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Highgate Harriers
Founded1879
GroundParliament Hill Athletics Track
LocationParliament Hill, London NW3 2JP, England
Coordinates51°33′25″N 0°09′19″W / 51.55694°N 0.15528°W / 51.55694; -0.15528
Websiteofficial 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]

History

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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

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George Larner

Senior Men:

  • Metropolitan Cross Country League (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Liddiard Trophy (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • South of England Cross Country Championships (1997, 2012, 2016, 2017)
  • South of England 6 Stage Road Relays (1990, 2015, 2017)
  • National 12 Stage Road Relays (2016)

Senior Women:

Notable athletes

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Olympians

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Athlete Events Games Medals/Ref
George Webber 3000 metres 1924 [7]
Michael Dineen triple jump 1908
Ernest Larner 3500m walk, 10 miles walk 1908
George Larner 3500m walk, 10 miles walk 1908
Alfred Yeoumans 3500m walk, 10 miles walk 1908
Charles Ruffell 1500m, 5000, 10,000, cross country 1912
Wilfred Nichol 100m, 200m, 4x100m 1924
Herb Bignall marathon 1928
George Coleman 10km walk, 20km walk 1952, 1956
Don Tunbridge 50km walk 1952
Roy Hollingsworth discus 1964 [8]
Wendy Hoyte 4x100m relay 1976, 1980 [9]
Keith Cullen 3,000m steeplechase, marathon 1996, 2000
Peter Nowill 3000 metre steeplechase 2004 [10][11]
Simeon Williamson 100 metres, 4x100m relay 2008 [12]

Club kit

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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

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Key:   Course record

Edition Date Men's Event Winner Time (m:s) Women's Event Winner Time (m:s) Ref
1 6 June 2013  Eddie McGinley (IRL) 29:53.37 - [13]
2 10 May 2014  Andy Vernon (GBR) 28:26.59  Jo Pavey (GBR) 32:11.04 [14]
3 16 May 2015  Jonathan Mellor (GBR) 28:46.80  Rhona Auckland (GBR) 32:28.32 [15]
4 21 May 2016  Ross Millington (GBR) 28:28.20  Jess Andrews (GBR) 31:58.00 [16]
5 20 May 2017  Andy Vernon (GBR) 28:21.15  Beth Potter (GBR) 32:04.63 [17]
6 19 May 2018  Richard Ringer (GER) 27:36.52  Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR) 31:33.03 [18]
7 6 July 2019  Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) 27:49.79  Stephanie Twell (GBR) 31:44.79 [19]
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

References

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  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.
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