2023 Track and Field Roster
Phillips, Michael

Michael Phillips
- Position:
- Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- MBA, Business Admin
- Hometown:
- Tallahassee, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Syracuse
Bio
Michael Phillips - Season/Career Statistics
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Indoor Distance Medley (9:48.77)
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Outdoor 1500m (3:41.08)
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Outdoor 5000m (13:58.20)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor Mile (4:06.67aa; 2nd)
2023 Big West 1500m Champion
2023 All-Big West Performer (5000m)
2022 NCAA West Prelim Qualifier (1500m)
2022 Big West 1500m Champion
2024 (Senior): Did not compete.
2023 (Junior)
Outdoor: Competed in six meets … Won his second consecutive Big West title in the 1500m with a time of 3:49.99 … Also earned All-Conference honors for a second-place finish in the 5000m ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Did not compete.
2022 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 1500m … Won the 1500m Big West title and finished fifth in the 5000m race at the conference championships … Won the 1500m race at the Trojan Invite … Ran a career-best and school record 3:41.08 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Also ran career-best and school record 13:58.20 in the 5000m Hayward … Finished fourth with a season-best of 1:51.73 in the 800m at the Steve Scott Invitational.
Indoor: Competed in two meets … Finished second in the mile at the MPSF Championships … Also finished second in the distance medley relay at the MPSF's, helping set the program record … Won the mile at the New Mexico Classic.
Prior to LBSU: Finished fifth in the mile for Syracuse at the ACC indoor championships in 2019 … Also came out 10th in the mile at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational … Set a season-best in the outdoor 1500m with a time of 3:47.52 … Holds bests of 4:02.57 in the indoor mile, 8:13.31 in the 3k, 3:47.52 in the outdoor 1500m, and 14:20.65 in the 5k.
High School: Finished second in the 1600m at the 2016 3A Florida State Track and Field Championships for Lawton Chiles High School … Won the 1600m and 3200m events at the FHSAA 3A District 3, FHSAA 3A Region 1, and FHSAA 3A State Track and Field Championships.
Personal: Working on his MBA in Business admin after receiving his undergrad degree in Marketing.
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Indoor Distance Medley (9:48.77)
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Outdoor 1500m (3:41.08)
SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER – Outdoor 5000m (13:58.20)
Long Beach State Top 10 – Indoor Mile (4:06.67aa; 2nd)
2023 Big West 1500m Champion
2023 All-Big West Performer (5000m)
2022 NCAA West Prelim Qualifier (1500m)
2022 Big West 1500m Champion
2024 (Senior): Did not compete.
2023 (Junior)
Outdoor: Competed in six meets … Won his second consecutive Big West title in the 1500m with a time of 3:49.99 … Also earned All-Conference honors for a second-place finish in the 5000m ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Did not compete.
2022 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 1500m … Won the 1500m Big West title and finished fifth in the 5000m race at the conference championships … Won the 1500m race at the Trojan Invite … Ran a career-best and school record 3:41.08 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Also ran career-best and school record 13:58.20 in the 5000m Hayward … Finished fourth with a season-best of 1:51.73 in the 800m at the Steve Scott Invitational.
Indoor: Competed in two meets … Finished second in the mile at the MPSF Championships … Also finished second in the distance medley relay at the MPSF's, helping set the program record … Won the mile at the New Mexico Classic.
Prior to LBSU: Finished fifth in the mile for Syracuse at the ACC indoor championships in 2019 … Also came out 10th in the mile at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational … Set a season-best in the outdoor 1500m with a time of 3:47.52 … Holds bests of 4:02.57 in the indoor mile, 8:13.31 in the 3k, 3:47.52 in the outdoor 1500m, and 14:20.65 in the 5k.
High School: Finished second in the 1600m at the 2016 3A Florida State Track and Field Championships for Lawton Chiles High School … Won the 1600m and 3200m events at the FHSAA 3A District 3, FHSAA 3A Region 1, and FHSAA 3A State Track and Field Championships.
Personal: Working on his MBA in Business admin after receiving his undergrad degree in Marketing.
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