Scott Beattie (runner)

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Scott Beattie
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1998-12-04) 4 December 1998 (age 26)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 3:39.71 (London, 2024)
3000m: 7:43.48 (London, 2024)
5000m: 13:19.41 (Maisons-Laffitte, 2024)
10000m: 27:58.92 (Palo Alto, 2023)
5km (road): 13:32 (Riga, 2023)

Scott Beattie (born 4 December 1998) is a British runner. He won the 2023 British national 5km road running title. [1]

Career

A former student at the University of Tulsa, he runs for the Morpeth Harriers athletics club. [2] He won the British national 5km road title in Newcastle upon Tyne in September 2023. [3] [4]

He made his British representative debut in finishing ninth in the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships 5km race in Riga. [5] In January 2024 he ran a 27:58 10km road race at the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecanu International in Madrid. [6] [7]

He finished fourth at the 2024 UK Athletics Championships over 5000 metres. [8] He finished second behind Marc Scott at the UK Athletics 5K Road Running Championships on 6 September 2024. [9]

In November 2024, he finished third at the Liverpool Cross Challenge, which doubled up as the British trials for the European Cross Country Championship. [10] He was subsequently selected for the British team for the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scott Beattie". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Scaife, Peter (15 August 2023). "Morpeth Harrier Scott Beattie beats Kenyans and sets new course record in Newcastle Quayside 5k". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Great North Run". World Athletics. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Smythe, Steve (Sep 12, 2023). "British titles for Callum Elson, Scott Beattie and Verity Ockenden – UK road results". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Scaife, Peter (4 October 2023). "Morpeth Harrier Scott Beattie has his first run for Team GB at World Road Running Championships". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Smythe, Steve (Jan 2, 2024). "Scott Beattie runs sub-28 10km – international results round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Scaife, Peter (2 January 2024). "Spanish run sees Morpeth Harrier Scott Beattie become fastest GB athlete on the road over 10k in 2023". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Duff, Martin (Aug 12, 2024). "Beattie and Partridge win Quayside 5km titles". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "UK Athletics 5K Road Running Championships". BBC sport. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  10. ↑ Collett, Jasmine (Nov 23, 2024). "Kate Axford and Tomer Tarragano take Euro trials victory in Liverpool". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "GB & NI TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ANTALYA". British Athletics. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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