Updated August 14, 2006
* All-Big 12 (DMR, 2006)
* Three-time MSHSAA Champion
PERSONAL BESTS:
INDOOR
400m, 49.01, Iowa State Classic '06
OUTDOOR
400m, 47.43, HS
800m, 1:52.76, adidas Outdoor Chmp '04 (HS)
2006:
Outdoor: Ran for season best at 400 meters at the UCLA Invite, clocking 48.61.
Indoor: Placed ninth at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in the 400-meter dash (49.05) ... earned All-Big 12 honors with seventh-place distance medley relay team (of all freshman) ... season best at 400m came at Iowa State Classic (49.01).
High School:
Placed 10th at the 2004 adidas Outdoor Championships, running 1:52.76 in the 800-meter run ... was in the nation's top six in the 800 meters during his senior season ... three-time MSHSAA Champion, winning the 800 meters in 2004 and was on winning 4x400-meter relay team and winning 4x800-meter relay team his junior season ... 4x800 team broke MSHSAA Class 3 record ... high school PRs - 47.43, 400m ... high school coach - Pat Sullivan.
Personal:
Son of James & Catherine Butler ... majoring in business ... born October 8, 1986 in Apsegan, N.J.
