Highgate Harriers

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 3 North[1] and the Metropolitan Cross Country League[2].

Night of the 10,000 metres PBs

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 UK Championships were also held as part of the competition.[4]

Editions
Edition Date Men's Event Winner Women's Event Winner Ref
1 6 June 2013 Eddie McGinley - [5]
2 10 May 2014 Andy Vernon Jo Pavey [6]
3 16 May 2015 Jonathan Mellor Rhona Auckland [7]
4 21 May 2016 Ross Millington Jess Andrews [8]
5 20 May 2017 Andy Vernon Beth Potter [9]
6 19 May 2018 Richard Ringer Lonah Chemtai Salpeter [10]
7 6 June 2019 Yemaneberhan Crippa Stephanie Twell [11]

History

Highgate Harriers was founded in 1879. [12]

Honours

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

Senior Women:

Notable athletes

Olympians
AthleteEventsOlympics
George Webber3000 metres1924
Roy Hollingsworthdiscus1964
Wendy Hoyte4x100 metres relay1976
Peter Nowill[13]3000 metre steeplechase2004
Simeon Williamson100 metres4x100 metres relay2008

Club kit

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
  1. "Southern Athletics League 2017 League Tables". Southern Athletics League. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. "Highgate Harriers Club Information". Highgate Harriers. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. "Highgate Harriers 10,000m Night of the PBs". www.highgateharriers.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  4. "Results Lookup". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  5. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  6. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  7. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  8. "Spectacular night of racing at Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs - England Athletics". www.englandathletics.org. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  9. "Beth Potter and Andy Vernon triumph at Highgate Night of the 10,000m PBs - Athletics Weekly". Athletics Weekly. 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  10. "thepowerof10 results". 2018-05-18.
  11. "thepowerof10 results". 2018-07-06.
  12. "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2". British History Online. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  13. Peter Nowill at Power of 10


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