Lindsey Butler
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 August 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 800m: 2:01.23 (2022) 1500m: 4:06.28 (2025) Mile: 4:25.85 (2025) |
Lindsey Butler (born 28 August 2000) is an American middle-distance runner. She won the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships over 800 metres, and placed third at the 2026 USA Indoor Championships over 1500 metres.[1]
Early and personal life
[edit]From Corning, New York, she attended Corning-Painted Post High School.[2] Butler is from a family of athletes. Her grandfather was a pole vaulter at the University of Maryland, where he was the first ever ACC champion in track and field and later worked as a coach. Her father was a pole vaulter and decathlete at the University of Maryland and her sister also ran track at college. She began running in the junior year of high school having previously focused on lacrosse.[3] Butler attended Virginia Tech University, graduating with a degree in Engineering and a master's degree in information technology.[4]
Career
[edit]Competing for Virginia Tech, Butler placed fourth placed fourth in the 800 meters at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships.[2] That summer, Butler finished in sixth place for first-team All-American in the 800 m, her first outdoor NCAA meet, at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[5]
The following year, she won the 800 metres title at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, running 2:01.37.[6] In doing so, she became only the second woman from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to win the indoor 800 m title, after Natoya Goule in 2015. At the ACC Championships that year she had set an NCAA-best time of 2:01.23 to enter the race as the number one seed.[2]
In 2026, Butler placed third overall over 1500 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships behind Nikki Hiltz and Gracie Morris, in 4:11.52, having attacked hard at the front of the race with two laps remaining.[7][8] On 3 July, Butler placed third over 1500 metres at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Lindsey Butler". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Lindsey Butler, Virginia Tech junior from Corning, an NCAA indoor track champion". Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Meet the 2024 SWM Athletes: Lindsey Butler". sirwaltermiller. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Meet the 2025 SWM Athletes: Lindsey Butler". sirwaltermiller. August 6, 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ Legare, Andrew. "Corning grad Butler sixth, U-E grad Mackay seventh at NCAA championship meet". Elmira Star-Gazette. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "NCAA Div. I Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "HILTZ FOUR-PEAT HIGHLIGHTS FINAL DAY OF USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (1 March 2026). "Shocker: Nathan Green Upsets Hocker as Cooper Lutkenhaus Comes Through at USA Indoors". Lets Run. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ Johnson, Robert; Gault, Jonathan (4 July 2026). "Fireworks at Pre: Hiltz Stuns Kipyegon, High Schooler Taylor Rips 19.75 on the 4th of July". Lets Run. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
