Tyler Breeden
Tyler Breeden
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Decatur, GA
High School: Lakeside
Position: Distance
Parents: Thomas & Cynthia

Career Best Marks (Indoor):

2:14.99 800m Run 2/20/2016 Sewanee Indoor Invitational
9:06.56 3000m Run 1/27/2019 KMS Invitational
16:42.14 5000m Run 2/3/2017 Buccaneer T&F Invitational
4:35.73 1 Mile Run 2/15/2019 Sewanee Indoor Invitational

Career Best Marks (Outdoor):

2:10.46 800m Run 4/9/2016 Berry Field Day Invitational
4:17.15 1500m Run 3/22/2019 Emory Invitational
9:00.38 3000m Run 4/5/2019 Tiger Track Classic
16:12.08 5000m Run 4/7/2017 Berry Field Day Invitational


Prior to Emory:

Earned three varsity letters in cross country and one in track at Lakeside High School ... Was coached as a prep by Rick Barbe and Clark Rivers ... Top 5K time was a 16:43 at the Wendy's Invitational ... As a senior, he was selected as the program's Most Improved Runner ... Helped his high school team to region titles his sophomore and senior campaigns ...  Raced in the Georgia High School Class 6A State Championship as a junior and senior ... Also competed on Lakeside's wrestling team and was the recipient of that program's Leadership Award on two occasions.

Personal:
Son of Thomas and Cynthia Breeden ... Born Apr. 30 ... AP Scholar as a junior. 

Why he chose Emory?
"I grew up running in Lullwater and always used to watch the Emory cross country team practice, and I aspired to be a runner with them one day."