Highgate Harriers

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Highgate Harriers
Highgate Harriers AC logo.jpg
Founded1879
GroundParliament Hill Athletics Track
Location Parliament Hill, London NW3 2JP, England
Coordinates 51°33′25″N0°09′19″W / 51.55694°N 0.15528°W / 51.55694; -0.15528
Website official website

Highgate Harriers is an 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]

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History

Parliament Hill Athletics Track in 2008 Parliament Hill Athletics Track - geograph.org.uk - 674951.jpg
Parliament Hill Athletics Track in 2008

Highgate Harriers were founded in 1879. [3]

In 1908, George Larner was the first Harrier to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Larner won the 10 miles walk event and the 3500 metres walk event at the London Olympics. [4]

Since 2013, Highgate Harriers have hosted the Night of the 10,000 metres PBs, a track competition featuring solely 10,000 metre races. [5] The event is usually held in mid-to-late May or early June, and since 2014, the English Championships for 10,000 metres have been incorporated into the event. From 2016, the British Athletics Championships were also held as part of the competition. [6]

Honours

George Larner George Larner.jpg
George Larner

Senior Men:

Senior Women:

Notable athletes

Olympians

AthleteEventsGamesMedals/Ref
George Webber 3000 metres 1924 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg [7]
Michael Dineen triple jump1908
Ernest Larner 3500 m walk, 10 miles walk1908
George Larner 3500 m walk, 10 miles walk1908 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Alfred Yeoumans 3500 m walk, 10 miles walk1908
Charles Ruffell 1500 m, 5000, 10,000, cross country1912
Wilfred Nichol 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m1924 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Herb Bignall marathon1928
George Coleman 10km walk, 20km walk1952, 1956
Don Tunbridge 50km walk1952
Roy Hollingsworth discus 1964 [8]
Wendy Hoyte 4 × 100 m relay 1976, 1980 [9]
Keith Cullen 3000 m steeplechase, marathon1996, 2000
Peter Nowill 3000 metre steeplechase 2004 [10] [11]
Simeon Williamson 100 metres, 4 × 100 m relay2008 [12]

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.

Night of the 10,000 metres PBs winners

Key:  Course record

EditionDateMen's Event WinnerTime (m:s)Women's Event WinnerTime (m:s)Ref
16 June 2013Flag of Ireland.svg  Eddie McGinley  (IRL)29:53.37- [13]
210 May 2014Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andy Vernon  (GBR)28:26.59Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jo Pavey  (GBR)32:11.04 [14]
316 May 2015Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Mellor  (GBR)28:46.80Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rhona Auckland  (GBR)32:28.32 [15]
421 May 2016Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ross Millington  (GBR)28:28.20Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jess Andrews  (GBR)31:58.00 [16]
520 May 2017Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andy Vernon  (GBR)28:21.15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Beth Potter  (GBR)32:04.63 [17]
619 May 2018Flag of Germany.svg  Richard Ringer  (GER)27:36.52Flag of Israel.svg  Lonah Chemtai Salpeter  (ISR)31:33.03 [18]
76 July 2019Flag of Italy.svg  Yemaneberhan Crippa  (ITA)27:49.79Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Stephanie Twell  (GBR)31:44.79 [19]
814 May 2022Flag of Italy.svg  Yemaneberhan Crippa  (ITA)27:16.18Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jessica Judd  (GBR)31:22.24
920 May 2023Flag of the United States.svg  Paul Chelimo  (USA)27:12.73Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Mizan Alem  (ETH)29:59.03
1018 May 2024Flag of Djibouti.svg  Mohamed Ismail  (DJI)27:22.38Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Megan Keith  (GBR)31:03.02

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. "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2". British History Online. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  5. "Highgate Harriers 10,000m Night of the PBs". www.highgateharriers.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  6. "Results Lookup". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  10. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. Peter Nowill at Power of 10
  12. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  13. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  14. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  15. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  16. "Spectacular night of racing at Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs - England Athletics". www.englandathletics.org. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  17. "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.
  18. "thepowerof10 results". 18 May 2018.
  19. "thepowerof10 results". 6 July 2018.