Miles Batty

{{Short description|American middle-distance runner (born 1987)}}

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|birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah

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|pb = 1500 metres: 3:36.25{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/miles-batty-258818|author=IAAF|title=Athlete profile for Miles Batty}}
Indoor Mile: 3:54.54

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Miles Batty (born June 4, 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.{{cite web|url=http://byucougars.com/m-track-field/batty-finishes-10th-1500-meter-final|author=Chilton, Kyle|title=Batty finishes 10th in 1,500 meter final}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/52032664-77/batty-byu-track-cross.html.csp|author=Winter, Rich|title=BYU track champion dreams of being Olympic contender}}

=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.runnersworld.com/college-runner-profiles/5-minutes-byus-miles-batty|author=Gugula, Jon|title=5 Minutes with BYU's Miles Batty|date=16 March 2011 }}

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.[https://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-indoor-men/article/2012-02-13/byu%E2%80%99s-batty-sets-indoor-mile-record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820172850/https://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-indoor-men/article/2012-02-13/byu%E2%80%99s-batty-sets-indoor-mile-record |date=2018-08-20 }} NCAA: Batty sets indoor mile record His record time was beaten in February 2013 at the 2013 Millrose Games by Chris O'Hare with a time of 3:52.98.[http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250015-2013-Millrose-Games/video/694309-Chris-OHare-smashes-Collegiate-Mile-Record-35298-2013-Millrose-Games Chris O'Hare breaking collegiate mile record] (Video) 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/51445961-88/batty-national-track-byu.html.csp|author=Unknown|title=BYU's Batty named National Track Athlete of the Year}} 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 =

2018 West Coast Conference Hall of Honor Inductee
2013 NCAA Today's Top 10 Award{{cite web| url = https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/ncaa-selects-today%E2%80%99s-top-10-2013| title = NCAA selects Today's Top 10 for 2013}}
2012 NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship
2-Time NCAA Champion {{cite web| url = http://cougarclub.com/athlete/m-track-field/miles-batty| title = Miles Batty Profile}}
8-Time NCAA First Team All-American
2011 NCAA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year {{cite web| url = http://www.ustfccca.org/ustfccca-awards/ustfccca-athlete-of-the-year#DI-ITF | title = USTFCCCA Athlete of the Year}}
2011 USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week {{cite web| url = http://www.usatf.org/News/Batty-named-Athlete-of-the-Week.aspx | title = Batty Named Athlete of the Week}}