Fire on the Track

Beat the Heat was a four-week virtual track meet that took place in the summer of 2020. Just like in a normal track meet, runners had to outrace their competition in a series of heats in order for the chance to compete in the finals. But in this competition each round featured a different race distance, and took place over the course of a week.

• Qualifying Round: Two Miles (July 13-19)

• Quarterfinals: Mile (July 20-26)

• Semifinals: 5k (August 3-9)

• Finals: 2K (August 10-16)

There were four divisions of racers in this competition: Men’s Open, Men’s Masters, Women’s Open, and Women’s Masters. Over 200 athletes competed from over twenty-five different states and on August 16, after four rounds of competition the four winners were crowned: Jenn Randall from Eugene, Oregon (Women’s Open), Mark Pinales from Austin, TX (Open Men’s) Brock Butler from Philadelphia, PA (Men’s Masters), and Jacqueline Haggarty from Burlingame, CA.

Full results can be found below: