2007-08 Cross Country & Track and Field Roster

Brandon Griffin

  • Position Distance
  • Ht./Wt. 0-0 / 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Roseville, Minn.
  • High School Roseville Area HS

Biography

 

2008 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded season best and highest finish in the 800-meter run at the Hendrix Invitational winning the event in 1:59.35...Also competed in the 800 meters at the Rhodes College Open placing sixth in 1:59.51...Recorded season best and highest finish at the Harding Invitational in the 200-meter dash placing fourth in 23.39, the 400-meter dash placing fifth in 52.42, and the 1,500-meter run placing fourth in 4:07.39...Competed in the javelin at the Sun Belt Championships placing 17th with a throw of 42.31m (138-10)...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.

 

2007 Cross Country Season:  Helped lead UALR to the 2007 Sun Belt Conference title placing 27th over the 8K with a time of 27:22.25...Recorded career and season high in the 8K at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Invitational placing 34th out of 341 runners with a time of 25:38.59 placing him 13th in UALR career records...Recorded highest finish at the Arkansas Tech Twilight Run 5K placing second with a time of 20:35.05...Placed sixth at the UALR Open recording a time of 26:31.40 for the 8K.

 

2007 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded season best in the 1,500 meters at the Rhodes College Open placing sixth in 4:00.07...Placed ninth at the Sun Belt Championships in the 1,500 meters in a time of 4:01.06...Recorded season best in the 3,000 meters at the Tulsa Duels placing 11th in 9:07.39 ranking him seventh in UALR career records...Recorded season best in 3,000 meter steeplechase placing fifth at the John McDonnell Invitational in 9:55.96...Recorded season best in the 800 meters in the prelims at the SBC Championships placing seventh in 1:55.99..Placed eighth in the 800  meter finals in 1:59.49...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll for academic excellence.

 

2007 Indoor Track Season:  Recorded season best in the Mile at the Saluki Booster placing seventh in 4:21.24...Recorded highest finish in the Mile at the Saluki Booster and at the Sun Belt Championships placing seventh in 4:24.66...Recorded season best in the 5,000 meters at the SBC Championships placing 18th in 16:39.75...Competed as anchor leg on the Distance Medley Relay team recorded a time of 10:06.59 at the Iowa State Classic ranking them second in UALR career records and first in the Sun Belt and at the SBC Championships placing fifth in 10:19.80 ranking them fifth in UALR career records.

 

2006 Cross Country Season:  Redshirted.

 

2006 Outdoor Track Season:  Redshirted.

 

2006 Indoor Track Season:  Recorded his personal best and highest finish at the Saluki Booster in the 3,000 meters placing second in 8:49.82 ranking him 11th in UALR Indoor Track Records and eighth in the Sun Belt Conference...Competed at the Iowa State Classic in the mile recording a time of 4:18.84 ranking him seventh in the SBC...At the Sun Belt Conference Meet, placed tenth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:53.64 and 13th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:47.16.

 

2005 Cross Country Season:  Set personal best in the 10,000 meters at the Chile Pepper Invitational with a time of 32:07.7 ranking him fifth on UALR Cross Country records...Was the Top Trojan finisher in every race he competed in...Received Sun Belt Conference Male Runner of the Week after finishing eighth at the UALR Open in 26:36.96 and helping his team to a first place finish...Finished 11th at the Memphis Twilight Cross Country Classic in 20:39.97 for the four mile course...Recorded a 17th place finish at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a time of 26:37.87 helping his team to a fifth place finish.

 

2005 Outdoor Season:  Set a personal best in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:59.61 at the Vanderbilt Track and Filed Invitational ranking him ninth in UALR records for the mile...Recorded highest placing in the mile at the Sun Belt Conference meet finishing eighth in a time of 4:00.17...Placed ninth at both the Mississippi Invitational in a time of 4:00.93 and at the Indian Classic in a time of 4:12.14...Finished 13th at the Tulsa Duels in the mile with a time of 4:07.78...Competed in the 800 meters at the Vanderbilt Invitational placing 16th in a time of 1:58.46.

 

2004-05 Indoor Season: At the season-opening ASU Kick-Off Klassic, placed eighth in the 3,000 meters in 8:56.83...At the Saluki Booster Invitational, placed fifth in the mile in 4:27.88...Ran a 4:28.98 mile at the Iowa State Classic and placed 59th...Member of the distance medley relay that placed fourth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in 10:31.08.

 

2004 Cross Country Season: Placed 24th at the Saluki Invitational 8K in 26:43.30...Was 35th in the Sun Belt Conference Championship 8,000 meter in 28:21.7...Finished 11th in the 5,000-meter UALR Open in a time of 27:20...Placed 33rd in the season-opening Memphis Twilight Classic with a time of 21:05.03 in the 4-mile race.

 

2004 Outdoor Season: Opened the season at LSU's Tiger Relays with an eight-place showing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:18.37...At the Ole Miss Invitational, finished second in the 1,500 meters in 4:03.83...Also at Ole Miss, placed 10th in the 800 meters with mark of 2:02.00...Part of the 4-by-800 relay team that set a school record at the prestigious Drake Relays...Teamed with Dmitry Shokur, Calum Neff and Andrey Shokur to run a 7:39.28, breaking the old UALR record of 7:44.88 set on April 25, 2003, by the Shokurs, Neff and Bryan Jackson...Finished first in the second section of the 1,500 meters at the Ole Miss Open with time of 4:04.25...At the Sun Belt Conference Championships, placed seventh in the 1,500 in 4:06.48 as four UALR runners finished in the top 10.

 

2003-04 Indoor Season: Placed fifth in the mile run at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with time of 4:24.95...Also took 15th in the 3,000 meters with mark of 9:09.13...At Middle Tennessee Invitational, finished eighth in the mile at 4:30.61 as five Trojan runners placed in the top 10.

 

2003 Cross Country Season: Placed 98th in team scoring and 111th overall at the NCAA South Central Regional 10K with time of 35:45...Finished 14th at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with time of 27:48.69 and helping team to second-place showing...Was 31st in the Saluki Invitational 8K in 28:00.46 as team again placed second...Helped Trojans to win in UALR Open with 16th-place finish with time of 28:31 in the 8,000 meters...Placed 28th in the season-opening Memphis Twilight Classic with mark of 21:58.30.

 

High School: Won the conference 1600-meter title as a senior at Roseville Area... Holds school records in the outdoor mile and indoor 800 and 1600 meters...Team MVP three times and team captain twice...Placed 14th in the AA state 3200-meter run... Personal best times include 52.0 in the 400; 1:58 in the 800; 4:18 in the 1600; 9:27 in the 3200; and 16:10 in the 5K.

Personal: Son of John and Theresa Griffin...Born April 26, 1985, in St. Paul, Minn. ...Has one sister, Ashlee...Majoring in Speech.

 

 

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