Christian Belz earns sixth place finish in 10000 at European Championships...

BARCELONA, Spain--Former University of Washington standout Christian Belz (left/photo courtesy swiss-athletics.ch) of Switzerland finished sixth in the men's 10000 as day 1 of the European Championships concluded at the Stadi Olimpic.Despite entering the meet with one of the highest seeds, and barely making the standard (he ran 28:56.05 at Stanford in May, just under the qualifying standard of 29