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1st Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Dominic ninth in European champs

Dominic Ogbechie equalled his best jump of the season, to come 9th in the European Under 20 Championships in Tallinn Estonia on 17 July. He jumped 2.13 behind the winner Jonathan Kapitolnik of Israel...
11th Jul, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate youngsters shine

At the Track Academy Schools Invitational on the 8th of July at Willesden, a number of Highgate runners performed well in the under 15 800m. Izzy Ions, an under 13, won in 2:34.27 with Highgate's Mia...
4th Jul, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate Harriers young athletes third of eight clubs

On Saturday 26 June in warm weather at Parliament Hill Fields track Highgate young athletes did well in partly lockdown conditions. In the well contested Middlesex Young Athletes League event...
4th Jul, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Hannah Viner praised by BMC

British Milers Club, on realising Hannah Viner had won three BMC races, on separate days at separate venues, recently remarked on their web site: " We don't think that has been done before and it...
27th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Ogbechie better again

Dominic Ogbechie of Highgate Harriers improved his season's best of 2.11 to do 2.13 at Bedford on 21 June and he will compete in the Olympic Trials. He will be also be competing in the 'Under 20'...
27th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate do well against stiff competition

In the first Southern League North West London Division fixture on 20 June, Highgate Harriers were fifth and two of the clubs they competed against were not so long ago Premier League clubs. The...
27th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Ogbechie amongst the best

Dominic Ogbechie, was 7th in the Olympic high jump trials out of 13 finalists and, equalled his season's best of 2.13, which he had previously done when he qualified for the European Junior...
20th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

DORAN CONTINUES TO IMPROVE

Ross Doran, an Under 20 runner, came second out of 11 in his London Inter Club Challenge race at Lee Valley over the weekend of 12-13 June.. Running in Race 2 of the 1500m he was second in 4:27.38, a...
20th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

SPRINTERS FIND SOME COMPETITION

On Sunday 13 June some Highgate Harriers found some useful competition in the Newham & Essex Beagles Open Sprint event at Stratford. Amy Rutherford (W35) was fifth in race 4 of the women’s 200m in 29...
20th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

ASH BURNS BRIGHTLY IN NORWICH

Ash Harrell of Highgate Harriers was second in the City of Norwich Half Marathon on Sunday 13th of June. The winner was Norman Shreeve of Cambridge & Coleridge AC in 68:30 and Harrell did 69:34...
20th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

SOME PERSONAL BESTS FOR HIGHGATE UNDER 17s

In the London Schools Championships at Battersea on 12 June. several Highgate Harriers did personal best performances in under 17 events. In third place was Tyrah Joseph with a 9.87 shot put; Camille...
13th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Dominic Ogbechie jumps impressively

Dominic Ogbechie started his summer high jumping coming second in the Loughborough Open Meeting on 2 June. He jumped 2.10m. In third place was another Highgate man Sean Oceng-Engena. He jumped 1.90m...
13th Jun, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Hannah first again

Hannah Viner, won the Women’s 1500m 'C' race at the Watford British Milers Grand Prix on Saturday 12 June. The Highgate Harrier, who runs so well over the country for the club, did a time of 4:24.89...
27th May, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate need more young athletes competing

Highgate Harriers were the top club in the Middlesex Young Athletes League in the last season that they competed in before the virus took a hold of events. After the first fixture of 2021 held over...
27th May, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Hannah Viner and Yasmin Goater impress

On 19 May in the Wimbledon Distance Night on the track in Wimbledon Park Hannah Viner ran a season's best time of 16:49.75. for 5000m and was followed home by Yasmin Goater, who ran a personal best of...
8th May, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Nina Griffith and Sean Renfer impress in marathon

Nina Griffith was the seventh woman home in the Cheshire Elite Marathon at Pulford on 25 April. Her time was a new PB of 2:36.45. Griffith will be remembered for her racing in 2020, when she came...
8th May, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Young athletes firing on the track

In the Harrow 3000m Open on 22 April Matthew Buckley (U20) was second in race 6 in 9:51:68. Ross Doran (U20) ran 9:29.34 and Mathew Kaminer (U20) 9:35.27 in race 8. It was in race 3 that Lauren...
18th Apr, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Airey and Hinshelwood shine in the park

Catherine Airey and Kani Hinshelwood were the first two in Race 2 of the Covid-19 one lap Challenge at Finsbury Park, on the 4th of April. Both runners ran for Highgate on the track over 3000m last...
18th Apr, 2021, Alastair Aitken

Highgate have a great team effort

Many of Highgate’s 'Star' middle distance runners had a good team victory at the high quality Wimbledon 5k road race on the 11th of April. Even with a tough hill to negotiate in it the 'Gate' runners...
18th Apr, 2021, Alastair Aitken

A tribute to John Wild

It was very sad news to hear that on the morning of the 10 th of April 2021 Highgate Harrier John Wild died. He was born on 28 th of February 1927. He joined Highgate Harriers on the 31 st of May 1954...
5th Apr, 2021, Alastair Aitken

WILSON KEEPS THE HARRIERS' FLAME ALIGHT

Robert Wilson, the Highgate Harriers men’s cross country Captain, was the only Highgate runner to compete in the 'Comeback 5000’ m races at Battersea on 31 March. He clocked a time of 15:27.69 in race...
5th Apr, 2021, Alastair Aitken

VERY FAST RUN BY HIGHGATE HARRIER

Harry Wakefield of Highgate Harriers, running in the Podium 5k race at Barrowford, Lancashire on 3 April, recorded a very fast personal best time when coming 3rd of 33 in race six of seven. His time...
7th Dec, 2020, Alastair Aitken

DOMINIC OGBECHIE STILL AMONG THE BEST

Dominic Ogbechie still, a junior Under 20 athlete on the track & field, is among the best 10 high jumpers, including seniors, in the UK, according to Athletics Weekly’s 2020 rankings. His best...
22nd Nov, 2020, Alastair Aitken

A burning desire to race

Even though classified as 'unofficial racing', Fireworks night drew out a bunch of Highgate Harriers to the evening meeting in the Finsbury Park series, on the 5th of November. In the 3000m Ross Doran...
9th Nov, 2020, Alastair Aitken

'Blow out before lockdown'

That was Ben Pochee's description of the Highgate Harriers running in the muddy cross country race at the Merchant Taylors’ School course at Northwood on Saturday 31 October. A total of 238 finished...