Scott Buttinger

Scott Buttinger

  • Class
    Junior
  • Hometown
    Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  • Highschool
    Resurrection Catholic Secondary School
  • Major
    Electrical engineering

Biography

2015 Season (Junior):

  • Did not race.

2014 Season (Sophomore):

  • Did not race.

2013 Season (Freshman):

  • Did not race.

Track and Field:

  • No. 5 on Stanford's indoor 800 list with a personal best 1:49.38.
  • Best in 1,500 is 3:46.38.

High School:

  • Ran 3:47.91 for the 1,500 meters at the Toronto International Games to become the fastest Canadian high school runner of 2012 at that distance.
  • Has an 800 personal best of 1:50.06.
  • Finished second in the 2013 Canadian junior nationals in the 800.
  • Was sixth at the 2013 Pan Am Junior Championships in Colombia in the 800 in 1:52.23.
  • Also was sixth in the 1,500 at junior nationals.
  • Won the 2013 Ontario provincial Grade 12 title in the 800 in 1:51.20.
  • Went on to finish sixth in the 2012 junior nationals in the 800, clocking 1:52.70.

Personal:

  • Has five sisters who won Ontario provincial titles: Maddie, Natalie, and Jessica in track and field, and Emily and Danielle in field hockey.
  • Maddie was a track All-America in the multi-events at Notre Dame and two sisters play NCAA Division I field hockey.
  • Great uncle Dick Duff won six Stanley Cups as a forward with the Toronoto Maple Leafs, played 18 seasons in the NHL and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006.
  • Majoring in electrical engineering.