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15th Aug, 2021, Alastair Aitken

In a British Milers Club race over 800m at Gillingham on 7 August, Sam Amdor, an Under 17 athlete, won the Mens 800m B race in a personal best time of 1:59.98, which bettered considerably his outdoor best of 2:07.37 he ran in 2019. Edmund Brown ran a good time for an Under 20 of 2:03.75 in the same race.

In a BMC race on 4 August at Eltham, Emma MacAlister Hall ran a PB of 2:12.12 for 800m in Race G and Ellen Donald, an Under 20 Highgate Harrier, ran 2:19.84 in Race H. Hannah Viner ran 4:30.27 in Race C of the 1500m. 

Lilly Spaccatrosi, an Under 15 Highgate girl ran 2:47.65 for 800m at the Maidstone & Maidenhead Open meeting on 7 August.

Ex-international Ben Noad organised a successful 10-race meeting of 5000m, called the Hercules Wimbledon 5000m Festival at Wimbledon Park Stadium on 7 August. Some Highgate runners ran fast times under 15 minutes and they were: Alex Lepretre (second in Race 9) with a time of 14:35.11; Robel Bahelbi (10th in the same race) in 14:48.68; and Roger Poolman, who won Race 8 in 14:49.71.  Rebecca Johnson ran a time of 17:11.8 to finish eighth in Race 5.  Others who ran for Highgate included Robert Wilson, 15:06.86; Sean Renfer, 15:23.16; Pete Chambers, 15:32.84 and James Barber, 16:11.72.