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 and the Metropolitan Cross Country League.
History
Highgate Harriers were founded in 1879.
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.
Since 2013, Highgate Harriers have hosted the Night of the 10,000 metres PBs, a track competition featuring solely 10,000 metre races. 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.
Honours
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 AthleteEventsGamesMedals/RefGeorge Webber 3000 metres 1924Michael 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 1928George Coleman 10km walk, 20km walk 1952, 1956 Don Tunbridge 50km walk 1952Roy Hollingsworth discus 1964Wendy Hoyte 4 × 100 m relay 1976, 1980Keith Cullen 3000 m steeplechase, marathon1996, 2000Peter Nowill 3000 metre steeplechase 2004Simeon Williamson 100 metres, 4 × 100 m 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.
Night of the 10,000 metres PBs winners Key:
EditionDateMen's Event WinnerTime (m:s)Women's Event WinnerTime (m:s)Ref16 June 201329:53.37 -210 May 201428:26.5932:11.04316 May 201528:46.8032:28.32421 May 201628:28.2031:58.00520 May 201728:21.1532:04.63619 May 201827:36.5231:33.0376 July 201927:49.7931:44.79814 May 202227:16.1831:22.24920 May 202327:12.7329:59.031018 May 202427:22.3831:03.02
References
External links Parliament Athletics Track UK Running Track Directory