Former champ Garrett Heath of the Brooks Beasts leads three Washington athletes into Scotland Saturday...
The race, which was formerly in Edinburgh, features Team USA against Great Britain and a European all-star team in the men’s 8k, the women’s 6k, and a 4 x 1k co-ed for both junior and senior athletes.
Puyallup native David Elliott will run with Heath in the men’s 8k race, while Pasco native Marisa Howard will be part of the USA women’s team in the 6k race.
All three earned their spots on Team USA for this meet by finishing in the top ten at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships last month in Spokane.
Heath was fifth in the 10k race last month in 29:30, with Elliott, a Boise State grad who now lives in Bellingham, sixth in 29:35.
Howard was ninth in the women’s 6k race in Spokane in 19:57.
Heath won three Great Edinburgh XCountry races at its former location.
A live webcast of the race will be shown on USATF.TV+ ($) starting at 5:15 am, pacific on Saturday.
The USA Track & Field release announcing the team is available here.
Meanwhile, University of Washington senior Olivia Gruver is one of ten women announced by the USTFCCCA on its Bowerman pre-season watch list.
Gruver joins Oregon’s Jessica Hull (distance), and Colorado’s Dani Jones (distance) as representatives of the Pac-12.
The USTFCCCA release is available here.
NOTE: USA Track & Field and the USTFCCCA contributed to this report.
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