Track & Field
Kent AC compete at various levels of Track and Field competition. In 2007, our A team competes in the British Athletics League (BAL) Division 1. Our B team competes in the Southern Mens League Division 1, making it one of the highest placed B-teams nationally.
Our track runners, throwers and jumpers also compete at numerous open events across the year in both the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.
The club is firmly rooted in South East London, with our home fixtures normally being held at Ladywell Arena, or sometimes in nearby Sutcliffe Park (which is just outside the Lewisham borough boundary in the London Borough of Greenwich).
Here is the latest track and field news featuring Kent AC Atheletes:
Emphatic Promotion to Athletics Premiership
Our A team went to Crawley for the last British League match of the season knowing that only a top 5 position was needed to gain promotion to the 8 team Premiership of British club athletics but they had to beat City of Liverpool to go up as Champions.
Kent AC B Team Promoted to Division 1
A convincing victory at Canterbury on Saturday made it four wins out of five for the B Team, which means that we're promoted to Division 1 as Champions of Division 2S.
.B Team news from Parliament Hill, 30th July 2011
A close second place for the B Team at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday, where we were beaten by just 2.5 points by a strong Herne Hill Harriers team. Let's look on the bright side; last year they walloped us by 33 points and we're still top of Division 2 South.
European Champion!
Jack Green is European U23 Champion after pulling out a great performance in the Final of the 400m Hurdles in Ostrava in the Czech Republic in a time of 49.13 sec.
.Medals Galore on the Track!
At the English Championships in Bedford this year Kent AC had a good weekend picking up no less than 3 medals at Senior level. They were led by Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun who stormed to the silver medal in the 200m with a season’s best of 21.
Worlds Masters Athletics at Sacramento
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The gamble of doing long jump and hurdles didnt pay off. I qualified easily on 13th july with 6.44m. The same in the sprint hurdles morning of 15th july, winning my heat with 14.71secs into -1.7wind.
3rd win Southern League at Woking
A third straight win for the B Team at Woking on Saturday, which leaves us unbeaten and top of Division 2 South. After a tight start, we gradually edged away from the gentlemen of Epsom & Ewell and eventually won comfortably with 127 points, the highest total in the Division so far this year.
British League - Double Tops!
Straight after our B team went top of the men’s Southern League Div 2S and now seem to be favourites for promotion to Div 1 our A team matched them by going top of British League Div 1, also after 2 fixtures.
Great Start to British League Div 1
Our British League team produced a great start to their 2011 campaign as they claimed an excellent Second place at Barnet Copthall in the first match of the 4 match season. Already they are in the Second tier of league athletics in GB and with two to go up to the Premiership they are on course to ‘live the dream’.
2nd win for B team at Crawley
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A convincing win for the B Team at Crawley on Saturday, taking our winning streak to TWO matches and putting us top of Division 2 South.
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