2016-17 Men's Track and Field
Biography
PERSONAL BESTS800m: 1:48.88
1,000m: 2:23.30
1,500m: 3:39.08
Mile: 3:59.21
3,000m: 8:23.37
CAREER ACCOLADES
2017 Track Team Co-Captain
2017 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (1,500m)
2017 Indoor Heps Champion (Mile)
2017 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (Mile)
Competed at 2017 USATF Championships
2016 Fall Academic All-Ivy
2016 XC Second-Team All-Ivy
2016 XC Ivy League Heps Team Champion
2016 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (1,500m)
2016 Penn Relays Champion (4xMile)
2016 Indoor Heps Champion (DMR)
2016 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (DMR)
2016 Team Most Improved
2015 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (1,500m)
First all-time at Penn in the outdoor DMR (9:33.35)
First all-time at Penn in the indoor DMR (9:38.81)
Second all-time at Penn in the outdoor 1,500m (3:39.08)
Second all-time at Penn in the indoor mile (3:59.21)
Second all-time at Penn in the indoor 1,000m (2:23.30)
Fifth all-time at Penn in the outdoor 800m (1:48.88)
OUTDOOR 2017- Competed in eight meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances in the 800m, 1,500m, 4xMile and DMR.
- Qualified for the 2017 NCAA East Region Prelims (May 25-27) in the 1,500m, advancing to the quarterfinals before finishing 20th.
- Ran a time of 3:39.08 in the 1,500m among professional competition at the Swarthmore Final Qualifier (May 15), ranking second in program history.
- Part of both the DMR and 4xMile teams at the Penn Relays (April 27-29), taking fourth in the DMR with a school-record time of 9:33.35.
- Took fourth in the 1,500m at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7) with a time of 3:46.66 in the finals.
- Won two races on the year: the 800m at the Penn Challenge (March 25) and the 1,500m at the Transatlantic Series (April 15).
- Recorded a time of 1:48.88 in the 800m at the Larry Ellis Invite (April 22), ranking fifth in Penn history.
INDOOR 2017
- Competed in six meets during the indoor season, earning four first place finishes.
- Became the second in Penn history to record a sub-four minute mile on an indoor track, finishing second at the prestigious Millrose Games (Feb. 11) with a time of 3:59.21.
- Ran a career-best 3:41.70 in the 1,500 at the Millrose Games, finishing second.
- Finished first in the mile at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 26) with a time of 4:10.93, his first Ivy League Championship.
- Won the mile race at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge (Jan. 14).
- Claimed first in the 800m at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 21) with a time of 1:51.95.
- Finished first in the 1,000m at the Columbia East-West Challenge (Jan. 27), clocking in at 2:23.30, personal-best.
- Competed on the DMR team at Ivy Heps.
CROSS COUNTRY 2016
- Raced in four events, scoring in three of them.
- Turned in his best performance of the season at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Oct. 29), placing eighth overall.
- Placed 29th overall at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals (Nov. 11) and fourth among Penn scorers.
OUTDOOR 2016- 2016 NCAA Qualifier in the 1,500m.
- Member of the Penn Relays Championship of America winning team in the 4xMile.
- Member of the DMR school record holders (9:37.25) set at the Penn Relays.
- Ran the fourth-fastest 1,500m time in school history (3:43.64) at the Penn Challenge (March 26).
- Notched wins in the 1,500m at the Penn Challenge (March 26) and the Chester Quarry (April 16).
- Placed fifth in the 1,500m at the 2016 Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
INDOOR 2016- Set the school record in the DMR (9:38.81) at the FasTrack National Invite (Feb. 12).
- Recorded the third-best mile time in Penn history (4:03.28) at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 6).
- Helped Penn to a second-consecutive DMR win at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships.
- Placed fifth in the mile at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships.
- Placed first in the mile at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 6).
- Placed first in the 3,000m at the Lehigh Angry Birds Invite (Jan. 16).
- Recorded six top-five placements during the course of the indoor season.
CROSS COUNTRY 2015- Scored at the Big 5 Invitational (Sep. 11), finishing 11th.
- Placed 15th at the Main Line Invitational (Sep. 18).
- Helped the men's cross country team to a berth into the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1975.
2014-15: Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500 meters ... Scored at Outdoor Heps as member of the 4x800 relay (sixth) ... Scored at Outdoor ECAC Championships in the 1,500 meters (sixth) ... Second in the mile at Haverford Invitational (Feb. 21) ... Competed in five cross country meets and scored at Paul Short Run (Oct. 4).
2013-14: Scored at Indoor Heps (fourth) and Outdoor Heps (third) as member of the 4x800 relay teams ... Won the 1,000 meters at Lafayette/Rider Invitational (Feb. 14) ... Competed in two cross country meets, including Ivy Heps.
High School: 2013 New Balance Nationals sprint medley relay champion … Five-time New Balance All-American … Received three letters in cross country … Also lettered seven times in track and field … Served as captain for both cross country and track.
Personal: Son of Douglas and Elizabeth Hatler … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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