Highgate Harriers combined events for 11 year old's up to and including 17', performed solidly in the Middlesex Young Athletes League at Hendon last Saturday, the 22nd of July. Shaftesbury Barnet lead...
Rebecca Johnson of Highgate Harriers ran her fastest 5000m at Tooting Bec track on the 26th of July. Her previous best was 16:02.08 and at Tooting she ran 15:58.48. Another to run a personal best was...
Priestley Proud Highgate Harrier, Richard Priestley, was the Manager of the Middlesex Men's team that won the Southern Inter-Counties track and field Championships, which took place at Horspath on the...
Dominic Ogbechie was 2nd of 12 finalists in the the CAU/inter-Counties & All England Championships at Chelmsford, on the 22nd of July. In the high jump on Saturday, In the deplorable weather of rain...
Rob Wilson an M35 runner, Highgate'scross-country Captain, showed what a force he is to be reckoned with on the road with his 69.10 Paddock Wood half marathon recently and, for five years now he has...
In the Golden Stag Miles, at Finsbury Park, on the 14th of July, three Highgate Harriers were inside the good club standard of 5 minutes for running a mile. John Steenson improved on his previous...
Highgate Harrier, Dominic Ogbechie, Highgate's leading jumper, came 4th with 2'09m in the UK Championships in Sports City, Manchester on the 8th of July. One of Highgate's best distance runners...
At the BMC Regional Meeting at Eltham, on the 19th of July, Edmund Brown, an Under 20' runner with Highgate Harriers, ran a personal best 800m in Race 'C' of 2:01.29. He was 5th of the 9 that ran in...
Dave Bedford was the only British runner ever to break the 10,000m track World record with 27:30.8. It was at Crystal Palace on the 13th of July, 1973, exactly 50 years ago on the 13th of July 2023...
Malvin Greston Whitfield, was born in Bay City, Texas, October 11th 1924 & died November 19th 2015. Perhaps, the greatest compliment he ever had in his life was, by the President of the United States...
Remy Weinbrecht, just out of the Under 17 age group, is an under 20 Champion. He impressed by winning the ESSA Regional SE Combined events decathlon, with 5896 points, for his ten events on the 24...
Known as Kip Keino by most, was brought up by an aunt, as his parents died when he was young. He came from Nandi, in the Rift Valley in Kenya. He will definitely go down as the first great African...
Brian Stanford Hewson (Born Croydon 4th of April 1933-Died South Africa 13th of September 2022) My memories of going to the White City Stadium in the middle to late 1950’s was, to see a stylish two...
The last British World 10,000m record holder could have gone Faster! A.A “When you were running well and broke the 10,000m World record, some athletics fans pointed out that your run at Portsmouth, in...
Highgate Harriers Dominic Ogbechie and Sean Oceng-Engena, both coached by Marius Guei, look good as high jumpers of the future. Already this year in the Southern Championships, Ogbechie jumped 2m'12...
Highgate came 2nd, in one of the most gruelling 20 'staggered' stage road races in the UK. It was called the Welsh Castles Relay, The relay race meant each day, each runner, had a stage to do', adding...
At Loughborough in the Grand Prix meeting on the 10th of June, Alex Lepretre. ran a time of 14:06.54 for 5000m bringing his previous best of 14:27.23 in 2019 right down. In his race he was placed 4th...
Christopher Thompson was born in Barrow in- Furness-on the 17th of April 1981. He has been a superb, road runner as well as a ‘Class’ middle distance track runner and a good cross-country man too so...
Charlie Haywood ran a personal best 5000m at the BMC Grand Prix on the 27th of May at Sports City with a time of 14:47.57, coming 5th of 27 in his race. His previous best was 14:48.9 in 2021. Rebecca...
Alex Lepretre turned 30 recently and, has had an outstanding and surprising athletic career, so far. He did over 3 hours for a marathon back in 2014, as an ‘Under 23’ student. His next run over that...
At Parliament Hill track, on the evening of the 20th of May, the two major 'high standard' races at the end of the Programme on the 'Night of the 10,000m PB's' races, were won in exceptional fast...
“ You have been President of the Middlesex Association in 2012 and the seeding officer this year and, have won Middlesex titles over 400, 800 and 1500 and to add to that, you won the Middlesex 800 12...
On May the 20th at Parliament Hill Fields track, in the second highest graded race 6 at ‘Ben Pochee’s Highgate Harriers Night of 10,000M PB’s’, Germany’s Konstantin Wedel won Race 6, that had 33...
Golds at the two day county Championships came in the cold winds of Saturday but, the sun came out for the the second warmer day's events on the Sunday, at Lea Valley. Gold medals went to Arne...
All the sprints on the Saturday had strong following (Plus) winds but in chilly conditions. However, on the Sunday it was quite different, with brilliant sunshine all day Alastair Aitken reports. On...