Highgate Harriers

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]

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
Website	official website

History

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

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

Olympians

Athlete	Events	Games	Medals/Ref
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

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

Key:   Course record

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