Impressive Surrey Cross Country medals haul for Herne Hill at Denbies
Herne Hill Harriers athletes kicked off a new calendar year of competition with an excellent collection of county cross country championship medals on the surprisingly dry hills of the Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking on Sunday. Individual medals were won by Edward Cunniffe, under 13 boys gold, Caspian Holmes under 15 boys gold and Poppy […]
Katie Snowden makes strong finish to 2023 with 5k road debut
Herne Hill Harriers’ world top-10 ranked 1,500m athlete Katie Snowden rounded off her best year of racing at the highest level with a 5km road debut in Barcelona on New Year’s Eve, writes Geoff Jerwood. The 29-year-old jumped straight in the deep end, as the Cursa dels Nassos female race saw a successful world record […]
Club record for Phoebe Anderson, England debut for Jasmine Nkoso & National Masters medals
Herne Hill Harriers athletes of all ages enjoyed a successful weekend, with representation at the prestigious Boston University indoor track meet in the USA, the Schools Combined Events home international in Cardiff, the British Masters 5km road race championship in Battersea Park and the Valencia Marathon in Spain. Phoebe Anderson studies in New York and […]
Southern indoor Pentathlon gold for Jasmine Nkoso
Herne Hill Harrier Jasmine Nkoso won the South of England Indoor Athletics U15 girls Pentathlon Event with a new personal best points score of 3247 on Sunday at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre. Nkoso broke her own previous club record of 3191 points, set in September 2023 at the National English School Pentathlon at Bedford […]
London Championship bronze for Herne Hill women’s team at muddy Parliament Hill.
Herne Hill Harriers senior women’s and men’s teams, including some under 20s and masters, enjoyed a successful Saturday afternoon on Hampstead Heath. There was a good collection of medals brought home from these London Cross Country Championships races. On a muddy circuit on Parliament Hill, the scoring A team quartet won bronze medals. They were led by […]
Top performances as Herne Hill host Surrey League on Mitcham Common
Herne Hill Harriers played host to the second Surrey League cross country fixture on Mitcham Common on Saturday., with 48 men and 26 women all donning the red and black hoops and produced strong senior team turnouts and good results. A rare sunny day saw 237 finishers in the senior women’s 5.8km race in the morning and 327 in […]
Strong showing for Herne Hill at national relays
Herne Hill Harriers travelled to Mansfield on Saturday and contested nine of the 10 races at the National Cross Country Relay Championships. The highest-placed teams were in the two U15 age groups. The boys’ A team of Leau Roch, Tommy Clerkin and Caspian Holmes finished ninth of 77 complete teams of three who raced around […]
Return of the men – third for Herne Hill senior teams at Surrey League opener
The resurgence of Herne Hill Harriers men’s cross country and road race teams gathered pace in the first of this season’s four Tracksmith Surrey Cross Country League Division 1 races in Richmond Park on Saturday. Following an excellent 21st placing at the National Road Relay Championship a week earlier the men placed a superb third […]
Georgie stuns with second fastest time at national road relays
Herne Hill Harriers’ Georgie Grgec led the senior women’s A team to 15th place of 64 complete teams in the English National Road Relays on Saturday at Sutton Coldfield. Taking over in 36th position, Grgec stormed through the field to complete her stint in 13:59 and elevated her team to 12th at the halfway point. […]
Long claims double gold at European Masters Championships
One of Herne Hill Harriers oldest competitors in track and field is also one of the most successful. Allan Long, 81, claimed two sprint gold medals outdoors at the European Masters Athletics Championships in Pescara, Italy. It follows on from his superb winter season which saw World Masters Indoor Championships gold medals in the 60m […]