Momentum Track Club took several teams to the Surrey Relays on Sunday, coming away with two gold medals and three silvers across a full programme of 4x100m and 4x400m races.
Photo — U16 girls relay team with their silver medals at the Surrey Relays.
The weekend began with the U14 girls 4x100, who brought the baton round in 59.63 seconds, before the club's first medal of the day arrived in the U16 girls 4x100. The quartet of Aurelia, Daisy, Chloe and Alicia ran 49.27 for second place, a strong time from an age group still building its relay experience together.
Photo — U18 boys relay squad and masters athletes celebrate medals at the Surrey Relays.
The U14 boys 4x100 followed on the second day, finishing in 56.83, while the U16 boys team of Vincent, Leo, Amish and Jacob ran 48.84 in the same event. It was the U18 boys who brought home the club's first gold of the day, with Ryan, Charlie, Louis and Basit combining for 44.66, a time that put them clear of the field and set the tone for the medals that followed through the afternoon.
Photo — Senior mens 4x400m on the podium.
The senior women were next on track and continued the club's strong run of form. Bella, Maddie, Zoe and Lily picked up silver in the 4x100, finishing in 51.12, while the club's masters athletes took to the senior men's 4x100 themselves, with Richard, Tom, Pat and James running 50.02 between them. Fielding a masters quartet in a senior relay is no small undertaking, and the presence of experienced masters sprinters within the club's relay squad reflects the depth Momentum Sports and Momentum Track Club have built across the age groups, from the youngest juniors through to athletes competing well into their veteran years.
Photo — The senior women's 4x400 gold medal team at the Surrey Relays.
The 4x400m races closed out the day, and produced two of the club's best results. Rebecca, Bella, Kira and Lily combined for a gold medal in the senior women's race, crossing in 4:04.17, a strong team performance built on a mix of speed and endurance across the four legs. The senior men followed with a similarly polished run, as Joshua, Charlie, Richard and Tim brought home silver in 3:43.13, closing out the club's medal count for the day.
Photo — The senior women's 4x100m silver medal podium photo.
Across the full programme, Momentum Track Club fielded eight teams spanning the U14, U16, U18, senior and masters categories, a spread that reflects the breadth of the club's membership as much as the results themselves. Relay racing asks something different of athletes than individual events, from clean baton changes under pressure to running a leg that suits the shape of the team rather than a personal best in isolation, and the club's results at the Surrey Relays showed that discipline paying off across multiple age groups on the same afternoon. The county relay championships bring together clubs from across Surrey for a single day of racing, and a strong showing across both the sprint relays and the longer 4x400m distance is a fair test of a club's depth rather than the strength of any one age group in isolation.
Photo — The U16 girls 4x100 team pose trackside after the Surrey Relays.
The U18 boys' gold in the 4x100 stood out as the fastest time of the day among the club's teams, and a time inside 45 seconds is a competitive mark at national relay level for that age group. The senior women's double, taking silver in the 4x100 before gold in the 4x400 with a different combination of athletes, showed the squad's range across both sprint and endurance relay formats, while the senior men matched that versatility with a masters team in the 4x100 and a senior line-up in the 4x400 that brought home the club's final medal of the day.
Photo — Maddie and Louis with their medals.
With two golds, from the U18 boys 4x100 and the senior women 4x400, and three silvers, from the U16 girls 4x100, the senior women's 4x100 and the senior men's 4x400, Momentum Track Club leaves the Surrey Relays with a strong haul to build on heading into the winter. Well done to everyone who travelled to take part.
Photo — U16 girls 4x100 relay team celebrate silver at the Surrey Relays.
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