TWO HIGHGATE RUNNERS EXCEL IN RECENT RACES

26-Jan-2012     Alastair Aitken

International sprinter Simeon Williamson AND Murray Strain excelled over the weekend.
  Local sprinter Williamson has his foot on the first rung of the ladder to making the Olympic team for London, when he won the Southern Indoor Senior Championship 60 meter sprint at Lee Valley indoors over the weekend. His time was 6.64 and he won his semi-final in 6.73. That is a welcome return from injury for the local Highgate Harrier.
    Murray Strain who will be in Highgate Harries team in the National senior cross country at Parliament Hill Fields on the 25th of February, was 10th and 2nd GB runner in the McCain UK cross Challenge at Antrim on January the 21st.

ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE RUN BY SHAUN DIXON

16-Jan-2012     Alastair Aitken

Highgate's Shaun Dixon was 2nd of 335 runners in the Fourth Metropolitan League race of five at Trent Park, Cockfosters on Saturday. On the very undulating course Dixon (24.38) and Nick Torry (24.30) of Serpentine RC raced it out all the way ahead of the field, over the strong undulations at Trent Park. Dixon said afterwards to the Highgate Harriers Press Secretary Alastair Aitken " I was not 100% when I started but did find I could go well up the hills but Nick Torry got me leeway on the long descents and had enough to hold me off by the time I reached to final climb to the finish."
    BEN POCHEE Highgate's 'Super Vet' never ceases to amaze as he came in fourth overall and 22 places ahead of the next veteran over 40 in the race! His time was 25.09.
    Out of the three Divisions that compete in the league Highgate's 'A' team of 12 to score are holding on well to their third position of the 10 clubs in Division One.
    In the Under 17 Men four Highgate runners were in the field of 53 finishers.
    Their runners on Saturday were led in by James Millett (20th) in 14.37; then came 30 Alexander Machin-Pailey (15.04); 34 Ben Hatch (Under 15 in 15.14), and 40 Pierce Boyle (15.43).
    One Highgate runner ran in the Under 13 Boys race and he was Filip Bastien who came in 16th of the 34 finishers in 12.54.
                               HIGHGATE HARRIERS WOMEN STILL LEAD IN THE LEAGUE
In Division One Highgate Harriers have 971 to Serpentine's 938 and Woodford Green & Essex Ladies 863.  At Trent Park KATIE MEREDITH did very well to come in third of the 117 finishers in 23.53. The others were 9 Sarah Peterson (24.29); 27 Alexia Trafford (26.02); 28 Louise Faherty (V35, 26.04); 38 Elinor Winter (26.41); 41 Jenny Chewter (V35, 26.48); 50 Astrid Wingler (V40, 27.41); 70 Georgia Doolan (Under 20, 29.04); 89 Natasha Cendrowicz (V40, 30.37) and 114 Kirat Nandra (V45, 36.07)
    In the Under 17 Women's race 15th of 36 finishers was Ellie Doolan in 17.11 and in the Under 13 race Maya Doolan was 20th in 15.10

Full Results

HIGHGATE DO THE DOUBLE - RESOUNDING TEAM SUCCESS IN MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS

08-Jan-2012     Alastair Aitken

Highgate Harriers Men's team won the Middlesex Cross Country Championships by a huge margin on Saturay.
Their team of six scorers finished all within the first 15 of the 155 finishers.
First three teams were Highgate 52; Harrow 131 and Hillingdon 132.
    Over a course, outside Wormwood Scrubs prison, that was wide open parkland, the winds blew as the Highgate men fought for positions. The race up front was between the winner Mohamud Aadan (TVH) Shaun Dixon and Henry Dodwell, the latter two from Highgate. Dixon who was often leading the group into the teeth of the wind said ' I wanted to win but I did not quite have the 'Zip' in the closing stages. I had been buffeted by the cold winds and had a heavy cold earlier in the week.' Shaun Dixon finished 2nd in 39:23 behind TVH winner Mohamud Aadan (39:04), In 3rd place was Highgate's ' North London Champion' Henry Dodwell in 39:27 and the other four scorers were 8 Danny Russell (40:45), 11 Richard Scott (41:15), 13 Ryan McKinlay (41:34) and 15 Glenn Saqui (41.42).

In the Women's Championship race Highgate Harriers won with their 4 to score. Esther Evans was in the leading group of three running together, till nearly half way and came in 3rd in 31:45. Katie Meredith was 4th in 33.09; Louise Faherty was 16th in 36.19 and Elinor Winter 19th in 37:36. The Highgate Harriers team won with 42 points, ahead of Harrow 54 and TVH also on 54 points.

Highgate's future 'Bright' Star Terry Fawden wins

Terry Fawden, had his first 'Big' win with victory in the Middlesex Championships Under 13 boys race over 3,000m. He won in 10.36. Fawden went out fast in the race to take the sting out of the opposition, which included some fast finishers.

Further results on the Highgate Results page