Saturday, January 25, 2014

Heath and Kampf Run Well in 2014 Indoor Debuts; Burkstrand Just Misses a Sub Four

New Brooks Beast Garrett Heath finished second in 3:54.59 and Team USA Minnesota's Heather Kampf was fourth in  4:30.14 at the New Balance Games at the Armory in New York City on Saturday.  In Boston at the Terrier Invitational Team USA Minnesota's Travis Burkstrand finished second in the mile in 4:00.15, narrowly missing a sub-four.All three runners ran indoor PRs.  Kampf and Heath got IAAF World Indoor qualifying standards.  Burkstrand got the USATF Championships qualifying standard.

"Running at the armory was a BLAST!" Kampf wrote on Facebook. "Ran a big indoor PR of 4:30.14, placed 4th in a quality field, and know there's more to come."

Results from the New Balance Games are HERE.  Runnerspace video of men's mile race HERE, for the women's mile HERE.  Terrier Invite results are HERE.

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