Iman Batiste

Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
Class:
Senior
High School:
Hilliard Davidson
Hometown:
Dublin, Ohio

Results

2020 Indoor: Competed in seven meets for the Zips, including running on the fifth-place 4x400 relay squad at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 29) in season-best time of 3:45.49...finished 15th in the 400 meters at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28) in a time of 57.31...registered a career-best time of 56.75 to place second in the 400 meters at the Al Campbell Invitational (Feb. 21)...finished second and sixth in the 400 meters in times of 58.15 and 57.37 at Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 24) and Doug Raymond Invitational (Feb. 15)...ran season-best times of 26.33 in the 200 meters and 2:20.40 in the 800 meters at the Doug Raymond Invitational (Feb. 15) and Akron-Central Michigan Dual (Jan. 17)...member of winning 4x400 relay squads at the Akron-Central Michigan (Jan. 17) and Akron-Kent State Duals (Jan. 24).

2020 Indoor Accolades: Academic All-MAC Selection.

2019 Outdoor: Competed in six meets for the Zips, including running in the 400-meter hurdles and. 4x400 relay at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships (May 9-11)...recorded a season-best time of 62.45 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays (March 28)...won the 400 meters at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 5) with a season-best time of 57.67, while also running on the winning 4x400 relay.

2019 Outdoor Accolades: Academic All-MAC honoree.

2019 Indoor: Competed in six meets for the Zips, including garnering first-team all-league accolades as part the winning distance medley relay team at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 22) with a school-record time of 11:37.61...also ran on seventh place 4x400 relay squad at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23)...posted a trio of top-10 efforts in the 400 meters, including placing second in a season-best time of 57.17 at the Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 25)...finished fourth with a season-best time of 25.80 in the 200 meters at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 15).

2019 Indoor Accolades: MAC Champion (Indoor Distance Medley Relay)...first-team All-MAC (Indoor DMR)...academic All-MAC honoree.

2018 Outdoor: Appeared in nine meets for Akron, including placing sixth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 62.07 at the Mid-American Conference Championships (5/12)...recorded a season-best time of 61.04 to finish second in the 400-meter hurdles at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (5/5)...recorded times of 61.73 and 63.45 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mt. Sac Relays (4/20) and Texas Relays (3/29)...turned in a season-best time of 12.64 in the 100 meters at the Northeast Ohio Quad (4/7)...member of 4x400 relay at the MAC Championships (5/12).

2018 Outdoor Accolades: Earned Academic All-MAC accolades.

2018 Indoor: Competed in five meets for the Zips...posted a pair of top-10 finishes in the 400 meters, including a season-best time of 58.80 to place fourth at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 19)...member of winning 4x400 relay at the Penn State National (Jan. 27)...recorded season-best time of 26.49 in the 200 meters to finish seventh at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 19).

2018 Indoor Accolades: Named an Academic All-MAC selection.

2017 Outdoor: Recorded four top-10 finishes in the 400-meter hurdles...placed 18th in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 12) with time of 63.41...posted fourth-fastest time in program history in the 400-meter hurdles crossing the line first in 60.93 at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 6)...finished second and fourth, respectively, in the 400-meter hurdles at Ashland Alumni Open (April 29) and Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) with times of 64.11 and 63.17...posted time of 58.52 in the 400 meters at the Raleigh Relays (March 24)...member of 4x400 relay squad five times, including winning at Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) and placing eighth at the MAC Championships (May 13)...2017 Indoor: Competed in six meets for Akron...posted a trio of top-10 performances in the 400 meters, including placing fifth with a season-best time of 57.89 at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17)...finished ninth in the 500 meters (1:16.68) at the Penn State National (Jan. 28)...member of winning and second-place 4x400 relay squads at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17) and Kent State Dual (Jan. 20)...also ran 200 meters in 26.17 at Spire Invitational (Feb. 10).

Personal: Majoring in exercise science...daughter of Tromy and Charlene Batiste.

3-31-20