Bethan Knights is a British-American

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University of Cal Berkeley highlights

In 2014, Bethan Knights ran in the

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Conference. Her 5th place at Pre-NCAA on October 18, 2014 was the highest of any Pac-12 runner. Knights achieved All Conference (3rd place), All Region (4th place), and All American honors (25th place) in her California Golden Bears Cross country freshman campaign. In 2015, Knights opened her outdoor campaign by winning Cal Open 1500m in 4:21. She did not score in the 1500 m against

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in their dual big meet but ran a pb in 4:19.60. She did not score in a 9th place 10,000 m finish in the

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. Knights ended her outdoor

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season as a 2nd team all-American 5000 meters runner by placing 16th. In summer 2015 Knights placed 6th in 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 5000 metres in 15:51.49. On September 26, 2015 Knights won the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis with a time of 20:53.8, edging Boise State freshman Allie Ostrander by 15 seconds. On February 13, 2016, Knights set the best time in

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history with her 4:39.70 mile. On February 27, 2016, Knights earned a silver medal at the 2016

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Indoor

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Championships in

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and won gold medal in the

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in 2nd best time in

history. In 2016, Knights opened her outdoor campaign as a runner-up Big Ten - Pac 12 Invitational 1500m in 4:20.83. She ran 5000 m at

Invitational in 15:52.91. She raced 3000 m against

in their dual big meet finished second in 9:18.55. She scored in a 3rd place 5,000 m finish in the

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. Knights ended her season as a 28th place in 5000 meters at

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High School highlights

In high school, Knights won the 2013

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state cross country title and the 2014

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title at 3200 meters after finishing second in 2012 and the 2013

title at 3200 meters while running for

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. She also competed in the

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as a senior of her prep career. She is signed to run for the

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under coaches

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and Shayla Houlihan. She improved upon Aisling Cuffe's listed U.S. high school record in the Girl's 2 mile 9:53.54 while winning the 2014 Brooks PR Meet in Seattle, Washington

High School Awards and rankings

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Girls cross country runner of the year

Varsity Girls track AOW June 9

Championships 2014 Varsity Girls track athlete of the meet
2014 Orange County Athletic Directors Association Pacific Coast League MVP
2014 FloTrack Girls 2 mile national record

United States High School Outdoor 2014 Rankings
1600 metres: 3rd
Mile: 24th
3000 metres: 7th
3200 metres: 1st
2 Mile: 1st

2015 World Rankings

Women's 5000m 140th
Women's 10,000m 247th

Personal life

Knights is an alumna of

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located in

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. She runs collegiately for the

. While currently a British citizen, she has stated she intends to apply for U.S. citizenship.

References

External links

Bethan Knights European Championships profileBethan Knights Athletics profile

Bethan Knights Power of 10 profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Knights, Bethan 1995 births Living people American female long-distance runners English female long-distance runners California Golden Bears women's track and field athletes Sportspeople from Bristol Track and field athletes from California