EVENT INFO

VALENCIA, Spain- Former Vandal distance runner and All-American, Kinsey (Gomez) Middleton, will compete for Canada at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships on Saturday in Valencia, Spain.
 
She will be one of eight athletes, four men and four women, selected by Athletics Canada to compete this weekend, with the race starting at 9:05 a.m. Pacific. Middleton will be participating in her first IAAF World Championship event, after qualifying with a personal-best time of 1:12.30 at the Houston Half Marathon.  That weekend, Middleton was the third fastest Canadian woman, posting the ninth fastest time ever by a Canadian.
 
Middleton spent one season at Idaho, competing in both cross country and track and field. She was Idaho's top finisher in every cross country meet she competed in, finishing no lower than third overall in any meet before the NCAA Championships. She won the 5000-meters at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships. At the Big Sky Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2016 Middleton finished second in the 1500-meters. Her personal best time of 4:22.10 is the fourth fastest time in Idaho history.
 
During the season, she also recorded a personal best time in the 5000-meters, running 16:11.17, the third fastest time in program history. Middleton finished off the season competing at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in the 10,000-meters. She finished fourth in the event at First Round, and finished 10^th at the Championships, earning Second Team All-America honors. At the Championships she ran the fastest 10,000-meters time in Idaho history at 33:18.00.
 
Middleton has kept with her Idaho roots, and still trains under the tutelage of current distance/cross country coach Travis Floeck.  Even after leaving Idaho as one of the top distance runners in program history, Middleton has continued to improve and has posted personal-bests in the 1500-meters, 3000-meters, 5k, 10k and half marathon over the last year.
 
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