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

4k winner @_garrettheath #GEXC2015 @Great_Run #GreatWinterRun pic.twitter.com/9IMNQgO1we
— jeff holmes (@jeffholmes24) January 10, 2015

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 you'll need more than just one coffee here haha! Well done @riley_masters and @HeatherRaeKampf in the relay! pic.twitter.com/RlfdzHTAMk
— Michelle Sammet (@michellesammet) January 10, 2015

“@J_Estes: Heather Kampf starting off the first ever XC relay at #GEXC2015 http://t.co/No1hK5Otpp” @HeatherRaeKampf
— Dave Lehn (@dlehn) January 10, 2015

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.

Love this!! Thanks for the pic, Jeff! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 MT @jeffholmes24: #TeamUSA wins #GEXC2015 #usatf pic.twitter.com/1hDfjWEjDY
— USATF (@usatf) January 10, 2015

Thanks @Great_Run, almost forgot how much fun good old fashion XC in the mud & snow can be. Now, can we please bring back that World XC 4k?
— Garrett Heath (@_garrettheath) January 11, 2015

ICYMI, #TeamUSA dominated at #GEXC2015 today. HIGHLIGHTS: http://t.co/KODc4MkPHS RECAP: http://t.co/idJQeIs29m pic.twitter.com/VjD6hkTqZa
— USATF (@usatf) January 11, 2015

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