PRO NOTES: Amos Bartelsmeyer & Dan Curts leave Seattle; UW alum Lindsay Flanagan runs London Marathon Sunday...

On his social media channels, Georgetown alum and Seattle resident Amos Bartelsmeyer (photo by Paul Merca) announced that he will make the move from Seattle to Portland to join the Nike sponsored Bowerman Track Club.

Bartelsmeyer, a native of St. Louis, had a breakout season in 2019, where he moved to Seattle to be coached by University of Washington head coach Andy Powell, as part of a pro group that included current Husky volunteer coach Sam Prakel.

In 2019, he set personal bests outdoors at 800 (1:47.87), 1500 (3:36.29), and the mile (3:53.33), as well as indoors in the mile (3:55.32) and 3000 (7:49.47).

Bartelsmeyer, who has dual American & German citizenship, won the German national title outdoors in the 1500. He represented Germany last year at the European indoor championships in the 3000, where he finished sixth. He also competed at last year's IAAF world outdoor championship meet in the 1500 for Germany, where he advanced to the semifinals.

Courtesy of his Instagram page, here's his announcement:

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New Team. New City. Super excited to join up with Bowerman Track Club and train with a group of world class runners. Thank you @kimbiaathletics and @sbairu for making this dream a reality. 📷: @cortneywhite_

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Bartelsmeyer did not race in 2020, except for a stint at the UW Invitational on February 1st, where he paced the mile.

Another member of Powell's pro training group, former Iowa State standout Dan Curts, announced on his social media channels that he is moving to New Hampshire to train with two time world championship team member at 5000 meters, Ben True.

FLANAGAN SET TO RUN LONDON MARATHON SUNDAY...

University of Washington alum Lindsay Flanagan, who finished twelfth at the US Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta on February 29th, will run in Sunday's Virgin Money London Marathon.

This year's London Marathon will be an elite-race competition only, with the race contested on a closed loop course. She's looking to better her 2:28:08 personal best that she set at last year's Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Flanagan is one of four Americans who will be running on Sunday. The others are Jared Ward, Sara Hall and Molly Seidel, who finished second at the Olympic Trials in Atlanta.

Courtesy of media partner RunnerSpace.com, here's an interview with Flanagan written by David Monti of Race Results Weekly.

OREGON NATIVE TAYLOR CHIOTTI TRANSFERS TO WASHINGTON...

The University of Washington announced that distance runner Taylor Chiotti (left/photo courtesy University of Oregon)  has transferred to the school from the University of Oregon.

Chiotti, a resident of Beaverton, Oregon, earned an All-America certificate this winter as a member of Oregon's distance medley relay team that qualified for the NCAA indoor championship meet before the championships were cancelled one day before the start because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chiotti was the top runner for Oregon at the 2019 NCAA cross country championships in Terre Haute, finishing 79th. She was fifth in the 2019 Pac-12 800 meters in Tucson for the Ducks.

At Southridge High School in Beaverton, she finished in the top three at the Oregon 6A state meet as a sophomore, junior, and senior.

Washington's release is available here.

NOTE: World Athletics, RunnerSpace.com, TFRRS.org, and the sports information offices of the University of Washington and Oregon contributed to this report.

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