Personal
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Born in Salt Lake City
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Parents are Gary Batty and Susan Phillips
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Was 2005 class salutatorian with a 4.0 GPA at Jordan HS in Sandy, UT
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Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil
Before BYU
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Lettered three years in both cross country and track at Jordan HS
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Cross country co-MVP junior and senior seasons
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MVP for track and field senior season
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Holds the school record at the 1,600m distance with a time of 4:22
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5A Utah State Champion in cross country senior season
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Earned All-America status with a 5th place finish in the 4 x 1 mile relay at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships
Stats
Best Times
2009: Soph.
Pl. Event Time
1 BYU Autumn Classic 19:38.3
1 UC Riverside Invit. 23:41.1
3 Bill Dellinger Invit. 23:39.6
12 Pre-Nationals Invit. 24:02.8
2 MWC Championships 23:55.6
2 NCAA Mountain Regional 30:03.5
137 NCAA Championships 31:33
2005 | Freshman Year
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Ran unattached in the BYU Alumni Invitational with a time of 20:53.6 and an 11th place finish
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Had a time of 26:06.0 at the Roy Griak Invitational
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Placed 47th in the Open race at Pre-Nationals with a time of 25:55.4
2009 | Sophomore Year
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Named All-MWC First Team
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Earned All-Region honors
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Ran well for the team at the NCAA Championships
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Came in second place at the NCAA Mountain Regional
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Second-place run at the MWC Championships
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Ran for 12th place at the Pre-Nationals Invitational
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Came in third place at the Bill Dellinger Invitational
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Earned first-place finishes at both the UC Riverside Invitational and the BYU Autumn Classic.
2010 | Junior Year
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USTFCCCA All-American
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Three-time MWC Athlete of the Week Award winner
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MWC Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year
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Won the BYU Autumn Classic in a time of 19:49.9
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Won the UC Riverside Invitational in a time of 23:52.5
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Finished third at the Griak Invite in a time of 24:14.5
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Took fifth at the Pre-Nationals Invitational with a time of 23:42.4
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Won the MWC Championship with a time of 25:01.6
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Finished second in the Mountain Regionals with a 10k time of 29:30.1
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15th place at the NCAA Championships with a time of 30:09.4.
2011 | Senior Year
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2011 USTFCCCA All-American
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Earned All-Region honors
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Named Mountain Region Athlete of the Year after winning Mountain Region Championships in a time of 30:09.3
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Three WCC Runner of the Month awards
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Named to the All-WCC team and was WCC individual champion in a time of 23:47
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Named to the WCC All-Academic Team
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Four individual championships (BYU Invitational, Notre Dame Invitation, WCC Championship and Mountain Region Championship)
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14th place finish at the 2011 National Championships