Indoor Events 2007
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| Every winter Dartford Harriers athletes compete in many indoor competitions. (above left) Gavin Comber and Chloe Gale at the AAA championships at Birmingham. (above right) a group of Harriers on the annual trip to Dortmund, Germany. | |
SOUTHERN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 20th/21st January 07. The Championships saw hundreds of top athletes from Southern England competing for the honours at the South of England Indoor track & field championships. Five members of Dartford Harriers A.C. competed breaking two club records, winning a bronze medal and setting some personal bests. Elaine Murty won the bronze in the Senior ladies 800m in a personal best 2:17.7, after running a heat in 2:18.9, and Senior man Andrew Pickett finished 5th in the 3000m, timing 8:43.3. Under 17 combined eventer Nadine Terry was again in club record breaking form in the 800m. She smashed her own club record, set two weeks ago, by running 2:24.9 in her heat for 2nd place. She placed 5th in the final in 2:25.6, and has now improved by nearly 6 seconds in a year. In the U/15's,Natalie Hickmott, last year's U/13 Kent sprint champion, did well to survive two rounds of the 200m. Suffering from a severe stomach bug, she nevertheless broke a long - standing club record in the heat, finishing 2nd in 27.83. She was 4th in the semi final in 27.93 missing out on the final by 0.01 of a second. Samantha Brown still only 12, put together a series of fine performances in the U/15 girls 60m sprints. Coming back from injury, she was 2nd in her heat in 8.54s., 3rd in the semi final in 8.48 and 6th in the final in 8.64.
Natalie, Nadine and Samantha