Saturday, January 10, 2015

Heath, Derrick Defend Titles in Great Edinburgh XC; US Wins Team Title



Chris Derrick, a Stanford grad along with Heath, defended his 8K title that he won last year.  Team USA's Jon Grey was the seventh US finisher for the winning US team, 15th overall in 26:16.  Results are HERE.

Emma Bates was in the lead pack after the first lap of the women's race on a tough, sometimes muddy, slippery course in Scotland. Bates was sixth after lap two, eight seconds off the lead. As snow began to fall, Bates finished sixth in 22:01, 35 seconds behind the UK's Emilia Gorecka, who won in 21:26. Results are HERE. The US team won the team competition with 121 points. Europe was second with 189, and the UK third with 223.

Team USA's Heather Kampf  helped the US 4 by 1K mixed relay team finish fourth in the first event of the team competition. Results are HERE.  Results for all the races are being posted HERE.  The 4K men's race didn't count in the team scores.




USATF.TV highlights 4 by 1K mixed relay HERE. Men's 4K replay is HERE. Men's 8K replay is HERE. Women's 6K replay is HERE. Photos of the mud from Heather Kampf HERE.







IAAF story on the Great Edinburgh XC meet is HERE. Paul Merca's story on Garrett Heath is HERE.

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