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Senior
Hometown
Riverton,
Utah
Last School
Utah State
Roster Years
2019-2021
Personal
- Parents are Eric and Marlene
- Has six siblings (Lindon, Paul, Parker, Michelle, Craig and Emily)
- Married to former BYU track and cross country runner, Laura Young Bluth
- Major: Information Systems
- Mission: Rosario, Argentina
- Enjoys reading, snowboarding, sports and golfing
Before BYU
- Ran his freshman year at Utah State University
Stats
Indoor Personal Bests | ||
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Time | Event | Meet |
6.91 | 60m | 2019 BYU Cougar Indoor |
21.44 | 200m | 2019 Texas Tech Shootout |
33.35 | 300m | 2020 BYU Indoor Invitational |
46.58 | 400m | 2019 MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships |
1:03.65 | 500m | 2019 BYU Cougar Indoor |
1:50.63 | 800m | 2020 Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge |
Outdoor Personal Bests | ||
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Time | Event | Meet |
10.61 | 100m | 2021 BYU Robison Invitational |
20.75 | 200m | 2021 BYU Cougar Invitational |
45.13 | 400m | 2021 NCAA West Preliminary |
Career Stats
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
Sophmore Year
2019
Indoor
- MPSF individual champion in the 400m
- Clocked 46.58 for the second-fastest indoor 400m in school history to win the MPSF title
- Also ran on the second-place DMR team (9:37.94) and fourth-place 4x400m team (3:09.25) at the MPSF Championships
- Competed in six meets during the 2019 indoor season
Outdoor
- Took 18th place and received All-America Honorable Mention in the 4x400m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (3:08.02)
- Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
- Ran the seventh-fastest outdoor 400m in school history at the NCAA West Preliminary Round to finish 13th overall
- Earned a career best in the 200m with a time of 21.28 at the Willie Willams Classic
- Competed in nine meets during the 2019 outdoor season
Junior Year
2020
Indoor
- Named a USTFCCCA All-American in the DMR
- Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
- MPSF individual champion in the 400m with a season-best time of 46.67
- MPSF third-place finisher in the 4x400
- Ran the fastest times on the team in the 200m (21.52), 300m (33.35, PR), 400m (46.67) and was a member of the season-best 4x400 and DMR teams
- Clocked 1:50.63 in the 800m in his first time running the race
- Was part of the national-qualifying DMR team (competes March 13-14)
- Competed in seven meets during the 2020 indoor season
Senior Year
2021
Indoor (2021)
- Posted five first-place finishes: men’s 800m at the BYU Cougar Indoor I (1:53.21), men’s 4x440 yd at the Air Force Invitational (3:12.87), men’s 400m at the Air Force Invitational (47.24), men’s 400m at the BYU Cougar Indoor III (46.66) and men’s 400m at the Husky Classic (47.10).
Outdoor (2021)
- Finished eighth in the men’s 400m at NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a school-record time of 45.91, garnering All-America First Team honors.
- Became first BYU sprinter to race in the men’s 400m final at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships since 1964
- Set a personal best in the men’s 400m with a time of 45.13 to finish fourth at the NCAA West Preliminary.
- Recorded a personal best in the men’s 200m with a time of 20.75 to finish second at the BYU Cougar Invitational.
- Set a personal best with a time of 10.61 to finish third in the men’s 100m at the BYU Robison Invitational.
Overall
- Received USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
- Finished 20thin men’s 400m First Round at U.S. Olympic Trials
- Met Olympic qualifying time in men’s 400m at 45.13
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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Michael Bluth - 2020 MPSF Championships
- M Track & Field | Jun, 19
Mantz places fifth in 10,000m final at U.S. Olympic Trials
- ImageM Track & Field | Jun, 09
Mantz takes second place in 10,000m on first day of 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships
- ImageM Track & Field | May, 27
Three Cougars punch tickets to Eugene on first day of NCAA West Prelims
- ImageM Track & Field | Apr, 10
Bluth breaks school record in 400m at Jim Click Shootout
- ImageM Track & Field | Feb, 09
Broken school records highlight dual-meet weekend
- ImageM Track & Field | Jan, 19
Multiple PRs highlight BYU's strong finish at Air Force Team Challenge