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Billy Atkinson

Distance/Cross Country
Position
Senior
Class
Manhattan Beach, CA
Hometown
Mira Costa High School
High School
Billy Atkinson - Cross Country - Virginia Cavaliers

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2024 Cross Country
• Finished 24th at the Panorama Farms Invitational in an 8k personal best of 23:56.0
• Rounded out the scoring for UVA at the Virginia Invitational, finishing 17th
• Finished fifth at the Spider Alumni Open where the team scored a perfect 15

2024 Outdoor
• Competed in three meets
• Recorded personal-best 3:50.38 for 1500m at the Virginia High Performance
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2024 Indoor
• Did not compete

2022 Cross Country
• Competed at the Spider Alumni Open, placing 42nd (9/3/22)

2021 Cross Country
• Competed at the XC23 Invitational, placing 21st (8k/25:01.3)

2021 Outdoor
• Did not compete during outdoor season
• Named to 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021 Indoor
• Did not compete

2020 Cross Country

• Finished 21st at the Virginia Invitational
• Ran a time of 25:01.3 at the Virginia Invitational

Background
• Recorded a fifth-place finish at the California State Cross Country Championships
• Placed fifth at the division I Southern Section finals as a junior
• Holds the 5k school record in cross country
• Four-time Scholar-Athlete in cross country and and track and field
• Three-time cross country and track and field MVP for Mira Costa High School
• Set the 3200m sophomore school record
• Named a division I first-team cross country honoree and second-team all-State honoree
• Named the 2019 Daily Breeze’s Boys High School Runner of the Year
• A personal-best time of 9:09 in the 3,200m and a cross country time of 15:08 in the 5k

Personal
• Majoring in media studies
• Son of Jeff and Alison Atkinson
• Has a brother, Casey, and a sister Lucy
• Jeff, father, ran cross country and track and field at Stanford and competed professionally
• Won the South Bay boardriders Big Wave Challenge two consecutive years – a competition to see who can ride the biggest waves in the community