Elliott Heath
{{Short description|American distance runner (born 1989)}}
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|name = Elliott Heath
|image = MNSTATE.jpg
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|caption = Heath (with bib #501, left of Hassan Mead) at the 2006 Minnesota High School XC race
| sport = Track
| event = 1500 meters, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|2|4}}
|birth_place = Winona, Minnesota, U.S.
|collegeteam = Stanford
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|turnedpro = 2012
|retired = 2014
|pb = 1500 meters: 3:39.27{{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/86757|author=All-Athletics|title=Profile of Elliott Heath}}
Mile: 3:57.91
3000 meters: 7:45.08
5000 meters: 13:26.14
10,000 meters: 28:47.69
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Elliott Heath (born February 4, 1989) is a runner who specialized in middle and long-distance disciplines. He competed at the 2012 US Olympic track trials for the 5000-meter race.{{cite web|url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2012/07/30/run-of-success-for-heath-brothers-in-europe|author=Unknown|title=Run of success for Heath brothers in Europe|date=30 July 2012 }} He is the younger brother of Garrett Heath.
Running career
=High school=
Heath made an immediate impact upon joining Winona High School's track team under coach John Ruggeberg, having already taken up running from sixth grade.{{cite web|url=http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/hs-profile-elliott-heath|author=Bucala, Nikola|title=HS Profile: Elliott Heath|date=5 June 2007 }} While a senior at Winona he was the 2007 U.S. Junior Cross Country champion,{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208168997|author=Stanford University Athletics|title=Elliott Heath Biography}} and finished third in the two mile at the 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals with a personal best of 8:46.12, which is a Minnesota high school record.
=Collegiate=
Heath was accepted by Stanford in 2007, the same university for which his brother Garett competed as a long-distance runner. Coached by Jason Dunn while at Stanford, he placed first in the 3000-meter race at the 2011 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.
=Post-collegiate=
In 2012, Heath signed a professional contract with Nike and started being coached by Jerry Schumacher.{{cite web|url=http://www.runnerspace.com/news.php?news_id=87146|author=Bush, Scott|title=Catching up with Elliott Heath}} At the 2012 US Olympic Trials for track and field, Heath placed seventh in the 5000-meter race.
As of 2018, Heath was employed by Nike in the area of product design and development.
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Category:Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes
Category:People from Winona, Minnesota
Category:Stanford Cardinal men's cross country runners
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:American male cross country runners
Category:American male long-distance runners
Category:American male middle-distance runners
Category:Track and field athletes from Minnesota
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