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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