Career Bests (thru 2016 indoors):

  • 1,500: 3:43.48
  • 800 meters: 1:50.29
  • Mile: 4:04.39i
  • 3,000: 8:30.42
  • 1,000: 2:25.36

Stanford Record Book:
Indoors

  • DMR: 1st

At Stanford:

  • Won the 2013 U.S. junior national championship in the 1,500.
  • Earned first-team indoor All-America honors as a member of Stanford's fourth-place distance medley relay team at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships.
  • Recipient of the Pac-12 Leadership Award.

2016 Season:
Indoors

  • Ran a 1:49.6 split on the third leg (800 meters) of the school-record setting DMR at Penn State National.
  • Stanford was second in the race in 9:27.27, the fifth-fastest time in collegiate history.
  • Earned first-team All-America honors by running the 800 leg on Stanford's fourth-place NCAA DMR team.
  • Ran a split of 1:49.64.
  • Ran mile PR of 4:04.49 at the Iowa State Classic, placing 18th.
  • 12th in the MPSF 800 in 1:52.31.

2015 Season:
Outdoors

  • Set personal record in the 1,500 of 3:43.48 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, finishing ninth in the third heat.
  • Advanced to the final round of the NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500, placing eighth in his semifinal and 15th overall.
  • Ran first leg of third-place distance medley relay team at the Penn Relays (9:37.11).
  • Won the 1,500 at the Hornet Invitational at Sacramento State, in 3:46.95.
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic team.

Indoors

  • Ran one race, finishing 12th in the mile at the MPSF Championships in a personal best 4:07.43.

2014 Season:
Outdoors 

  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500.
  • Ran 3:48.63, but did not advance.
  • Placed 12th at the Pac-12 Championships (3:53.97).
  • Ran a PB of 3:45.30 while placing fifth in the second section at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
  • Set a PB in the 800 of 1:50.29 while placing third in the Big Meet.
  • Ran the second leg of the 4x800 that finished fifth at the Penn Relays (7:24.99).
  • Competed in five meets, anchoring a 4x400 at the Stanford Invitational.
  • Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic first team.

Indoors

  • Did not compete

2013 Season:
Outdoors 

  • Won the USATF junior national championship in the 1,500 meters in in 3:46.64.
  • Won on a sprint down the stretch at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
  • Continued to progress as a top middle-distance prospect.
  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500, placing 26th in 3:49.92.
  • Ran personal best 3:46.13 to finish fourth in his section at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
  • Ran a personal best 800 of 1:50.92 to place fifth at the Big Meet.
  • Did not escape the prelims at the Pac-12 Championships, running 1:51.74 in the 800.
  • Competed in six meets, including as a 4x400 anchor at the Jim Click Shootout.

Indoors 

  • Set personal records in the mile and 800.
  • Placed fifth in the 800 at the MPSF Championships in a personal best of 1:51.22.
  • Ran the 800 (third) leg on the fourth-place DMR team at the MPSF's (9:43.98).
  • Set mile best of 4:09.25 at the Husky Classic.
  • Ran in five meets, running the 800 three times, the mile twice, the 4x800 and DMR once each.

Cross Country:

  • Ran one race in 2015, and two meets in 2013, placing 75th at the Pac-12 Championships as team's No. 9 runner.

International:

  • Placed ninth at the 2013 Pan Am Junior Championships in the 1,500 in Medellin, Colombia, running 4:00.42.

High School:

  • The 2011 Texas state 5A runner-up in the 1,600 meters in 4:09.36.
  • He also placed third in 2010 and fourth in 2012.
  • Winner of the 2011 road Congress Avenue Mile, considered the championship of Texas, with a course-record time of 4:06.31.
  • Holds the Kingwood school records in the 800 (1:52.65), 1,600 (4:09.36) and 3,000 (8:30.42).
  • Helped Kingwood to a No. 1 national ranking in track during the 2012 season.
  • Champion in the 1,600 at the 2011 Region 2-5A meet.
  • Won the 1,600 and 3,200 at the 2011 and 2012 District 14-5A meet and was runner-up in both at the Region 2-5A.
  • Led the Kingwood cross-country team to three top-10 state finishes.

Personal:

  • Recipient of the Pac-12 Leadership Award.
  • Majoring in communication.
  • Interested in sports marketing or sports management.
  • Son of John and Yvonne Brinkley.

Career Statistics:

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf. FinishW. PrelimsNCAA Champ.
2016Indoors (4)8001:52.3112 (MPSF)----
  Mile4:04.49------
  1,0002:25.55------
  DMR9:27.274--4
2015Outdoors (7)1,5003:43.4817 (Pac-12)15--
  4x8007:21.17------
  DMR9:37.11------
 Indoors (0)----------
2014Outdoors (5)8001:50.29------
  1,5003:45.3012 (Pac-12)33--
  4x4003:17.59------
  4x8007:24.99------
 Indoors (0)----------
2013 Outdoors (8)8001:50.92------
  1,5003:44.2210 (Pac-12)32--
  4x4003:17.80------
 Indoors (5)8001:51.225 (MPSF)----
  Mile4:09.25------
  4x8007:48.75------
  DMR9:43.984 (MPSF)----

 

 

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