Story By Bjorn Jansen
During the 2023 track and field season, the SpeedPro high-performance athletes broke ten Hercules Wimbledon Club records, two of which have stood for over 30 years. This was an outstanding achievement by the athletes and a great way to measure their progression.
The great thing about records is that they are there to be broken, and as we look towards the 2024 track and field season, the group has the indoor season to break a couple more.
U13 Girls Relays Record
High-Performance Development Squad
One of the season's highlights for the group was the girl's fantastic effort, breaking both relay records and winning the 4x200m Surrey Champs. The 4x200m quartet broke their record from last year by 6 seconds, an outstanding result and a new overall club record.
4 x 100m (u13)
- Team: Lucy Whorton, Amelia Barnes, Beatrice Eminson, Freya McAndie.
- Club Record: 55.73
4 x 200m (u13, Overall)
- Team: Florrie Foster, Amelia Barnes, Beatrice Eminson, Freya McAndie.
- Club Record: 1:57.36
SpeedPro: Thomas Whorton
SpeedPro High-Performance Potential Squad
Thomas had a good season and has made progress over the sprints and middle distance events and will have the chance next season to break the u15 800m record of 2:00.10. This season, he set a new u15 club mile record of 4:50.01, ranking him 21st in the UK.
Mile (u15)
- Club Record: 4:50.01
Rankings
- Surrey u15 Ranking - 3rd
- UK u15 Ranking - 21st
SpeedPro: Neva Jansen
SpeedPro High-Performance Potential Squad
Coach: Chris Privett (Belgrave)
Neva finished the season ranked 5th in the UK for the u15 Discus, with a personal best of 32.32m, breaking the 31-year-old club record and set to break Olympian Jade Lally's u17 club record of 37.22m next season. Neva also set a new club record in the hammer of 22.90m.
Discus (u15)
- Club Record: 32.32m
Rankings
- Surrey u15 Ranking - 1st
- UK u15 Ranking - 5th
- UK overall Ranking - 120th
Hammer (u15)
- Club Record: 22.90m
Rankings
- Surrey u15 Ranking - 2nd
Isabella Harrison
High-Performance Potential Squad
Isabella finished the season with several club records this year but missed the u15 800m record of 2:12.04 by five-tenths, but will have a chance next season. Isabella's 4:50.33 for the Mile ranked her 1st in the UK and 4th on the all-time list. Isabella also set a new u15 1500m club record with an impressive 4:32.10, the previous record stood for 34 years.
1500m (u15)
- Club Record: 4:32.10
Rankings
- Surrey u15 Ranking - 1st
- UK u15 Ranking - 5th
- UK u15 All-Time Ranking - 49th
- UK overall Ranking - 195th
Mile (u15, Overall)
- Club Record: 4:50.33
Rankings
- Surrey u15 Ranking - 1st
- UK u15 Ranking - 1st
- UK u15 All-Time Ranking - 4th
- UK Overall Ranking - 33
Parkrun (u15)
- Club Record: 17:32