Brett Gotcher

Residence: Flagstaff, AZ Hometown: Watsonville, CA Age on race day: 27 Best Qualifying Performance: 2:10:36, Houston, 2010 PRs: Half-Marathon, 1:02:09 (2009); Marathon, 2:10:36 (2010) Olympic Trials Marathon History: Debut

Career Highlights:

7^th – 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon (2:10:36 PR and debut) 2009 USA 20K Champion 2^nd – 2010 USA 25K Championships 3^rd – 2011 USA 10 Mile Championships 3^rd – 2009 USA Half Marathon Championships (1:02:09 PR)

Additional Highlights:

2011

6^th – Chevron Houston Marathon (2:19:30) 10^th – Falmouth Road Race 5^th – USA 20K Championships 3^rd – USA 10 Mile Championships 12^th – NYRR Dash to the Finish Line 5K 6^th – USATF Cross Country Club National Championships

2010

15^th – Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 10,000m 2^nd – USA 25K Championships 7^th – USA 20K Championships 9^th – ING Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon (1:02:50)

2009

3^rd – USA Half Marathon Championships (1:02:09) 7^th – USA Cross Country Championships 75^th – IAAF World Cross Country Championships USA 20K Champion 64^th – IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (1:05:43)

Of Note:

Gotcher’s 2:10:36 PR was set at the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon, good for 7^th overall and the fourth-fastest American debut in history … A hip problem ended plans to run the 2011 Boston Marathon, so the Trials will be Gotcher’s third marathon … Competed for Stanford, but has blossomed since joining Team USA Arizona / McMillan Elite in Flagstaff, where Nick Arciniaga is a training partner … Misses the strawberries for which his hometown is known … Still loves to surf when he gets back home.