Highgate Harriers

Highgate HarriersSport| Athletics

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Founded| 1879
Based in| London
Location| Parliament Hill, London NW3 2JP
Stadium| Parliament Hill, London Athletics track
Website| www.highgateharriers.org.uk

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 East[1] and the Metropolitan Cross Country League.[2]

## Night of the 10,000 metres PBs

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

### Editions

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Key: Course record

Edition  | Date  | Men's Event Winner  | Time (m:s)  | Women's Event Winner  | Time (m:s)  | Ref

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1  | 6 June 2013  |  Eddie McGinley (IRL) | 29:53.37  | \-  |  | [5]
2  | 10 May 2014  |  Andy Vernon (GBR) | 28:26.59  |  Jo Pavey (GBR) | 32:11.04  | [6]
3  | 16 May 2015  |  Jonathan Mellor (GBR) | 28:46.80  |  Rhona Auckland (GBR) | 32:28.32  | [7]
4  | 21 May 2016  |  Ross Millington (GBR) | 28:28.20  |  Jess Andrews (GBR) | 31:58.00  | [8]
5  | 20 May 2017  |  Andy Vernon (GBR) | 28:21.15  |  Beth Potter (GBR) | 32:04.63  | [9]
6  | 19 May 2018  |  Richard Ringer (GER) | 27:36.52  |  Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR) | 31:33.03  | [10]
7  | 6 July 2019  |  Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) | 27:49.79  |  Stephanie Twell (GBR) | 31:44.79  | [11]
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  |

## History

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Highgate Harriers was founded in 1879. [12]

## Honours

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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

U15 Boys:

* LICC Highest High Jump
* Champions: 2022

Senior Women:

* Metropolitan Cross Country League
* Champions: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017
* English National Cross Country Championships
* 3rd place: 2017
* South of England Cross Country Championships
* Champions: 2020

## Notable athletes

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### Olympians

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Athlete | Events | Olympics

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George Webber | 3000 metres | 1924
Roy Hollingsworth | discus | 1964
Wendy Hoyte | 4x100 metres relay | 1976
Peter Nowill[13] | 3000 metre steeplechase | 2004
Simeon Williamson | 100 metres4x100 metres relay | 2008

## 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.

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

## External links

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* Club Website
* Parliament Athletics Track UK Running Track Directory

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