Highgate Harriers are a UK
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
club based in North
London
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. Their home track is
Parliament Hill, London
Parliament Hill is an area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath in north-west London. The hill, which is high, is notable for its views of the capital's skyline.
The Palace of Westminster, Houses of Parliament, which a ...
Athletics track. They compete in the Southern Athletics League Division 2 East and the
Metropolitan Cross Country League.
Night of the 10,000 metres PBs
Since 2013, Highgate Harriers have hosted a track competition for solely
10,000 metre races. The event is usually held mid-late May/early June and from 2014 the English Championships for 10,000 metres were incorporated in the event. From 2016 the
British Athletics Championships
The British Athletics Championships is the premier national championship in track and field held in the United Kingdom, and are organised by British Athletics. The event has doubled as the main trials meet for international team selection for maj ...
were also held as part of the competition.
Editions
History
Highgate Harriers was founded in 1879.
Honours
Senior Men:
* Metropolitan Cross Country League
** Champions: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
*
Liddiard Trophy
The Liddiard Cup is a London cross country competition first run in 1947. The event is named after E.J. Liddiard, a founding member of the host club, the Queens Park Harriers.
The event is annually staged in Fryent Country Park, Kingsbury.
I ...
** Champions: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
* South of England Cross Country Championships
** Champions: 1997, 2012, 2016, 2017
** 2nd place: 2013
** 3rd place: 2015, 2020
* South of England Cross Country Relays
** 2nd place: 2019
* South of England 6 Stage Road Relays
** Champions: 1990, 2015, 2017
* National 6 Stage Road Relays
** 2nd place: 2014
* National 12 Stage Road Relays
** Champions: 2016
U15 Boys:
* LICC Highest High Jump
** Champions: 2022
Senior Women:
* Metropolitan Cross Country League
** Champions: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017
*
English National Cross Country Championships
The English National Cross Country Championships is an annual England, English cross country running event which takes place in late February following the regional championships (Southern, Midlands and Northern) which all take place on the same we ...
** 3rd place: 2017
* South of England Cross Country Championships
** Champions: 2020
Notable athletes
Olympians
Club kit
The men compete in a vest with hooped black and white horizontal stripes, with the word Highgate on the chest. Women wear a vest with a black upper half and a white lower half, also with the word Highgate, in white lettering on the upper half.
References
External links
Club WebsiteParliament Athletics Track
UK Running Track Directory
Athletics clubs in London
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