Alex Lepretre was the first Highgate Harrier in the Big Half' London Marathon on the 3rd of September. He was 13th in the whole field of runners 'Elite and non-Elite' Alex Bampton was 2nd of 372...
Highgate Harriers Amon Triba, who has been running 800's a lot this season, between 2.09 and 2.06 is improving again running 2:05.74 for the 800 at Watford on the 6th of September and, will hope to...
In the London Big Half Marathon on Sunday Jacob Allan, finished 4th of those entered as club runners and non-elite, in the huge field (faster than several of the elite runners). his personal best time...
Tony Richards, who turned 70 last year, is a Highgate Harrier who continues well in the sport. His recent efforts included a 4k hammer throw of 30.87 metres; and a shot put of 11.86. Those were done...
Johnny Laybourn, the Club Secretary of Highgate Harriers, was out running well in the Last Friday in the Month 5k road race on the 25th of August. Laybourn finished 3rd out of 165 that ran' recording...
Under 13 year old, Arthur Shaw, continues to blaze a trail. He won the England Under 15 high jump in Sports City with a leap of 1'59 and that was by no means his only personal best performance at the...
In mostly bright sunshine at Sutcliffe Park Stadium, Eltham on Saturday 19/8, in the Final Southern League NE meeting of the season in Division 2, Cambridge Harriers came out top of the league with...
Alex Lepetre, who ran 2:15.01 for a Highgate Harriers club record this year and, then went to Loughborough and raced a 5000 on June 10th in a personal best time of 14:06.54, did his second fastest...
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...