Garrett Heath
{{Short description|American athlete (born 1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}}
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|caption = Heath running 5000 m at the 2016 Olympic Trials
| sport = Track
| event = 800–5000 meters
| nationality = American
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|11|3}}
|birth_place = Winona, Minnesota
|collegeteam = Stanford
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|pb = 1500m: 3:34.12{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/garrett-heath-231876|author=IAAF|title=Garrett HEATH - Athlete Profile}}
Mile: 3:53.15
5000m: 13:16.31
10,000m: 27:56.11
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Garrett Heath (born November 3, 1985) is an American runner from Winona, Minnesota, who raced in various middle and long-distance running events. He represented the United States at the 2010 World Indoor Championships where he finished seventh in the 1500 meters.{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2010/13th-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-4144/men/1500-metres/final/result |title=1500 Metres Result - 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships | iaag.org |publisher=Iaaf.org |date=March 13, 2010 |accessdate=October 8, 2013}} He is the elder brother of Elliott Heath.
High school
Heath is from Winona, Minnesota where he won 6 state titles in track and field and cross-country and two state titles in cross-country skiing.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/News/Elite-Athlete-Spotlight---Garrett-Heath.aspx |title=USA Track & Field – Elite Athlete Spotlight – Garrett Heath |publisher=Usatf.org |date=April 26, 2013 |accessdate=October 8, 2013}} He qualified for the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in his junior and senior years of high school and finished sixth in 2002{{cite web|url=https://www.footlockercc.com/2002/ |title=Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships |publisher=Footlockercc.com |date=December 14, 2002 |accessdate=October 8, 2013}} and 10th in 2003.
Collegiate
Heath graduated high school and attended Stanford University, where he was a nine-time All-American (placing in the top 8 at the national championships in track and field or 35 in the single-event NCAA cross-country championships) including leadoff leg to the championship distance-medley relay team in the 2007 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[https://www.flashresults.com/2007_Meets/Indoor/NCAA1_07/ NCAA Division I 2007 Indoor Championship 3/9/2007 – 3/10/2007]. flashresults.com He specialized in the 1500, mile and 5K and was one of the lead runners for the Stanford cross-country team. He broke the 4-minute mile barrier in 2007.{{cite web |title=UW Husky Classic |url=https://www.directathletics.com/results/track/5022_334240.html?athlete_hnd=448576 |website=Direct Athletics |access-date=2 May 2023}} He was one of only three collegians along with teammate Russell Brown and Leonel Manzano to run a mile in under four minutes that year. Heath was also the runner-up to Oklahoma State University's German Fernandez in the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2tDb6n5-ek |title=German Fernandez 1500m 2009 NCAA Division I Final |publisher=YouTube |date=June 20, 2009 |accessdate=October 8, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.flashresults.com/2009_Meets/outdoor/NCAA/ |title=NCAA Division I Championship Results – Flash Results, Inc |publisher=Flashresults.com |date= |accessdate=October 8, 2013}}
Post-collegiate
As a professional, Heath ran for Brooks, training with the Brooks Beasts track club. In 2012, the Olympic year, he was ranked 4th among US distance runners in the mile and the 1500m indoors. He was ranked 8th among U.S. 1500m runners for outdoor track. {{citation needed|date=May 2023}} He finished ninth in his semifinal heat at the Olympic Trials, thus failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Team.{{cite web |title=2012 US Olympic Team Trials Results |url=https://www.flipsnack.com/USATF/2012-u-s-olympic-team-trials-track-field-results/full-view.html |website=USATF |access-date=4 May 2023}} Heath defeated Leonel Manzano in 2013 to win the USA 1 Mile Road Championship.{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=Scott |title=Grace, Heath take home USA 1 Mile Road Championship titles |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/News/Grace,-Heath-take-home-USA-1-Mile-Road-Championshi.aspx |website=USATF |access-date=4 May 2023}} In 2014, Heath was the surprise winner of the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country short course (4 km) race, then defended his title by winning again in 2015. A third victory came in 2016 when he gave world champion Mo Farah his first cross country defeat since 2010.{{cite web |last1=Mulkeen |first1=Jon |title=Farah beaten as Heath secures hat-trick in Edinburgh |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/great-edinburgh-cross-2016-heath-farah |website=World Athletics |access-date=4 May 2023}}
In 2022, Heath transitioned away from racing on the track and began focusing on trail racing as part of the Brooks Trail Running Team.{{cite web |last1=Merber |first1=Kyle |title=Interview: Garrett Heath Seamlessly Moves From The Track to The Trails |url=https://citiusmag.com/garrett-heath-trail-running-interview/ |website=Citius Mag |access-date=4 May 2023}}
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Category:People from Winona, Minnesota
Category:Track and field athletes from Minnesota
Category:American male middle-distance runners
Category:Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
Category:Stanford Cardinal men's cross country runners
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners