Player Bio: Russell Brown

  Russell Brown
Russell Brown
Player Profile
Class:
RS Senior
Hometown:
Hanover, NH
High School:
Hanover
Event:
Middle Distances
Honors:
Five-Time All-American

**National Champion**
**Nine-Time All-American**

Collegiate Career Bests
800 meters: 1:50.71i
800 meters: 1:47.96
1500 meters: 3:37.56
Mile: 3:59.65i
3000m: 8:01.07

Stanford: Looking toward another successful track season after wrapping up the 2007 outdoor season with an All-American performance and a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters ... Will make a major impact during the indoor season once again after winning a national championship and finishing second in the mile last season ... A talented middle distance runner who can contribute at all distances.

2007 Track & Field Season (Junior): Earned All-American honors with a third-place finish after running career-best 3:37.56 in the 1,500 meters at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships ... That performance moves him into fourth all time at Stanford ... Captured 1,500-meter title at the Pac-10 Championships ... Also recorded an eighth place finish in the 800 meters at the conference meet ... Earned two All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships as a member of the national champion distance medley relay team, and with a runner-up finish in the mile.

2006 Track & Field Season (Sophomore): Earned All-American honors with a fifth-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished 11th in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA West Regional to advance to theNCAA Championships ... Runner-up in the1,500 meters at the 2006 Pac-10Championships in a season-best time of 3:43.49, also running a seasonbest1:51.48 in the 800 meters ... An All-American after finishing eighth inthe mile at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Championships, also finishing eighth asa member of the distance medley relay team ... Captured the mile title atthe MPSF Championships ... Ran a season-best 3:59.65 in the mile at theArkansas Tyson Invitational.

2005 Track & Field Season (Freshman): Advanced to the 1,500 meter final atthe NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished fifth in the 1,500 metersat the NCAA West Regional and sixth in the event at the Pac-10Championships ... Garnered his first All-American honors in 2005 as amember of the fourth-place distance medley relay team ... Also finishedthird in the mile at the MPSF Championships.

2004 Track & Field Season: Redshirted.

International Competition: Competed in the 1,500 meters at the 2004 IAAFWorld Junior Track & Field Championships in Grosseto, Italy.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Hanover High School in Hanover, NH ...Finished third at the 2003 U.S. Junior National Championships with a timeof 1:50.16 ... New Hampshire State high school record-holder in the 800meters ... Captured the New England 60 meter indoor title and the NikeIndoor Classic 800 meters as a senior ... Individual class (intermediate)cross country state champion his junior year and helped his squad to thestate championship.

Cardinal Catalogue: Political Science major ... Parents are Chris Brown and Jocelyn Chertoff ... Selected as a 2007 Academic-All American ... 2006 and 2007 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field Team member ... 2005 Pac-10 All-Academic track and field selection ... Named to the 2006 Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team for track and field ... A 2007 Pac-10 All-Academic First Team track and field selection ... 2005 and 2006 Pac-10 Cross Country All-Academic selection.