Hayley Yelling Explained

Hayley Higham (born 3 January 1974, in Dorchester) is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling.

She works as a Maths teacher at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow, Buckinghamshire and runs for the Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club. She has competed for England in the Commonwealth Games and for Great Britain in a number of competitions. In December 2004 she won the European Cross Country Championship in Heringsdorf.

In December 2009 she won the European Cross Country Championship in Dublin after coming out of retirement from competitive running. She followed this up a month later by coming fourth in the 2010 International Edinburgh Cross Country,[1] fourteen seconds after winner Tirunesh Dibaba over the freezing 5.8 kilometre course.[2]

Career highlights

British National Championships
  • 2002 - 1st, 5,000 m
  • 2003 - 1st, 10,000 m
  • 2003 - 1st, 5,000 m
  • 2006 - 1st, 5,000 m
    Other competitions
  • 2004 - 1st, European Cross Country Championships
  • 2007 - 1st, Cross Internacional de San Sebastián
  • 2008 - 1st, Belfast International Cross Country
  • 2009 - 1st, European Cross Country Championships

    Personal bests

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    DistanceMarkDateLocation
    3,000 m align=right 8:58.98 align=right 4 July 2001 Cardiff
    5,000 m align=right 15:16.44 align=right 23 July 2005 Heusden
    10,000 m track align=right 31:45.14 align=right 12 June 2004 Utrecht
    10,000 m road align=right 32:31 align=right 5 February 2006 Chichester
    Half marathon align=right 1:12.11 align=right 1 October 2006 Newcastle

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Joseph Ebuya claims shock Edinburgh cross country win. BBC Sport. 2010-01-09.
    2. Web site: Dibaba wins, Bekele beaten, Stevenson shines and Twell back at her best. Great Run Series News Desk. 2010-01-09.