Highgate Harrier's womens 'A' team get gold medals

Published: 8 July, 2010
by STEVE BARNETT

HIGHGATE Harriers women’s team stormed to victory in the London Business Houses Bridges road relay on Thursday, writes Amy-Jane Cotter.

Trio Becky Penty, Louise Faherty and Natasha Cendrowicz joined forces to overcome competition from 65 rival teams and capture gold.

Highgate’s ‘B’ team of Fiona Maguire, Alex Goodwin and Jenny Turner also produced superb performances, finishing in sixth place overall.

Distance runner Becky was back on the winners’ podium on Saturday when she won the Mornington Chasers Regents Park Summer 10k road race with an impressive time of 36:48.

The men also came out on top with Glenn Saqui winning by a sizable margin in 33:51.

Richard Stewart finished eighth in 37:40, while Joseph Lowe took 13th place with a time of 39:10.

The Harriers will be back in action on Saturday in the Southern League at Parliament Hill.