Brandon_McGorty_BD_110719_668

TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

  • Two-time All-American

Personal Bests (thru 2022)

  • 800: 1:48.58
  • 1,500: 3:52.55
  • Mile: 4:08.58
  • 1,000: 2:23.56
  • 400: 48.52

As a Fifth-Year Senior (2021-22)
Outdoors

  • Did not compete

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Cross Country

  • Did not compete

As a Senior (2020-21)
Outdoors

  • Ran 800 season best of 1:51.41 at Big Meet

Indoors

  • Raced in the 800 and mile relay at the Championships at the Peak at Air Force
  • Second in the 800 in 1:54.54

Cross Country

  • Did not compete

As a Junior (2019-20)
Outdoors

  • Season canceled

Indoors

  • All-American (DMR)
  • No. 8 Stanford all-time indoors (800)
  • Ran season 800 best of 1:50.14 to place fifth at the MPSF Championships
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships as the third leg on team's distance medley relay
  • Team ran 9:32.42 at the Alex Wilson Invitational to qualify as the No. 11 seed

Cross Country

  • Did not compete

As a Sophomore (2018-19)
Outdoors

  • Did not compete

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Cross country

  • Did not compete

As a Freshman (2017-18)
Outdoors

  • Made collegiate outdoor debut at the Big Meet, placing fifth in the 800

Indoors

  • Earned first-team All-America honors in the distance medley relay
  • Ran the 800 leg as team placed fourth at NCAA Championships
  • Teamed with older brother Sean on a collegiate relay for the only time, in the NCAA DMR

Cross Country

  • Did not compete.

Prior to Stanford

  • Third-fastest high school 800 runner in nation in 2017 and No. 4 in 2016, both at 1:48.58, while at Chantilly High School
  • 12-time Virginia 6A champ, sweeping the 800 and 1,600 at the 2016 and 2017 outdoor meets
  • Owns four state 1,600 titles, including indoors and outdoors
  • In March, 2016, anchored Chantilly to the national high school record in the indoor sprint medley relay, running a 1:49.53 split
  • Three top-four individual finishes at New Balance national meets, five in relays, including first place indoor Swedish relay in 2016 (100-200-300-400)
  • Placed fifth at 2016 U.S. junior nationals
  • Has a high jump best of 6-4
  • Ran mile best of 4:08.58 at the 2016 Nike Elite Camp

Personal

  • Brother and teammate of Stanford's 2018 NCAA outdoor 5,000 champ Sean McGorty
  • Brother Ryan ran for William & Mary
  • Son of Kevin and Vicki McGorty, who both competed in track and field at North Carolina
  • Father was a three-time Atlantic Coast Conference decathlon champ and competed in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Trials
  • Father coached the multis, pole vault, and high jump at George Mason University
  • Mother is the former Vicki Verinder
  • Grandfather, Donald McGorty, competed in basketball and track at Manhattan College
  • Uncles Chris and Dennis McGorty were collegiate track athletes at Maryland and North Carolina, respectively

Career Results

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf. RegionalNCAA
2021-22Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross Country (0)----------
2020-21Outdoors (4)8001:51.41------
1,5003:52.55------
40050.81------
4x4003:13.83------
Indoors (1)8001:54.54------
4x440y3:23.54------
Cross Country (0)----------
2019-20Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (5)8001:50.145 (1:50.14)----
1,0002:26.24------
DMR9:32.42------
4x4003:12.715 (3:13.26)----
Cross country (0)----------
2018-19Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross Country (0)----------
2017-18Outdoors (3)8001:51.69------
4x4003:17.55------
Indoors (5)8001:50.9925 (1:59.72)----
1,0002:23.56------
DMR9:31.95----4 (9:31.95)
4x4003:16.59------
Cross Country (0)----------
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2018-19
Middle Distance
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2019-20
Middle Distance
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2020-21
Middle Distance
McGorty_Brandon
2022-23
Middle Distance