THE Kent county athletics championships at Ashford’s Julie Rose Stadium was beset by cold winds and rain this weekend but Dartford Harriers defied the conditions to return home with 28 medals.

There were 10 golds, 12 silvers and six bronzes with several English schools qualifying (ESQ) standards achieved, as well as AAA grade one standards.

Multi-eventer Claire Capon had a hectic weekend coming away with five senior ladies’ medals.

U17 Natalie Hickmott won the 300m with an AAA grade one performance, which was also an ESQ time, as was her second place in the 200m.

Another double ESQ performance came from Samantha Brown when winning the 80m hurdles (AAA grade one) and second place in the 300m hurdles.

U20 Tim Billings won gold in shot (AAA grade one, ESQ) and discus.

Results:

Senior ladies - Hannah Sutton 400h 1st 81.89; Claire Capon 100h 1st 17.10, lj 2nd 4.80, 200m 2nd 27.12, 100m 2nd 13.18, ht 3rd 34.33pb; Hayley Hickmott 800m 4th 2:38.1. Ruth Ward 1500m 5th 5:33.16.

U17 ladies - Natalie Hickmott 300m 1st 40.36 esq, aaa gr.1, 200m 2nd 25.71 esq; Lucy Hickmott 800m 3rd 2:21.99, hj eq 5th 1.40; Samantha Brown 80h 1st, 11.99 pb, aaa gr1, esq, 300h 2nd 46.43 esq; Grace Potthurst dt 2nd 27.49 pb; Laura Webzel dt 6th 15.25, jt 4th 15.43.

U15 girls - Hannah Searing ht 1st 23.57; Gemma Brown dt 3rd 28.58 aaa gr.1, esq.

Senior men - Alex Lee lj 2nd 6.19; Jack Fox tj 4th 13.16. U20 men - Aaron Barham hj 2nd 1.80; Tim Billings sp 1st 13.82, aaa gr.1 esq. dt 1st 37.77; Adam Chalk 110h 1st, 15.16 pb,esq., 400h 3rd 58.40.

U17 men - Alex Bell 100m 1st 11.47, 200m 2nd 23.0; George Taylor 400m 5th 55.31; David Hall jt 2nd 42.09 pb, hj 1st 1.80; Robert Hammond hj 4th 1.75, lj 2nd 6.33 pb aaa gr1.

U15 - William Dellow 100m 3rd 12.13 pb, 200m 2nd 24.17 pb esq; Lewis Jackson jt 4th 32.12 pb, 80h 4th 13.21 pb; Matthew Somerville jt 7th 29.77 pb; Joe Millman sp 3rd 8.21 pb, dt 5th 20.06.

Dartford Harriers road runners had a very active Bank Holiday, taking part in the Nun’s Run in Central London on May 2 and the Whitstable 10k on May 3.

Nineteen members ran at Whitstable, with the ladies' team fifth out of 12 clubs and the men sixth out of 13.

Cara Oliver was Dartford's first lady with a time of 46.19 and Daniel Pyne was first man timing 36.38.

Other Whitstable results : Tony Durey 41.59, Steve Hickmott 41.59, Tony Farmer 43.52, Gill Skellon 51.06, Julie Hibbard 51.12, Markus Graves 52.07, Hayley Hickmott 52.45, Mick Cox 53.47, Lesley Brown 56.08, Maureen Farmer 56.47, Janet Pyne 58.54, Anne - Marie Garraway 59.31, Claire Pickett 59.45, Sheila Pickett 59.45, Jacqui Murty 62.00, Sue Young 62.00.

Nun's Run: Ralph Petts 53.53, Lesley Brown 52.53, John Watts 53.20, Syd Goodwin, 53.44, Ken Pickett 56.12, Lisa Nichols 56.38, Stephanie Nichols 56.38.