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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Terry Fawden, who won the Middlesex Junior cross country Championships for Highgate and also in the top 10 in the Junior National one year, has been running very well for Cambridge University in the...
One of Highgate's class team runners Daniel Lewis, ran 14:43.60 in the 'Come Back 5k' on the road at Battersea on Friday and Mattias Barnard did a personal best of 16;13.62 the same day. As an Over 45...
ALEX & HIGHGATE MEN RAISE THE BAR Highgate Harrier Alex Lepetre ran a time of 2hrs 15min 01sec to improve massively on his personal best time of 3hrs 03.18 that he ran in 2014. His run on Sunday meant...
For only the second time in about 110 years Highgate Harriers achieved the All England title by being the top road relay club in 2023, when winning the 12 Stage road relay at Sutton Park, near...
In Cassiobury Park, Watford on Sunday 26th March, in constant rain, Highgate's Over 60 three-man team, were victorious on the mud and grassland course. The M60 team were 1st Alex Davidson, who has...
On Saturday 11 th March, in the important CAU Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, that attracts counties from all parts of the country, Hannah Viner was the first Middlesex woman home in the...
On Sunday 5th March 1,220 runners completed the Cambridge Half Marathon in under one and half hours! Several Highgate Harriers were well up the field and running good times. Samuel Jinks ran 68:08...
In the Friday Night 5k races Under The Lights at Battersea on 17th February Highgate Harriers men and women were firing on all cylinders, in the cool evening air. Alex Bampton, the University College...
With the great success of the Highgate Harriers men's cross country runners, with first team place in the Southern and fourth in the Nationals, one could be forgiven for overlooking some of the...
181 ran in the Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5k road race, on 24th February, and there were several Highgate men well up the field. 18 Russ Ashford (M35) 16:55; 20 Jack Billingham 16:57; 20...
Twenty three clubs lined up in chilly conditions for the final Metropolitan League Cross Country meeting over the Cockfosters course at Trent Park on 11th February, and Highgate Harriers senior men...
Highgate Harriers senior men's team of six runners, finished all their scorers within the first 33 places, out of 665 finishers, in the South of England Cross Country Championships on Saturday 28th...