Highgate Harriers Explained

Highgate Harriers
Sport:Athletics
Founded:1879
Stadium:Parliament Hill, London Athletics track
City:London
Location:Parliament Hill, London NW3 2JP

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

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

Key:

EditionDateMen's Event WinnerTime (m:s)Women's Event WinnerTime (m:s)Ref
16 June 201329:53.37-[5]
210 May 201428:26.5932:11.04[6]
316 May 201528:46.80 32:28.32[7]
421 May 201628:28.2031:58.00[8]
520 May 201728:21.1532:04.63[9]
619 May 201827:36.5231:33.03[10]
76 July 201927:49.7931:44.79[11]
814 May 202227:16.1831:22.24
920 May 202327:12.7329:59.03
1018 May 202427:22.3831:03.02

History

Highgate Harriers was founded in 1879.[12]

Honours

Senior Men:

U15 Boys:

Senior Women:

Notable athletes

Olympians

Athlete Events Olympics
1924
1964
1976
2004
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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Southern Athletics League 2017 League Tables. Southern Athletics League. 8 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Highgate Harriers Club Information. Highgate Harriers. 8 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Highgate Harriers 10,000m Night of the PBs. www.highgateharriers.org.uk. 2016-05-16.
  4. Web site: Results Lookup. www.thepowerof10.info. 2016-05-16.
  5. Web site: Results. www.thepowerof10.info. 2016-05-16.
  6. Web site: Results. www.thepowerof10.info. 2016-05-16.
  7. Web site: Results. www.thepowerof10.info. 2016-05-16.
  8. Web site: Spectacular night of racing at Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs - England Athletics. www.englandathletics.org. 2016-06-02.
  9. News: Beth Potter and Andy Vernon triumph at Highgate Night of the 10,000m PBs - Athletics Weekly. 2017-05-20. Athletics Weekly. 2017-05-22. en-GB.
  10. News: thepowerof10 results. 2018-05-18. en-GB.
  11. News: thepowerof10 results. 2018-07-06. en-GB.
  12. Web site: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2. British History Online. 29 July 2015.