all wondering if he would be able to hold off Chris McGurk who was fresh off a 10k PB last Sunday, however, reminiscent of Timothy Cheruiyot in Monaco the other week, Joe managed to find the strength to hold Chris off for a fantastic win. Another notable performance from Clare Elms to be crowned club champion with her time fractionally faster than Sarah Hanley’s.
Finally, at the end of the evening we had two 200m races with Nathan Stevens really showing us what proper sprinting looks like, but there were also notable performances from Louis Wampler and Joseph Yee. Finally, Dee O’Brian, who had decided to enter at the last minute ran 33.3 to become club champion and put herself just outside the top 20 on Po10.
Ben Cook & Rob Laing
1500m Results
Race Pos Name Club M/F Cat Time
R1 1 Timothy Ssali Kent AC SEN 05:26.9
R1 2 Louis Wampler Kent AC SEN 05:29.5
R1 3 Gary Sullivan Kent AC v60 05:32.4
R1 4 Susie Fairbrass Kent AC F SEN 05:44.3
R1 5 Joe Daniel Kent AC v40 05:49.5
R1 6 Neil Gordon-Orr Kent AC v55 05:56.6
R1 7 Nicky Hayes Kent AC F v55 06:02.9
Race Pos Name Club M/F Cat Time
R2 1 Laurie Garrett Kent AC SEN 05:02.7
R2 2 Sarah Hanley Kent AC F SEN 05:07.1
R2 3 Paul Crompton Kent AC v50 05:09.4
R2 4 John Slade Kent AC v35 05:11.9
R2 5 Daniel Bowers Kent AC v40 05:14.3
R2 6 Alan Curtis Kent AC v50 05:15.3
R2 7 Paul McCrone Kent AC v50 05:20.2
R2 8 Dee O'Brien Kent AC F v45 05:23.6
R2 9 Jo Mott Kent AC F SEN 05:57.7
Race Pos Name Club M/F Cat Time
R3 1 Joe Hartley Kent AC SEN 04:16.5
R3 2 Chris McGurk Kent AC SEN 04:20.0
R3 3 Joseph Yee Kent AC U20 04:23.6
R3 4 Ian Ellwood Kent AC SEN 04:25.7
R3 5 Nick Ostrowski Kent AC v35 04:31.2
R3 6 Tom Sloan Kent AC v45 04:35.2
R3 7 Jamie McCall Kent AC SEN 04:37.5
R3 8 Ed Matthews Kent AC SEN 04:42.7
R3 9 Adrian Dracup Kent AC v35 05:02.6
R3 10 Clare Elms Kent AC F v55 05:06.8
Overall
Race Pos Name Club M/F Cat Time Overall Female
R3 1 Joe Hartley Kent AC SEN 04:16.5 1
R3 2 Chris McGurk Kent AC SEN 04:20.0 2
R3 3 Joseph Yee Kent AC U20 04:23.6 3
R3 4 Ian Ellwood Kent AC SEN 04:25.7 4
R3 5 Nick Ostrowski Kent AC v35 04:31.2 5
R3 6 Tom Sloan Kent AC v45 04:35.2 6
R3 7 Jamie McCall Kent AC SEN 04:37.5 7
R3 8 Ed Matthews Kent AC SEN 04:42.7 8
R3 9 Adrian Dracup Kent AC v35 05:02.6 9
R2 1 Laurie Garrett Kent AC SEN 05:02.7 10
R3 10 Clare Elms Kent AC F v55 05:06.8 11 1
R2 2 Sarah Hanley Kent AC F SEN 05:07.1 12 2
R2 3 Paul Crompton Kent AC v50 05:09.4 13
R2 4 John Slade Kent AC v35 05:11.9 14
R2 5 Daniel Bowers Kent AC v40 05:14.3 15
R2 6 Alan Curtis Kent AC v50 05:15.3 16
R2 7 Paul McCrone Kent AC v50 05:20.2 17
R2 8 Dee O'Brien Kent AC F v45 05:23.6 18 3
R1 1 Timothy Ssali Kent AC SEN 05:26.9 19
R1 2 Louis Wampler Kent AC SEN 05:29.5 20
R1 3 Gary Sullivan Kent AC v60 05:32.4 21
R1 4 Susie Fairbrass Kent AC F SEN 05:44.3 22 4
R1 5 Joe Daniel Kent AC v40 05:49.5 23
R1 6 Neil Gordon-Orr Kent AC v55 05:56.6 24
R2 9 Jo Mott Kent AC F SEN 05:57.7 25 5
R1 7 Nicky Hayes Kent AC F v55 06:02.9 26 6
200m Results
Race Pos Name Club M/F Cat Time
R1 1 Nathan Stevens Kent AC SEN 22.9
R1 2 Louis Wampler Kent AC SEN 23.6
R1 3 Ian Ellwood Kent AC SEn 26.3
R1 4 Timothy Ssali Kent AC SEN 26.8
R1 5 Adrian Dracup Kent AC SEN 29.7
Race Pos Name Club M/F Cat Time
R2 1 Joseph Yee Kent AC U20 25.6
R2 2 Ed Matthews Kent AC SEN 27.8
R2 3 Tomas Sloan Kent AC V45 29.4
R2 4 Paul Crompton Kent AC V50 30.0
R2 5 Dee O'Brien Kent AC F V45 33.3
R2 6 Paul McCrone Kent AC V50 36.5
Overall
Race Pos Name Club M/F Cat Time Overall Female
R1 1 Nathan Stevens Kent AC SEN 22.9 1
R1 2 Louis Wampler Kent AC SEN 23.6 2
R2 1 Joseph Yee Kent AC U20 25.6 3
R1 3 Ian Ellwood Kent AC SEn 26.3 4
R1 4 Timothy Ssali Kent AC SEN 26.8 5
R2 2 Ed Matthews Kent AC SEN 27.8 6
R2 3 Tomas Sloan Kent AC V45 29.4 7
R1 5 Adrian Dracup Kent AC SEN 29.7 8
R2 4 Paul Crompton Kent AC V50 30.0 9
R2 5 Dee O'Brien Kent AC F V45 33.3 10 1
R2 6 Paul McCrone Kent AC V50 36.5 11