Aidan Hatton

Career Honors and Recognition

2x Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2022)

Season and Career Results
2024
Indoor
Appeared in seven meets on the season, running a variety of mid-distance races as well as three 4x400m relays … Opened the indoor season at the Gamecock Opener 600m dash, clocking a personal best time of 1:20.31 for the third fastest 600m since 2010 … Ran a personal best 800m time of 1:49.48 at the Tiger Paw Invite, finishing sixth overall with the program’s sixth fastest indoor 800m … Finished first in the 1000m at the Carolina Challenge when he clocked a personal best time of 2:24.79 for a new program record and a new Carolina Indoor Facility record … His best 4x400m relay finish was fifth at the SC Invite, while his fastest time was 3:15.09 at the Tiger Paw Invite.

Outdoor
Appeared in six meets during the outdoor season, running the 800m and the 4x400m relay … Ran at the SEC Championship in the 800m and the 4x400m relay, clocking a time of 1:54.70 in the 800m prelims … Was also the anchor leg on the relay that turned in the fastest 4x400m time of the season for Carolina at 3:10.08 to finish 10^th … Made his season debut in the Weems Baskin Invitational, winning the 800m with a time of 1:50.31 … Ran a personal best 800m time of 1:49.19 at the Tom Jones Invitational … Also ran 1:49.60 to finish eighth at the Wake Forest Invitational.

2023

Indoor

Took part in eight indoor meets, primarily running the 800m and the distance medley relay … Made his season debut at the Clemson Opener where he ran the third fastest 1,000 meter race in Gamecock history with a personal best time of 2:27.54, finishing second in the race … Competed in his lone mile event at the Gamecock Opener, setting a new personal best time of 4:18.21 to finish runner up … Turned in a trio of top-3 finishes in the 800m, including his first 800m race of the indoor season when he posted a personal-best time of 1:50.56 at the Carolina Challenge to finish third … His time at the Carolina Challenge ranks as the ninth fastest indoor 800m in Gamecock history … Finished second at the South Carolina Invitational (1:51.04) and the USC Indoor Open (1:51.38) … Competed in the SEC Championship, clocking 1:56.30 to finish 24^th overall.

Outdoor

Competed in five outdoor meets, primarily running the 800m, DMR, and the 4x800m relays … Began his outdoor season at the Island Relays Bahamas where he finished second in the 800m with a time of 1:54.32 … One week later, he finished 13^th in the 1500m when he posted a personal best of 4:08.82 … Competed in the 800m at the SEC Championship, clocking a new outdoor PR after stopping the clock at 1:50.95 to finish 23^rd … Was part of the 4x800m relay squad that turned in the second fastest time in Gamecock history, running 7:25.33 to finish runner up at the Florida Relays … Was also part of the DMR team that ran 10:12.09 at the Penn Relays for the eighth-fastest DMR time in Gamecock history.

2022

Indoor

Competed in seven indoor meets, running the 800m, mile, distance medley relay and the 4x400m … Made his collegiate debut in the Gamecock Opener, finishing first in the DMR (10:31.05) and seventh in the 800m with a time of 1:57.18 … Ran his lone mile race of the indoor season with a time of 4:28.11 in the South Carolina Invitational … His most successful meet was the UofSC Indoor Open, finishing second in the 800m with a season-best time of 1:52.63 and second in the DMR with a time of 10:28.95 … Also ran the 800m in the SEC Indoor Championship.

Outdoor

Appeared in five meets during the outdoor, running the 800m, 4×800 and the DMR … Opened the Weems Baskin with a time of 1:54.66 in the 800m to finish sixth, while claiming the podium in the DMR with a time of 7:46.61 … Set his outdoor 800m season best in the SEC Outdoor Championship with a time of 1:52.25.

Pre-South Carolina
High School

Was a state champion in the 800 meters and as a member of his school’s 4X800-meter relay team … Holds school record marks in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters, 5,000 meters, 4X800-meter relay, 4X1,600-meter relay and the shuttle medley relay.

Personal

Plans on studying finance in hopes of being a CFO … Chose South Carolina because of its prominent business school … Has a younger brother, Nolan … Was born on June, 20, 2003, to his parents Kevin and Merridee.

Personal Records
Indoor

Outdoor