Highgate Harriers
British athletics club
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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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| Founded | 1879 |
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| Ground | Parliament Hill Athletics Track |
| Location | Parliament Hill, London NW3 2JP, England |
| Coordinates | 51°33′25″N 0°09′19″W |
| Website | official website |
History
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
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:
- Metropolitan Cross Country League (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017)
- English National Cross Country Championships (3rd place: 2017)
- South of England Cross Country Championships (2020)
Notable athletes
Olympians
| Athlete | Events | Games | Medals/Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Webber | 3000 metres | 1924 | .svg){kind=icon} [7] |
| Michael Dineen | triple jump | 1908 | |
| Ernest Larner | 3500 m walk, 10 miles walk | 1908 | |
| George Larner | 3500 m walk, 10 miles walk | 1908 | .svg){kind=icon} |
| Alfred Yeoumans | 3500 m walk, 10 miles walk | 1908 | |
| Charles Ruffell | 1500 m, 5000, 10,000, cross country | 1912 | |
| Wilfred Nichol | 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m | 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 | 4 × 100 m relay | 1976, 1980 | [9] |
| Keith Cullen | 3000 m steeplechase, marathon | 1996, 2000 | |
| Peter Nowill | 3000 metre steeplechase | 2004 | [10][11] |
| Simeon Williamson | 100 metres, 4 × 100 m relay | 2008 | [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
| 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 |