2013 Cross Country Roster
Heather Bates
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Colorado Springs, Colo.
- High School:
- Pine Creek
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
800-meters: 2:20.48 (2014)
OUTDOOR
800-meters: 2:29.86 (2014)
2014: Indoor: Bates raced once during her first campaign. She placed 10th at the Air Force Invitational (1/25) in the 800, clocking in at 2:20.48.
Outdoor: Bates ran in one 800 during the spring. She placed sixth at the Tom Benich Open (4/4) in 2:29.86.
HIGH SCHOOL: Bates won the 2011 and ’12 Colorado State 4A 3,200-meter run and was the runner-up those same years in the 1,600. Bates also won the 2012 Colorado State 5A Cross Country Championship by 43 seconds and was named The Denver Post and The Gazette Cross Country Runner of the Year. She raced at Nike Cross Nationals and took 12th overall after placing third at the Nike Southwest Regional. Bates was named all-state in track and cross country in 2012 and was awarded the 2012 Colorado Running Hall of Fame High School Long Distance Achievement Award. She also had two other big accomplishments in 2011 as she won the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships and took second in the AAU National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships. Bates owns school records in the 800 (2:15), mile (4:53), 1,600 (4:51), 3,200 (10:51) and 5k (17:18). She was also recruited by Oregon, Stanford, Washington, Virginia, Arizona State, New Mexico and Vanderbilt.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: Mile: 4:53; 1,600-meters: 4:51; 800-meters: 2:15; 3,200-meters: 10:51.
PERSONAL: Heather Lynn Bates was born on November 25, 1994 in Belleville, Ill. She is the daughter of Daniel and Linda Bates of Colorado Springs, Colo. Bates has one older brother, Kyle. She enjoys music, reading and writing.
