Evan Babatz

South Florida Bulls marketing photo shoot for the upcoming season on Friday September 20, 2019 in Tampa, Fl.

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Ft. Myers, Fla.
High School:
Ft. Myers HS

2018:
Outdoor

Ran a season-best time of 3:59.31 in the 1500 meters at the Rice Twilight (4/21), the second-best time among all USF athletes.

Indoor

Ran the mile in 4:24.58 at the Samford Invitational (2/9/18), his collegiate personal best and the second-best USF time of the indoor season.

Cross Country

Ran a season best 1:57.76 in the 800 meters at the Akron College Invitational en route to a 10th-place finish.

PRIOR TO USF: Recorded a personal best in the 5K, 1600m, and 800m his senior year at Fort Myers HS with a 15:56.8, 4:17.95 and 1:55.94 respectively... in his senior year he placed 10th at the class 3A cross country state meet in the 5K with a time of 16:08.88... was the winner of the FACA All star meet in 2016... placed 11th in the 800m and placed 7th in the 1600m at the 3A Track and Field state championships his senior year... in his junior year he placed 8th at the 3A cross country meet in the 5K with a time of 16:09.46... placed 2nd in the 800m and placed 5th in the 1600m at the 3A Track and Field state championships... was News Press (Fort Myers Newspaper) 2015 Cross Country runner of the year and 2016 Track Athlete of the year... Four-time letterman in Cross country and Track.

PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 17, 1999 in Fort Myers, Fla... Son of Nadine Maki and Michael Babatz...Brother Erik.