Highgate Harriers
Sport | Athletics |
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Founded | 1879 |
Based in | London |
Location | Parliament Hill, London NW3 2JP |
Stadium | Parliament Hill, London Athletics track |
Website | www |
Highgate Harriers are a UK Athletics club based in North London. Their home track is Parliament Hill, London Athletics track. They compete in the Southern Athletics League Division 2 East[1] and the Metropolitan Cross Country League.[2]
Night of the 10,000 metres PBs
[edit]Since 2013, Highgate Harriers have hosted a track competition for solely 10,000 metre races.[3] The event is usually held mid-late May/early June and from 2014 the English Championships for 10,000 metres were incorporated in the event. From 2016 the British Athletics Championships were also held as part of the competition.[4]
Editions
[edit]Key: Course record
Edition | Date | Men's Event Winner | Time (m:s) | Women's Event Winner | Time (m:s) | Ref |
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1 | 6 June 2013 | Eddie McGinley (IRL) | 29:53.37 | - | [5] | |
2 | 10 May 2014 | Andy Vernon (GBR) | 28:26.59 | Jo Pavey (GBR) | 32:11.04 | [6] |
3 | 16 May 2015 | Jonathan Mellor (GBR) | 28:46.80 | Rhona Auckland (GBR) | 32:28.32 | [7] |
4 | 21 May 2016 | Ross Millington (GBR) | 28:28.20 | Jess Andrews (GBR) | 31:58.00 | [8] |
5 | 20 May 2017 | Andy Vernon (GBR) | 28:21.15 | Beth Potter (GBR) | 32:04.63 | [9] |
6 | 19 May 2018 | Richard Ringer (GER) | 27:36.52 | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR) | 31:33.03 | [10] |
7 | 6 July 2019 | Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) | 27:49.79 | Stephanie Twell (GBR) | 31:44.79 | [11] |
8 | 14 May 2022 | Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) | 27:16.18 | Jessica Judd (GBR) | 31:22.24 | |
9 | 20 May 2023 | Paul Chelimo (USA) | 27:12.73 | Mizan Alem (ETH) | 29:59.03 | |
10 | 18 May 2024 | Mohamed Ismail (DJI) | 27:22.38 | Megan Keith (GBR) | 31:03.02 |
History
[edit]Highgate Harriers was founded in 1879. [12]
Honours
[edit]Senior Men:
- Metropolitan Cross Country League
- Champions: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Liddiard Trophy
- Champions: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
- South of England Cross Country Championships
- Champions: 1997, 2012, 2016, 2017
- 2nd place: 2013
- 3rd place: 2015, 2020
- South of England Cross Country Relays
- 2nd place: 2019
- South of England 6 Stage Road Relays
- Champions: 1990, 2015, 2017
- National 6 Stage Road Relays
- 2nd place: 2014
- National 12 Stage Road Relays
- Champions: 2016
U15 Boys:
- LICC Highest High Jump
- Champions: 2022
Senior Women:
- Metropolitan Cross Country League
- Champions: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017
- English National Cross Country Championships
- 3rd place: 2017
- South of England Cross Country Championships
- Champions: 2020
Notable athletes
[edit]Olympians
[edit]Athlete | Events | Olympics |
---|---|---|
George Webber | 3000 metres | 1924 |
Roy Hollingsworth | discus | 1964 |
Wendy Hoyte | 4x100 metres relay | 1976 |
Peter Nowill[13] | 3000 metre steeplechase | 2004 |
Simeon Williamson | 100 metres4x100 metres relay | 2008 |
Club kit
[edit]The men compete in a vest with hooped black and white horizontal stripes, with the word Highgate on the chest. Women wear a vest with a black upper half and a white lower half, also with the word Highgate, in white lettering on the upper half.
References
[edit]- ^ "Southern Athletics League 2017 League Tables". Southern Athletics League. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Highgate Harriers Club Information". Highgate Harriers. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Highgate Harriers 10,000m Night of the PBs". www.highgateharriers.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Results Lookup". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Spectacular night of racing at Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs - England Athletics". www.englandathletics.org. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Beth Potter and Andy Vernon triumph at Highgate Night of the 10,000m PBs - Athletics Weekly". Athletics Weekly. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "thepowerof10 results". 18 May 2018.
- ^ "thepowerof10 results". 6 July 2018.
- ^ "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2". British History Online. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Peter Nowill at Power of 10
External links
[edit]- Club Website
- Parliament Athletics Track UK Running Track Directory