Roath Harriers runners became individual and team champions of the first Welsh Cross Country Championships, held on 7 March 1894.

Roath Harriers shared Maindy Stadium with Birchgrove Harriers from its opening in 1951 and the two clubs amalgamated to form Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club in 1968.

Cardiff were British Athletics League champions in 1973, 1974, and 1975 and remain one of the top twelve clubs in Britain.

[1][2][3] The club comprises five sections, each specialising in a separate sport: track and field, road running, cross country, mountain running, and road walking.

[4] Former and current Cardiff AAC athletes include: