Atwell breaks long standing Herne Hill 400m club record in Southern Gold Rush
Nicholas Atwell has been knocking on the door of ducking under the Herne Hill Harriers senior men’s 400m club record for the past three years with a PB that has hovered within a tenth of a second of the standard set by Darren Bernard way back in 1989. Last weekend after tough heats and semifinal […]
Top level European season opener for Snowden and a big win for Tighe in Australia while Herne Hill National League teams struggle
Herne Hill Harriers Commonwealth Games 1500m finalist Katie Snowden opened her summer outdoor season at the highest level as she raced in the women’s mile race at the FBK Games IAAF World Challenge Meeting in Hengelo, Holland against a world class field of athletes. Back on an international stage, Snowden acquitted herself very well […]
Big leap at Bedford for Herne Hill’s Ore Adamson
Ore Adamson, Herne Hill Harriers under 17 long jumper leapt to her best performance of 2018 at the Bedford Games BIG Jumps and Throws Fest on bank holiday Monday. Adamson’s 5.95m was only a few centimetres shy of her PB from last summer which saw her ranked number one in the UK in her age […]
World Junior Champs qualifying time for Herne Hill sprinter Awuah
Herne Hill Harriers Great Britain under 20 international sprinter Kristal Awuah opened her season in fine style at the Loughborough International meet on Sunday with a personal best 100m time of 11.58 seconds. Awuah, who was representing the Great Britain Junior team against seniors set a qualifying standard for the World Junior Championship in Tampere […]
Herne Hill athletes bring home the Surrey Championship bling
Herne Hill Harriers athletes enjoyed a very successful weekend at Kingsmeadow Stadium as they brought home a total medal haul of 45 from the Surrey county championships which saw a rainy Saturday and eventually a brighter, sunnier Sunday. Through the age groups Harriers runners, sprinters, throwers, jumpers and hurdlers won nineteen gold medals, […]
Double British Students Sprint Gold for Marvin while Alex edges closer to Herne Hill age group record
Herne Hill Harriers student sprint star Marvin Popoola completed the sprint double at the British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) Championship held annually at Bedford over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The more usual cool and windy conditions seen at this meeting gave way to the nation-wide heatwave which sprinters are known to enjoy […]
Kojo and Stacey claim Herne Hill marathon titles in sweltering heat
The 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon was this year enjoyed by spectators who may have considered the weather to be perfect for cheering, but not so much so the runners, for whom the conditions for April were abnormally hot and straight after they had been training in the more usual colder temperatures for several months, […]
Katie Snowden finishes 11th in fast Commonwealth Games 1500m final
Herne Hill Harriers star middle distance runner Katie Snowden achieved her aim of qualifying for the final of the women’s 1500m in the Commonwealth Games in Australia. Placing seventh in a very strong first heat on the Gold Coast on Monday was sufficient for Snowden to advance to the final as one of the fastest […]
Fiona de Mauny is European Masters Champion
In her first year of Masters Athletics competition having turned 35 in February, Fiona de Mauny became the European Masters Indoor W35 800m champion on Thursday, racing in Madrid in grand style. A perfectly executed run, leading from gun to tape saw her to a clear victory with a huge indoor PB of […]
Incredible national medal return for Saskia and a Herne Hill club record for Chloe
Despite the frozen weather of the weekend, last Saturday featured two stunning racing results as the top end standard of Herne Hill Harriers female running continues to progress to new levels. The first was in warmer climes on the other side of the world, courtesy of an athlete currently living in Australia who retains her […]