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. 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. He qualified for the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in his junior and senior years of high school and finished sixth in 2002 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.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. 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.
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. He finished ninth in his semifinal heat at the Olympic Trials, thus failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Team. Heath defeated Leonel Manzano in 2013 to win the USA 1 Mile Road Championship. 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.
In 2022, Heath transitioned away from racing on the track and began focusing on trail racing as part of the Brooks Trail Running Team.
USA National Championships
USATF Championships Representing Brooks Sports2018USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsDes Moines, Iowa5th10,000 metres29:09.15USA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsAlbuquerque, New Mexico6th3000 metres8:01.0420172017 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsCalifornia State University, SacramentoDNS5000 metresDNSUSA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsAlbuquerque, New Mexico3rdMile4:00.3120162016 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsHayward Field13th5000 metres13:55.58USA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsPortland, Oregon4th1500 metres3:46.675th3000 metres7:41.262015USA Club Cross Country ChampionshipsSan Francisco, California1st10,000 metres29:042015 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon4th5000 metres13:51.612015 USATF Championships – 6/25/2015 to 6/28/2015 Hayward Field, Eugene, Ore. usatf.org2015 USA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsBoston, Massachusetts4th3000 metres8:27.992015 USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships February 27 - March 1, 2015 Boston, MA usatf.org20142014 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsSacramento, California9th1500 metres3:40.282014 USA Track & Field Championships – 6/25/2014 to 6/29/2014 Hornet Stadium – Sacramento, California . usatf.org Representing Saucony20132013 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsDes Moines, Iowa30th1500 metres3:48.032013 USA Track & Field Championships – 6/19/2013 to 6/23/2013 Drake Stadium – Des Moines, Iowa . usatf.org9th5000 metres14:58.8520122012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)Eugene, Oregon14th1500 metres3:42.952012 US Olympic Trials - Men's 1500 Meter Run. usatf.org
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