Monday, February 07, 2011

Garrett Heath Miles 3:55.87 for 2nd in Boston

Winona native Garrett Heath ran an indoor PR 3:55.87 for second place in the mile at Saturday's New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.

Heath finished behind former Stanford University teammate Russell Brown who won in 3:54.81. New Zealand's Nick Willis, a University of Michigan alumnus, was 3rd in 3:56.29.

Minnetonka High School alumnus Will Leer finished sixth in the race, one place ahead of American outdoor mile record-holder Alan Webb, in 4:00.70.

You can read story's about the race HERE (Race Results Weekly) and HERE (Boston Globe)

Heath's mark puts him #17 on the U.S. all-time list in the indoor mile by our count, one place ahead of 1970's star Marty Liquori. Heath has a bit of local company on the list: Richfield High School grad Steve Holman is ranked #12 with a 3:55.41 from 1993 and Leer is ranked #14 with his 3:55.66 last year in Boston.

Bernard Lagat holds the American Record for the mile indoors at 3:49.89.

Hicham El Guerrouj holds the World Record at 3:48.45.

Lance Elliott is Master Runner-Up ... Edina resident Lance Elliott was the runner-up in the meet's masters mile. The Iowa State alum ran 4:23.72 to finish behind winner Charlie Kern's 4:19.73.

Find our more about Elliott HERE, thanks to MastersTrack.com.

Find complete results of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix HERE.

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