Dacorum AC - Track and Field / Cross Country

News from the Eastern Championships at held at Cambridge today.

High Jumpers in an action were Maya Baloch U14 Eastern Champion with an =pb 1.53 and Phoebe Molnar U18 Champion with a new pb 1.63.

Well done girls 🙂

💚💜 SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE — MATCH 1 💜💚
Saturday saw the first Southern Athletics League match of the season at Perivale Athletics Track and Dacorum knew we needed a strong start. In the cut-throat world of Division 2, anything lower than 2nd would have left us with far too much work to do later in the season.

The team absolutely stepped up, with so many athletes taking on huge multi-event days and filling gaps wherever needed. That team spirit pushed us all the way into an excellent 🥈 2nd place by the end of the match! 👏🔥

🏅 Athletes of the Match
🔥 Liam Roberts
🥇 100m — 11.05
🥇 200m — 21.85
💥 Maximum 11 points scored for the team!

🔥 Emma Wright
4️⃣ 100m — 12.87 PB
🥇 400mH — 67.65 PB

👏 Two massive personal bests and huge points for the club!
A brilliant start to the season with plenty still to build on. Thank you to every athlete, official, coach, team manager, and supporter who helped make the day happen.

💚💜 CLUB RECORD ROUND-UP 💚💜
A huge congratulations to the following athletes who have recently rewritten the Dacorum AC record books! 🔥👏

🏃‍♂️ M60 20 Miles (Road)
Tony Reeve – 2:44:45
📍 Wimbish, Saffron Walden
📅 15/03/2026

🏃‍♂️ M60 Marathon
Tony Reeve – 4:01:45
📍 London
📅 26/04/2026

🚧 U18 Boys 1500m Steeplechase
Teddy Murphy – 4:28.1
📍 Bury St Edmunds
📅 02/05/2026

🥎 M60 Shot Put
Trevor Ratcliffe – 10.06m
📍 Watford
📅 09/05/2026

🏃‍♂️ U18 Boys 3000m
Teddy Murphy – 8:35.63
📍 Watford
📅 13/05/2026

⚡ M45 4x100m Relay
Paul Maloney (M55)
Peter Stansbury (M60)
Simon Townsend (M60)
Ben Beecroft (M45)
⏱️ 62.48
📍 Lee Valley Athletics Centre
📅 11/05/2026

Amazing performances across all age groups and events, the club continues to go from strength to strength! 💪🔥

TrackAndField

🔥 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS SUCCESS 🔥

While many of our athletes were competing at the Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire County Championships, two Dacorum AC throwers were also producing outstanding performances at the Buckinghamshire AA County Track & Field Championships 2026! 💜💚

🥇 Harry Smith delivered a sensational performance to win the U16 Boys Javelin with a huge PB throw of 52.06m — a mark believed to be a new Dacorum AC club record! 🚀

👏 Edward Alexander Gravett-Smith also enjoyed an exceptional championships, taking:
🥇 Gold in the Discus with a PB throw of 37.53m
🥈 Silver in the Javelin with another massive PB of 49.62m — also believed to be a new Dacorum AC club record!

An incredible weekend of throwing from both athletes, showing the strength and quality of Dacorum AC across multiple county championships.

Huge congratulations to Harry and Edward on their fantastic achievements and record-breaking performances! 💪💜💚

🔥 HERTS & BEDS COUNTIES – SUNDAY ROUND-UP 🔥

What an incredible final day at the Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire County Track & Field Championships for Dacorum Athletics Club! 💜💚

From explosive sprinting performances to huge throws, jumping success and determined distance running, Dacorum athletes produced a fantastic set of results across the entire day — with county titles, medals, PBs and SBs all over the results sheet. 👏

🥇 COUNTY CHAMPIONS 🥇
• Nathan Airede stormed to Long Jump U16B gold with a superb PB of 5.57m, alongside PBs in both his 100m heat and final.

• Elise Beardsworth completed a brilliant double in the U20 Women’s throws, winning both Shot Put (9.27m PB) and Discus (29.31m SB).

• Hayley McNeill claimed Discus W50 gold with a PB throw of 19.17m and also added silver in the Shot Put with another PB.

• Ciara Stack produced a sensational double gold performance in the U18 Women’s Shot Put and Javelin, recording PBs in both events.

• Austin Williams dominated the U16 Boys Discus with a huge PB of 33.69m.

• Max Clark took U14 Boys Discus gold with an outstanding PB of 29.80m before also reaching the 200m final.

• Sonny McKeich secured the U18 Men’s Discus title with an impressive 41.12m throw.

• Maya Millner powered to victory in the U16 Girls 200m final after winning her heat in style.

• Phoebe Molnar cleared 1.60m to win the U18 Women’s High Jump with an equal PB.

• Phoebe Peacock became U20 Women’s Long Jump champion and also medalled in Javelin and Shot Put while competing in the hurdles.

• Poppy Radford produced a superb winning throw of 36.70m to take the U20 Women’s Javelin title.

• Amelia Mihalcea won the U14 Girls Javelin with a PB throw of 23.95m.

• Ethan Ogilvie stormed to victory in the U18 Men’s 110m Hurdles with a PB of 14.96 and later added another PB in the 200m.

• Richard Emptage continued his outstanding masters campaign with victory in the M60 Long Jump.

🥈🥉 MEDALS & MAJOR PERFORMANCES 🥈🥉
• Clara Upjohn impressed throughout the day, qualifying for the U16 Girls 200m final with a PB before taking silver in another PB performance of 27.09. She also won the mixed 80m hurdles event.

• Anish Frankland ran a huge PB of 57.95 to take bronze in the 400m hurdles.

• Angelina Ambridge collected multiple strong performances including bronze in the U16 Girls Shot Put and fourth in Discus, both SBs.

• Anneliesa Ambridge secured PBs in both Shot Put and Discus in the U14 Girls competition.

• Imogen Smith earned bronze in the U16 Girls Javelin with a PB throw of 18.06m.

• Darci Murray ran strongly for silver in the U18 Women’s 200m.

• Hannah Hardy produced a PB in the 300m hurdles.

• Joshua Hammond qualified for the U14 Boys 200m final before running another PB in the final itself.

• Ace Hudson qualified for the U16 Boys 200m final and then lowered his PB again in the final with 24.47.

• Kye McKeich earned silver in Shot Put and bronze in Javelin with another PB performance.

• Theodore Smith enjoyed a fantastic all-round day with medals in Shot Put, Discus and Javelin, including a PB to claim U14 Boys Javelin gold.

👏 Other strong performances came from Ben Veeroo in the Long Jump, Celia Findlay in the 5000m and Shot Put, Dylan Winfield, Maya Kearvell, Louie Cotton, Theo Carter, Jacob Schofield and many more athletes proudly wearing the Dacorum vest throughout the championships.💜💚