Dartford Harriers Update

by | Jan 12, 2025 | Dartford Sport

Saturday 4th January –
Kent Cross Country Champs at Brands Hatch.

We had 38 DHAC athletes brave the cold.

The teams (1st 4 to score) finished in the following;
U13G team – 4th place
U13B team – 4th place
U15G team – 4th place
Senior/Vets M team – 5th place

We also had 3 athletes in U15B, 1 in U17M, 1 in the U20M, 2 in U20W and 2 in the Senior/Vets W categories so unfortunately not enough to make up a team but they all raced well individually.

4 of our younger athletes finished in the top 10 for their categories. Tyla finished 1st place in the U13G race, Abbie 8th and Matilda 10th place in the U15G race and Premlee finished 9th in the U15B race!

Sunday 5th January –
Kent Fitness League Cross Country – 4th race at the legendary and very muddy Minnis Bay.

We had 11 men and 8 women take part totalling 19 DHAC athletes. 10 of whom finished top 10 for their categories!

Congratulations to Chris B for finishing in 8th place overall and 2nd in his category! Also to John G for finishing 3rd in his category!

Our biggest cheer goes to our female team who had a fantastic race finishing in 3rd place!! All our ladies smashed it but special congrats to Gemma on finishing 8th female overall and 2nd place in her category and to Ali for finishing 10th female overall and 3rd place in her category.

We are very proud of all our athletes who braved the weather conditions and THE mud!

As always we are incredibly grateful to the organisers, officials and volunteers who work so hard to put on these fantastic events!

The next race in this league will be on 12th January at Betteshanger County Park.

England Team Selection
Huge congratulations to our Dartford Harriers athlete Debare Alade! selected to represent England Athletics next month at the state of the art indoor throwing facilities of Växjö, Sweden.

Go Hoops!

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