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Men’s Profiles
Mac Fleet
MEN’S PROFILES
Looking to return to form after being setback by injuries. National runner-up in the indoor mile in 2010 set
the school record in that event (3:57.70). Pac-10 scorer at 1,500 meters in 2010. U.S.A. and Pan American
Junior Champion (1,500 meters) was also the California cross country and 1,500 meter titlist as a prep
senior. Nationally, ranked second in the mile (4:02.90) and sixth at 800 meters (1:50.31) among all high
schoolers in 2009.
2011-12: Outdoors - Did not compete due to injury. Indoors - Redshirt season. Cross Country - Did not
compete due to injury.
RS-Junior
San Diego, Calif.
University City High School
Middle Distance
2 School Records (Mile-i,
Distance Medley Relay-i)
3-Time All-American
Personal Bests
800 Meters - 1:49.19,
Pepsi Team Invitational,
Eugene, Ore., 4/10/10
1,500 Meters - 3:43.21,
Pac-10 Championships,
Berkeley Calif., 5/16/10
Mile - 3:57.70 (i),
Husky Classic,
Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10
NCAA Indoor Track Championships
2011 - Mile, 16th, 4:08.16
2011 - Distance Medlay Relay, 10th, 9:48.00
2010 - Mile, 2nd, 4:01.63
Pac-12 Track Championships
2010 - 1,500 Meters, 6th, 3:43.21 (Pac-10)
NCAA Cross Country West Regional
2009 - 49th, 31:58.69
Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2009 - 33rd, 24:11.74 (Pac-10)
2010-11: Outdoors - Redshirt season. Indoors - NCAA qualifer in the mile. Solid season debut in the mile
at the Husky Classic, where he ran 4:01.04. Took the opening leg (2:56) of the winning distance medley at
the MPSF Championships that ran the second-fastest time in NCAA history, 9:26.78. Made the NCAA meet
by running 3:59.03 in the mile at the UW Final Qualifier. At the NCAA Championships, ran a strong lead
leg on the distance medley relay and also was in the mile. Cross Country - Redshirt season. Season Bests:
Indoors - Mile - 3:59.03, UW Final Qualfier, Seattle, Wash. (3/5/11).
2009-10: Outdoors - Ranked 20th nationally at 1,500 meters (third among freshmen). Finished sixth in the
1,500 meters at the Pac-10 Championships in a personal-best 3:43.21. Thrilled crowd in his Hayward Field
debut by winning the 800 meters in a personal-best 1:49.19 to help Oregon win the Pepsi Team Invitational.
Came back a week later and captured the 1,500 meters against UCLA in a personal-best 3:46.62 to help
Oregon win that dual meet. Was named the Pac-10 athlete of the week after running in three relays - two wins
and a runner-up - at the Penn Relays. Ran the 800 leg on Oregon’s winning distance medley relay (9:30.60),
led off the winning four-mile relay (16:15.14) and had the second leg on the runner-up 4x800 meter relay
(1:47.64). Set an outdoor personal best in the mile at the Oregon Twilight, running 3:59.88. Finished solid
freshman season at the NCAA West Regional, where he ran 3:45.08 in the opening round of the 1,500 to
advance to the quaterfinals where he placed 15th in 3:44.13, which was less than a second off his PR. Indoors
- The national runner-up in the mile. Broke Galen Rupp’s school record in the indoor mile by clocking
3:57.70 at the Husky Classic on Feb. 13. Was second overall and the top collegian in that race as his time was
an NCAA automatic qualifier. Two weeks earlier at the Texas A&M Challenge, helped Oregon record the
fastest distance medley time in the nation, 9:29.82, running as the lead (1,200 meter) leg. Also ran 4:03.49 to
win the mile at that meet. Ran the 800 leg on the DMR squad that took seventh at the MPSF meet (9:53.68).
At his first NCAA Championships, was the national runner-up in the mile, finishing in 4:01.63 as the top
freshman in the race to help Oregon tie for second in the team competition. Cross Country - Competed
unattached at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, but was Oregon’s top freshman finisher (26th, 24:18.88). In his
varsity debut, finished in the top 25 percent of the field at the Pre-National Invitational (52nd, 24:42.3, 8,000
meters). Made Pac-10 debut to begin the championships season (33rd, 24:11.74). Was also Oregon’s only
freshman to run at the NCAA West Regional. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 1:49.19 (PR), Pepsi
Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/10/10); 1,500 Meters - 3:43.21 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley,
Calif. (5/16/10); Mile - 3:59.88 (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/10). Indoors - Mile - 3:57.70 (PR),
Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10).
Prep: The 2009 Pan American Junior Champion in the 1,500 meters was also the California state champion
in both cross country and at 1,600 meters as a senior. After winning the cross country title his senior season
in 16:00 (3.04 mile course), cemented his status as one of the nation’s top prep runners by winning the junior
mile at the Feb. 7 Reebok Boston Indoor Games in 4:09.06. Outdoors as a senior, captured his first CIF title
at 1,600 meters, running a personal-best 4:05.33 in the state final. He was also the city champion at 800
meters and ran a prep-best 1:50.31 at that distance at the Triton Invitational early in the season. During the
summer of 2009, set a high school best in the mile by running 4:02.90 at the Portland Track Festival before
going on to win the national title at 1,500 meters (3:47.44) at the U.S. Junior Track and Field Championships
in Eugene. Then, claimed his first international victory by winning the 1,500 meters at the Pan American
Junior Championships in 3:48.04. He was named the San Diego Union-Tribune Runner of the Year. As a
junior, finished third in the state at 1,600 meters in 4:13.33. During his sophomore season, was ninth in the
state cross country meet (15:37, 5,000 meters) and second in the 1,600 meters (4:08.09). High School Bests:
800 Meters - 1.50.31, 2009; Mile - 4:02.90, 2009; 1,600 Meters - 4:05.33, 2009; 3,200 Meters - 9:03.79.
Personal: Major is journalism.
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2013 NCAA Championships, June 5-8, Historic Hayward Field