Kent County T&F Championships 2021

Last weekend, Dartford Harriers athletes took to the Julie Rose Stadium, Ashford for the County Championships, successfully navigating both COVID restrictions and the May showers.

In what has been a challenging year for everyone, many athletes have been eagerly anticipating a sense of normality and the return of Track and Field Competition. With a huge commitment from KCAA officials, the County Championships were able to take place. Kent was the first county in the country to have been given an England Athletics Competition Licence to run their event. Despite all mitigations in place to deliver the event safely, the one element that couldn’t be controlled was the weather, which led to a rather wet start during the opening events.

Nevertheless, a number of Dartford Harriers Athletes were out in force, achieving a medal haul totalling 18, and a range of strong performances. A particular mention to Kai Barham and Timi Babatunde who broke two longstanding club records in the U17 Hammer Throw and Discus Throw, respectively. Further, congratulations to Oluwafemi Segun who has now achievd the national qualifying standard for

Gold Medalists

Name	Age	Event	Perf	Notes
Hope Still	U15	DT	26.15
Hope Still	U15	HT	37.37
Isabella Amartey	U17	TJ	9.79	PB
Kai Barham	U17	HT	59.31	PB + CR
Timi Babatunde	U17	SP	12.94	PB
Alex Ringshall	U20	HT	43.14
Emily Newnham	U20	400mH	64.20
Oluwafemi Segun	U20	PV	4.20	PB
Lilly Smith	U20	PV	2.90

Silver Medalists

Name	Age	Event	Perf	Notes
Grace Thomas	SW	PV	2.80
Hope Still	U15	SP	9.45
Timi Babatunde	U17	DT	41.49	PB + CR
Sileena Farrell	U20	200m	27.31
Sileena Farrell	U20	100m	12.47

Bronze Medalists

Name	Age	Event	Perf	Notes
Andrew Tagoe	U17	SP	10.99	PB
Kai Barham	U17	DT	36.82	PB
Trey McPherson	U20	100m	12.33

In addition to our medalists, the athletes below defied the challenging training conditions of the last year to set new personal bests;

Name	Age	Event	Perf
Jack Rider	U15	SP	7.72
Jack Rider	U15	DT	22.43
Lexie Johnson	U15	800m	2:40.57
Andrew Tagoe	U17	DT	34.11
Jasmine Crossley	U17	300m	49.88
Christopher Archer	U20	800m	2:32.49
Christopher Archer	U20	1500m	5:11.05
Daniel Moulton	U20	800m	2:10.53

A final thanks to all the supporters, including officials, parents and carers who supported the championships. Without their support, it would not be possible to deliver the event.

You can see a selection of images provided by our members below.