Four Team USA Minnesota distance runners will be in competition on Saturday, two on the track and two on a cross country course.Heather Kampf will travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to run in the women’s elite 1500-meters at the USA Track & Field Classic. The meet, held in conjunction with the Tyson Invitational on the campus of the University of Arkansas, is the third stop on the USATF’s 2012 Indoor Visa Championship Series.
Kampf has a best in the 1500 of 4:12.09, which she set last summer while competing in Europe. She opened her 2012 track season on Jan. 21 when she ran the mile in 4:41.5 at the Jack Johnson Minnesota Classic.
Meghan Peyton will head to Ames, Iowa, to compete in the Iowa State Classic on Saturday. She will run in the women’s mile race. The former University of Iowa standout has a best in the distance of 4:40.5.
Jamie Cheever and Chris Rombough are set to compete at the USA Cross Country Championships in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday. Cheever will be among the competitors in the open women’s 8K race, while Rombough will run in the open men’s 12K event. Both races will be held at Forest Park.
While there is no World Cross Country Championships this year, the USA Cross Country Championships will serve as a selection race for the U.S. squad that will compete at the 2012 NACAC (North America, Central American and Caribbean) Cross Country Championships. That event will be held on March 17 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Recently, Cheever was a member of the U.S. team that competed at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country International Challenge in Scotland. Rombough opened his 2012 season with a 3000 meter race on January 21.
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