Sport | Athletics |
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Founded | 1879 |
Based in | London |
Location | Parliament Hill, London NW3 2JP |
Stadium | Parliament Hill, London Athletics track |
Website | www |
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]
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]
Edition | Date | Men's Event Winner | Women's Event Winner | Ref |
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1 | 6 June 2013 | Eddie McGinley | - | [5] |
2 | 10 May 2014 | Andy Vernon | Jo Pavey | [6] |
3 | 16 May 2015 | Jonathan Mellor | Rhona Auckland | [7] |
4 | 21 May 2016 | Ross Millington | Jess Andrews | [8] |
5 | 20 May 2017 | Andy Vernon | Beth Potter | [9] |
6 | 19 May 2018 | Richard Ringer | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter | [10] |
7 | 6 July 2019 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | Stephanie Twell | [11] |
Highgate Harriers was founded in 1879. [12]
Senior Men:
U15 Boys:
Senior Women:
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 |
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.