Isobel Batt-Doyle

Isobel Batt-Doyle (born 14 September 1995) is an Australian Olympic athlete.[1]

Isobel Batt-Doyle
Personal information
Born (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995
Adelaide, Australia
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Long-distance running

Early years

Batt-Doyle came from a family of runners. Her parents ran marathons, trail races and ultra running. When she was 8-years-old she started little athletics. A year later she ran in the Adelaide City Bay Fun Run. She ran the six kilometres holding her step dad's hand. Batt-Doyle regularly made the state team for cross country and then began track events when still an early teen.[2]

After graduating from Seymour College in Adelaide, Batt-Doyle accepted a US college scholarship for running and went to St. John's University in New York.[3] She transferred to University of Washington in Seattle for her second year. In 2016 and 2017, she decided to run longer distances and competed in 5000m and 10000m events.[2]

Achievements

Batt-Doyle made her debut for Australia at the 2017 World University Games in the 10,000m.[2]

In 2019, she was the NCAA outdoor 10,000m bronze medalist and made the All-America First Team. She also made the All-America Second Team in the 5000m indoors.[4]

In 2020, her boyfriend Riley Cocks took over her coaching. She ran significant personal bests over 3000m and 5000m. The highlight was coming second in the 10,000m at Zatopek in 31:43.26. It was a 37 seconds PB and elevated her from 21st to 10th on the Australian all-time list.[2] (Zatopek is named after Emil Zatopek, the Czech long-distance runner, it is the most prestigious track race in Australia).[5]

In January 2021, she finished second behind Rose Davies at the Australian 10,000m Championships in Melbourne.[6] In May that year, she and Davies secured places in the 5000m at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics as Batt-Doyle won in Nijmegen in a personal best time of 15 minutes 04.10 beating Uganda's Esther Chebet into second with Davies fourth.[7] In the event's heat of the Tokyo Games, Batt-Doyle ran a time of 15:21.65 coming 15th and was therefore eliminated.[8]

On 31 December 2022, she set a world female parkrun best mark of 15:25 at the Aldinga Beach event in Adelaide.[9]

On 5 February 2023, Batt-Doyle ran 1:09.27 at the Marugame half marathon in Japan, a new personal best for the distance.[10]

Personal bests
Road

References
  1. "Isobel BATT-DOYLE | Profile". World Athletics.
  2. "Isobel Batt-Doyle". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. "Izzi Batt-Doyle - Women's Track and Field". St. John's University Athletics.
  4. "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies.
  5. "Zatopek: 10 - The greatest running race you've never heard of". sportingnews.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. Salvado, John (26 January 2021). "Youngster Davies wins 10,000m crown". The Young Witness.
  7. "Izzi Batt-Doyle and Rose Davies seal 5000m Olympic qualifiers". thenewdaily.com.au. 30 May 2021.
  8. "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results". Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. Dickinson, Marley (3 January 2023). "Australian Olympian breaks women's parkrun world record". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  10. "Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon 2023 Results". Watchatgletics.com.
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