Brandon Battle - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Brandon Battle

Jr./Jr. | 6-1 | Sprints | Edwardsville, Illinois | Edwardsville HS

Sophomore (2023)
Outdoor: Ran on 4 x 400m relay at NCAA West Preliminary round (3:04.29) as Arkansas advanced to NCAA Championships … Ran 10.93 in 100m at Stanford Invitational … Posted a 48.46 in 400m at Mt. SAC Relays … Finished fourth in 400m at John McDonnell Invitational with a 47.24 while also running on runner-up 4 x 100m (40.60) and fourth place 4 x 400m (3:10.03) … Clocked 47.22 in 400m at LSU Invitational … Runner-up in 400m with a 46.99 at Arkansas Twilight.

Indoor: Raced in 400m at three meets, posting times of 48.67, 48.21 and 48.45 at New Mexico Collegiate Classic, Tyson Invitational, and Arkansas Qualifier.

Freshman (2022)
Outdoor: Finished sixth in the 400m final at the USATF U20 Championships, producing a career best of 46.31 … Opened outdoor season with a 46.79 at Mt. SAC Relays … Placed fourth in Arkansas Twilight with a 46.72 … Raced in SEC prelims, posting a time of 46.75 … Ran 21.73 to finish fifth in 200m at John McDonnell Invitational … Second leg of Arkansas 4 x 400 at SEC and NCAA meets … Split 45.9 as Razorbacks placed seventh in SEC (3:06.83) … Split 45.8 during NCAA West (3:03.95) as well as in NCAA semifinal (3:04.01) … Anchor leg (47.09) as Arkansas finished eighth in 4 x 400 at Texas Relays … Third leg (46.83) as UA placed eighth at Mt. SAC Relays … Also member of eighth place sprint medley in Texas Relays and eighth place distance medley (45.68) at Penn Relays.

Indoor: Earned first-team All-America as Arkansas placed sixth in 4 x 400 at NCAA Indoor, with Battle supplying 46.26 anchor leg … Provided a 45.23 second leg split as Razorbacks finished third in Tyson Invitational with a school record of 3:03.18 … Improved indoor best twice in 400m … Won Arkansas Invitational in 46.59 and placed sixth in Tyson Invitational with a 46.37 … Raced in SEC Indoor prelims, posting a time of 47.04 … Member of distance medley relay that placed ninth at NCAA Indoor (9:30.86), splitting 46.13 on second leg to earn second-team All-America.

High School
Won sprint triple crown in 2021 Illinois state meet, winning 100m, 200m and 400m. Indoors, claimed 200m and 400m double at Illinois Meet of Champions. Went undefeated outdoors in the three sprint events in his senior season, which included 15 races overall. Personal best marks include 10.61w in 100m, 21.46 in 200m, and 46.48 in 400m.

Brandon Battle | Career Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

60m | 7.20

200m | 21.50

400m | 46.37

Outdoor

100m | 10.61w, 10.68

200m | 21.46

400m | 46.31