The borough’s young athletes showcased their talents on Sunday 22 April by taking part in this year’s Virgin Money Giving London Mini Marathon
Published: Tuesday, 8th May 2018

The event is British Athletics’ official 5km road championships for athletes aged between 11 and 17 years old. This year, 1,056 youngsters took part.
The race involved running the last 5km of the main marathon course. Participants finished in The Mall just ahead of the elite marathon runners.
Hounslow was represented by 32 young runners who achieved outstanding results. The top performances of the day were from Jonathan Bartholomew in the Under 17 Boys’ race, who ran an impressive time of 16:58 and finished in 37th place, closely followed by Christopher Garcia who ran the Under 13 Boys’ race in 17:42 finishing 8th. Charlotte Buckley achieved a time of 18:37 in the Under 17 Girls’ race, finishing in 10th position.
Huge congratulations go out to all the young runners who took part, all of whom received a marathon medal, goody bag and finishers t-shirt.
Jonathan Barbour from Fusion’s Sports Development Team in Hounslow said: “We’d like to pass on a huge thank you to all of the runners who represented the London Borough of Hounslow and their families and friends who supported them both in the run up to the event and on the day. We would also like to say thank you to all of the volunteers who helped out as team managers.”
Please see full results for Hounslow competitors below:
U13 Girls
Position |
Name |
Time |
94 |
Lydia Loughran |
21:58 |
101 |
Anna Kelly |
22:12 |
119 |
Katerina Simakova |
22:42 |
122 |
Ava Gohan |
22:45 |
123 |
Leah Russell |
22:47 |
166 |
Francesca Newbold |
24:27 |
U15 Girls
Name |
Position |
Time |
Niamh Murphy |
36 |
19:59 |
Abigail Hallam |
116 |
23:00 |
Charlotte Cooney-Quinn |
131 |
23:56 |
Mirsada Elezaj |
155 |
25:59 |
Florence Rampley |
156 |
26.15 |
Mia Paduszynska |
166 |
28:43 |
U17 Girls
Name |
Position |
Time |
Charlotte Buckley |
10 |
18:39 |
Sophie Moore |
80 |
22:21 |
Olivia Sejourne |
94 |
23:24 |
U13 Boys
Name |
Position |
Time |
Christopher Garcia |
8 |
17:42 |
Matthew Knight |
12 |
17:55 |
Alex Franks |
87 |
19:43 |
James Skinner |
93 |
19:48 |
Jonah Shaw |
123 |
20:23 |
Charlie Brook |
147 |
20:58 |
U15 Boys
Name |
Position |
Time |
Aidan Aherne |
37 |
17:31 |
Basil Rock |
47 |
17:49 |
Aaron Dhillon |
62 |
18:12 |
Gabriel Phelan |
67 |
18:14 |
William Paterson Denton |
106 |
19:11 |
Isaac Phelan |
124 |
19:54 |
U17 Boys
Name |
Position |
Time |
Jonathan Bartholomew |
37 |
16:43 |
Joe Osborne |
76 |
17:59 |
Alex Bagnall |
121 |
19:44 |
Alban Elezaj |
137 |
21:03 |
Ditmir Elezaj |
148 |
24:55 |