Sutton and District Athletics Club, is an athletics club based in Carshalton, England. The club was officially founded in 1985 but has much earlier origins.[1] The club trains on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.[2]
The origins of the club began with the formation of Mitcham AC in 1920.[3] The club actively encouraged female athletes, which led to it being one of the early pioneer clubs to include women, although women's only clubs such as London Olympiades Athletic Club were formed the following year in 1921.[4]
In 1938 Mitcham AC won the English National Cross Country Championships.[5]
The club raced at the News of the World track (the modern day Canons Recreation Ground)[3] before moving to the Carshalton Sports Arena from 1960.[1]
A second club called Sutton and Cheam Harriers were based at Sutton United F.C.'s ground Gander Green Lane[1] and in 1985 merged with Mitcham AC to become the Sutton and District Athletics Club.[6]
In February 2003, the arena was redeveloped, with funding from Sport England, the lottery, the Sutton Council and the Lndon Marathon Trust and a new opening ceremony was performed.[1]
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| Athlete | Club | Events | Games | Medals/Pos, Ref |
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| Muriel Gunn Cornell | Mitcham AC | long jump | 1926, 1930 | [3] |
| Dorothy Odam-Tyler | Mitcham AC | high jump | 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956 | [7] .svg){kind=icon}
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| Bevis Reid | Mitcham AC | shot put, discus | 1948 | [8] |
| Brian Hewson | Mitcham AC | 800m, 1500m | 1956—1960 | [9] |
| Anne Smith | Mitcham AC | 800m | 1964 | [10] |
| Andrea Lynch | Mitcham AC | 100m, 4 × 100 m relay | 1972, 1976, 1980 | [11] |
| Ros Few | Mitcham AC | high jump | 1972 | [12] |
| Judy Vernon | Mitcham AC | 100m hurdles, 4 × 100 m relay | 1972 | [13] |
| Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Sutton & District AC | 4 × 100 m relay | 2016 | [14] |
| Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Sutton & District AC | 4 × 100 m relay | 2020 | [15].svg){kind=icon}
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