Carter Cutting
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 January 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:48.53 (2025) 1500m: 3:37.03 (2026) Mile: 3:52.84 (2026) 3000m: 8:35.69 (2024) |
Carter Cutting (born 10 January 2005) is an American middle-distance runner. He won the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile run.[1]
Biography
Cutting lived in Wilsonville, Oregon,[2] prior to moving to Utah in 2021. As a high school junior at Corner Canyon High School in 2022, he won the boys 800 metres race at the Pine View Invitational in Utah before also winning the 800 m at the Arcadia Invitational in California in a time of 1:51.55.[3][4][5]
Although not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he began to attend Brigham Young University after being impressed on a visit with the program led by head coach Ed Eyestone. In his freshman year, he ran the fifth best mark in program history in the indoor mile, and ran 3:42.81 for the 1500 metres at the Big 12 outdoor championships in 2024.[2] Cutting was a finalist in tbe 1500 metres representing the United States at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, placing fifth overall.[6][7]
As a sophomore at BYU, Cutting achieved first-team All-American honours with the indoor distance medley relay team as they set a school-record time of 9:18.31.[8] Cutting set a personal best as he broke the four-minute barrier for the mile run with a time of a 3:59.39 at the Robison Invitational in May 2025. In doing so, he became just the fifth runner in Utah history to break the four-minute mile in an outdoor race.[2]
He won the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile run in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 14 March 2026, running for BYU. Having also ran the distance medley relay, Cutting was the first man to win the mile title after running the DMR since Josh Kerr in 2018.[9] In doing so, became BYU’s first NCAA indoor champion for 15 years.[10]
References
- ^ "Carter Cutting". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ a b c Walker, Sean (May 6, 2025). "Breaking 4-minute mile only part of BYU sophomore's staggering collegiate start". KSL. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Utahns shine at the Arcadia Invitational, the most prestigious prep track and field meet in the country". Deseret.com. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Carter Cutting-Photo finish win in 800 invite". Mile Split. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Carter Cutting 1st Place Boys Invitational 800m - Arcadia Invitational 2022". Runnerspace. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Jim Spier's Distance Preview 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships". Runnerspace. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "How BYU fared during Day 1 of the NCAA indoor track championships". deseret.com. 14 Mar 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ Gault, Jonathan (March 15, 2026). "NCAA Indoor men: Colin Sahlman wins controversial 3000 via DQ, as sprint records fall". Lets Run. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ "ARKANSAS MEN SCORE IN 11 EVENTS IN NCAA MEET, WIN TEAM TITLE". Runnerspace. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.