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| Born | 15 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 1500m: 3:39.77 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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George Couttie (born 15 January 2005) is a British runner. He was runner up in the U20 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships. [1]
From Harrogate, in 2023, he was the winner of the senior boys race at the English Schools' AA Cross Country Championships. [2]
He qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024. [3]
Competing for Virginia Tech University he NCAA Division I Southeast Regional men's cross-country individual race prior to finishing 14th in the NCAA cross country championships in November 2024. [4] [5] [6]
He was runner-up behind Niels Laros in the men's U20 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [7] [8] [9]
Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically 3–12 kilometres (1.9–7.5 mi) long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road and minor obstacles. It is both an individual and a team sport; runners are judged on individual times and teams by a points-scoring method. Both men and women of all ages compete in cross country, which usually takes place during autumn and winter, and can include weather conditions of rain, sleet, snow or hail, and a wide range of temperatures.
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