Sara Slattery
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Representing the  United States
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| Pan American Games | ||
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2007 Rio de Janeiro | 10,000 m |
Sara Elizabeth Slattery (née Gorton; born October 2, 1981) is an American middle- and long-distance runner who mainly competes in track races. Slattery has represented the United States at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at both junior and senior level.
She was a two-time NCAA champion while competing for the Colorado Buffaloes, first taking the indoor title over 5000 meters in 2003 then the 10,000 meters outdoor title in 2005. In 2007 she won the 10,000 m at the Pan American Games, setting a Games record time. The following year she was the USA champion over 8 km and just missed an Olympic spot in the 5000 m after a fourth-place finish at the Olympic Trials in 2008.
In 2013, Sara began racing on the ElliptiGO elliptical bicycle, winning the 2013 ElliptiGO World Championships race up Palomar Mountain in San Diego County.
She is married to Steve Slattery, a steeplechase runner and currently works at the University of Colorado, where she earned her Master's degree in education.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she took up running as a high school athlete at Mountain Pointe High School and had her first successes at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, where she was the runner-up at the state-level event in 1997 and 1998 before going on to win the title in 1999. She was chosen for the United States junior team at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and in her first international outing she placed 73rd overall. Later that year she ran in the 3000 meters at the 1999 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and beat Madai Pérez to win the title.
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