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 2 West [1]

Night of the 10, 000 metres PBs

Since 2013, Highgate Harriers have hosted a track competition for solely 10,000 metre races.[2] 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.[3]

Editions

Edition Date Men's Event Winner Women's Event Winner Ref
1 6 June 2013 Eddie McGinley - [4]
2 10 May 2014 Andy Vernon Jo Pavey [5]
3 16 May 2015 Jonathan Mellor Rhona Auckland [6]
4 21 May 2016 Ross Millington Jess Andrews [7]

History

Highgate Harriers was founded in 1879. [8]

Notable athletes

Olympians

Athlete Events Olympics
George Webber 3000 metres 1924
Roy Hollingsworth discus 1964
Wendy Hoyte 4x100 metres relay 1976
Peter Nowill[9] 3000 metre steeplechase 2004
Simeon Williamson 100 metres4x100 metres relay 2008

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. "Highgate Harriers Club Information". Highgate Harriers. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. "Highgate Harriers 10,000m Night of the PBs". www.highgateharriers.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  3. "Results Lookup". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  4. "Results". 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. "Spectacular night of racing at Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs - England Athletics". www.englandathletics.org. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  8. "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2". British History Online. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  9. Peter Nowill profile at Power of 10
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