Highgate Harriers

British athletics club

Highgate Harriers

Founded| 1879
Ground| Parliament Hill Athletics Track
Location| Parliament Hill, London NW3 2JP, England
Coordinates| 51°33′25″N 0°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]

## 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:

* 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

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### Olympians

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Athlete  | Events  | Games  | Medals/Ref

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George Webber | 3000 metres | 1924 | [7]
Michael Dineen | triple jump | 1908 |
Ernest Larner | 3500 m walk, 10 miles walk | 1908 |
George Larner | 3500 m walk, 10 miles walk | 1908 |
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

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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

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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.

## External links

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* Parliament Athletics Track UK Running Track Directory

*[IRL]: Ireland
*[GBR]: Great Britain
*[GER]: Germany
*[ISR]: Israel
*[ITA]: Italy
*[USA]: United States
*[ETH]: Ethiopia
*[DJI]: Djibouti