Jacob Allen and Alex Lepretre, two Highgate 'Star' road runners finished 2nd and 3rd out of 24,000 odd in the Manchester Half Marathon recently which was an England Half-Marathon Championship. The winner was last year's Champion Jack Rowe of
Aldershot Farnham & District in a record time of 1hr 2min 12 sec, 2nd was Highgate's PE teacher, Jacob Allen in 1hr 2min 43 sec; and in 3rd place Highgate's Alex Lepretre in,1:04.14. Highgate's Harry Allen was 24th in 1:09.10, also a good time.