Juniors Press Report April 23rd 2018  

Wright sparkles in the London Mini Marathon

Ilford AC youngsters continued their good  early season performances by all running best times in the Mini Marathon 3 Mile race on Sunday. The course  is the last 3 miles of the marathon course and a great experience for the young athletes . First up was the U15 Boys, where Ilford had 4 representatives, competing for their various London Boroughs

First home for Ilford was Aaron Samuels, who came 8th position, in a high quality field. Aaron was with the leaders for the first part of the race but struggles in last mile , but still ran a big personal best of 16:24. Best performance of the day from an Ilford athlete was Jak Wright. Jak gets better with every race and ran an outstanding performance to run 16:41 and finished in 12th , against some of the best runners in the UK

Farris Patel, running a distance that is a bit too far for his liking, ran an even paced race and came a very credible 30th, in a PB of 17:22.

Bradley Deacon gets better with every race and shows how much he has come on in last few months by running 17:59 and coming 52nd in a field of nearly 200

In the U13s race Ilford had 2 athletes. First home for Ilford AC was Matthew Hick. Matthew went off very well and worked through the field to come an outstanding 28th position in a best performance of 18:21. Competing in his first Mini Marathon, Ryan Holeyman, who had just joined the club ran a very credible race and came 131st in 20.50.

Last but not least and running her final Mini Marathon was Jordan Hinds. Jordan is coming back to form and ran a  great race to run 19:41 to come 28th position