All-Time Best Collegiate 1500 Meters

At the Mt Sac Relays this past weekend, BYU's Miles Betty ran 3:36.25 for the 1500 meters, a 6.17 second PR (see results of the race below). That time placed Batty at #5 all-time for collegiate runners. This latter list is still headed -- almost 30 years later -- by Villanova's Sydney Maree, who ran 3:35.30 in June 1981. Also on the top 10 collegiate list is Villanova's Eamonn Coghlan, who went 3:37.01 in June 1976 (at the time, it too was the collegiate record).

Mt. SAC 1500 (4/15/11)

1. Russell Brown (Oregon TC) 3:35.70 (old PR 3:36.89)
2. Chris Solinsky (Oregon TC) 3:35.89 (old PR 3:37.27)
3. Miles Batty (BYU) 3:36.25 (old PR 3:42.42)
4. Duncan Phillips (Arkansas) 3:39.87 (old PR 3:44.93
5. Tommy Schmitz (Saucony) 3:39.90 (old PR 3:41.46)
6. Matt Tegenkamp (Oregon TC/Nike) 3:40.06

The all-time collegiate 1500 meter list (' = foreigner):

1. 3:35.30  Sydney Maree' (Villanova)    6/06/81
2. 3:35.79  Abdi Bile' (George Mason)    6/06/87
3. 3:35.84  Joe Falcon (Arkansas)    4/16/88
3. 3:35.84  Brian Hyde (William & Mary)    5/13/95
5. 3:36.25  Miles Batty (BYU)    4/15/11
6. 3:36.48  Joaquim Cruz' (Oregon)    6/02/84
7. 3:36.62  Kevin Sullivan' (Michigan)    5/15/98
8. 3:36.92  Matthew Centrowitz (Oregon)    5/02/09
9. 3:37.01  Eamonn Coghlan' (Villanova)    6/05/76
0. 3:37.05  Bryan Berryhill (Colorado St)    6/02/01