Identical twins Grace and Mabel Savage won their first medals at Highgate Harriers’ open meeting at Parliament Hill Fields.
Grace won her Under-11 75m race, clocking 12.5 seconds, while Mabel was third in her event in 12.3.
The sisters then took part in the Under-11 600m together, and Grace was the first girl to finish (2:12.7) while Mabel was the second over the line in 2:23.9, with the pair coming second and fifth overall alongside the boys.
They were not the only sister act at the meeting. Grace Mee came second in the Under-17 age group in the high jump with 1.55m, being beaten by William Levy (1.62), while Clara Mee was the first Under-13 runner in race six of the 100m, recording 15.53.
Highgate’s men and women will be in action on the Parliament Hill Fields track on Saturday for a Southern League fixture, facing Harrow, Radley and Worthing – and a number of the athletes who will be involved were also in action at the open meeting.
Brahma Pochee won the 5,000m in 15:30.26, ahead of Rob Wilson (15:32.85) and Jon Laybourn (15:33.36), while Peter Hawkins was sixth (15:39.40).
All four ran in the Harriers team that came seventh in the National 12-Stage Road Relay this month.
Meanwhile, Highgate Harriers’ Roger Low will continue his record of running in every London Marathon since its inception in 1981 on Sunday.
The 70-year-old finished in two hours 47.55 minutes that year, as a 37-year-old, and posted his fastest time (2:37:37) at the age of 43. He clocked 4:18:29 last year.
Dan Higgins will aim to finish between 2:35:00 and 2.40:00 and Anne Curley, who is coming over from Ireland, hopes for a sub-three hour run. Mark Townsend posted 2:58:50 at the Milton Keynes marathon in 2013 and will target something similar.
Adrian Fowler hopes to go round in 3:00:00 to 3:15:00 and new member Damian Lane and Ben Noad may also take part.
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