A Guy Named Elliott

Matt Elliott in the shades between
Matt Centrowitz and Will Leer
in the semifinals of the 1500.
Photo by Gene Niemi

Mary Cain may inspire the high schoolers, but the rest of us got a new "hero" at the US Championships over the weekend.  He's Matt Elliott and Peter Gambaccini tells his story HERE. The elderly among us might remember another Elliott from the past--50+ years in the past, but who's counting--the 1960 Olympic 1500 meter champ Herb Elliott of Australia.  Or in the present, local Masters runner Lance Elliott, who is featured in a Running Minnesota interview HERE.   No relationship between the three other than the same last name.