Michael Hatch

Position:
Distance
Weight:
0
Class:
Post Baccalaureate
Hometown:
Greenville, S.C.

Junior
The Blue Devils' most valuable performer during cross country season ... captured an impressive 14th-place finish at the Great American Cross Country Festival and was 17th in the Purple Race at the NCAA Pre-National Meet ... earned ACC Cross Country Performer of the Week honors on Oct. 20 ... was hampered at the end of the season with an injury ... did not compete during indoor season, but earned All-East honors in the 10k during outdoor season with a time of 30:27.88 ...

Sophomore
Duke's top distance runner on the track in 2003 ... established a new indoor school record in the 5,000m of 14:14.20 with a second place finish at the IC4A Championships ... set a school record in the 3,000m of 8:20.51, which is now No. 2 all time after teammate Jared Moore lowered the mark to 8:17.58 ... the leading Duke scorer at the ACC Indoor Championships, running a demanding 5k/3k double in which he placed fourth and fifth, respectively ... outdoors, qualified for the NCAA regional meet with a 14:14.61 at the Stanford Invitational ... earned All-ACC honors with his third-place 10,000m personal best 30:06.15 ...

Freshman
Won Duke's Most Improved Award for 2002 as the 9:30 prep two-miler went on to run a14:23.41 for 5,000m ... great freshman campaign began in cross country where he ran as the No. 3 man for Duke at NCAA Championships ... helped Duke to a 14th place team finish, fourth-best in school history, with his 31:05 10k clocking, making him one of the nation's top freshmen ... finished 23rd in 31:10 at the NCAA Southeast Regional to capture All-Region honors ... ran a gutsy 14th at the U.S. Junior Cross Country Championships in February to wrap up cross country ... scored in his first ACC indoor meet five days later with an IC4A-qualifying 14:43.49 5,000m ... ran a 62-second final 400 at the IC4A Championships to capture the unseeded 5,000m in 14:37.39, the fastest freshman clocking in the meet, to finish ninth overall ... freshman school record of 14:23.41 in the 5,000m came at the Duke Invitational.