Miles Batty

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Miles Batty
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1987-06-04) June 4, 1987 (age 37)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Sport
Sport Track
Event(s) 1500 metres, Mile
College team BYU
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 1500 metres : 3:36.25 [1]
Indoor Mile : 3:54.54 [1]

Miles Batty (born 4 June 1987) is a former track athlete who specialized in middle-distance disciplines. In high school, he was one of the most prolific cross country and distance track runners in the state of Utah. Competing for BYU, Batty earned eight first-team All-American awards, two NCAA championships, broke the NCAA record in the indoor mile, and contributed to BYU's track team successes. After graduating from BYU, he finished 10th at the 2012 US Olympic Trials for the 1500-meter race and went on to compete professionally through a sponsorship contract with ASICS. [2]

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Running career

High school

Batty attended and ran for Jordan High School until he graduated in 2005. In addition to being state champion of Utah in cross country, his personal best in the mile as a high schooler was 4:22. [3]

Collegiate

Right after high school, Batty went on a two-year mission to Brazil, during which he did not participate in any competitive running.. Upon his return to BYU, he struggled to get into shape and even questioned the chances of himself succeeding as a college runner. [4]

In February 2012 at the 2012 Millrose Games, Batty broke the indoor collegiate mile record by almost half a second with a time of 3:54.54. [5] His record time was beaten in February 2013 at the 2013 Millrose Games by Chris O'Hare with a time of 3:52.98. [6] Batty dropped to number three on the NCAA all-time mile list in 2014 when Lawi Lalang clocked a 3:52.88, also at the Millrose Games.

After qualifying and winning at NCAA's track championship, Batty was named National Men's Track Athlete of the Year by USATF in 2011, [7] and also helped BYU's distance relay team win the national championship. As of August 2011, he was ranked number 9 in the United States in the 1500 meters discipline.

Awards and honors

Top Performances

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2013 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Drake Stadium Des Moines, Iowa 8th 1500 metres 3:46.31
2012 2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) Hayward Field, University of Oregon 10th 1500 metres 3:43.58
20122012 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Drake Stadium Des Moines, Iowa 2nd 1500 metres 3:43.83
20122012 NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Jacksons Indoor Track Nampa, Idaho 3rd Mile 4:01.86
20122012 NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Jacksons Indoor Track Nampa, Idaho 3rd Distance Medley Relay 9:36.07
20122012 Millrose Games The Armory, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City 2nd Mile 3:54.54
2011 2011 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, Terre Haute, Indiana 14th 10k run 29:40.0
20112011 NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium College Station, Texas 1st Mile 3:59.49
20112011 NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium College Station, Texas 1st Distance Medley Relay 9:29.28
2011 2011 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, Terre Haute, Indiana 15th 10k run 30:09.4

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