Junior three-time All-OAC performer Kelly Brennan
Bella Pendola, Madison Kile and Kelly Brennan all earned All-OAC honors to lead BW to a runner-up finish at the 2018 OAC Championships (Photos courtesy of Milton Woods)
Junior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC performer Kelly Brennan placed 14th in the Purple Valley Classic (Photo courtesy of Milton Woods)
Kelly Brennan

Kelly Brennan

  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Akron
  • High School:
    Walsh Jesuit
  • Major:
    Accounting & Finance

2018

  • Earned second-team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors
  • Earned All-Ohio honors (Top-35)
  • Earned All-Great Lakes Region honors (Top-35)
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • BW Strength Training Award recipient
  • Placed sixth at All-Ohio Division III Championships with a time of 22:46.4
  • Finished 10th at OAC Championships with a time of 23:58.5
  • Placed seventh at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships with a season-best 6k time of 21:58.8
  • Finished 113th at NCAA Championships with a time of 22:39.6
  • Had a season-best and career-best 5k time of 19:02.2 at Tommy Evans Invitational
  • Earned third varsity letter

2017

  • Missed season due to injury

2016

  • BW Academic Excellence Award for the Highest Grade Point Average on the women's cross country team
  • Earned second-team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors
  • Earned All-Ohio honors (Top 35)
  • Earned All-Great Lakes Region honors (Top-35)
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Finished 11th at All-Ohio Division III Championships with a time of 23:14.9
  • Placed 13th at Ohio Athletic Conference Championships with a time of 22:42.9
  • Finished 23rd at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships with a time of 22:34.7
  • Had a season-best and career-best 4k time of 16:40.0 at Wooster Invitational
  • Had a season-best 5k time of 20:30.7 at Ohio Wesleyan 
  • Had a season-best 6k time of  22:21.5 at Inter Regional Rumble
  • Earned second varsity letter 

2015

  • Selected to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
  • Earned first-team All-Ohio Athletic Conference (Top-9)
  • Earned All-Ohio honors (Top 35th)
  • Earned All-Great Lakes Region honors (Top-35)
  • Finished fourth at Ohio Athletic Conference Championships with a time of 22:28.9
  • Placed fifth at All-Ohio Division III Championships with a time of 22:31.55
  • Finished 24th at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships with a time of 22:49.8
  • Had a season-best 4k time of 17:56.6 at Wooster Invitational
  • Had a season-best 5k time of 19:32.4 at Ohio Wesleyan
  • Had a season-best and career-best 6k time 21:41.6 at Inter Regional Rumble
  • Earned first varsity letter

Career Bests

  • 4k: 16:40.0 at Wooster Invitational on Sept. 1, 2016
  • 5k: 19:02.2 at Tommy Evans Invitational on Sept. 8, 2018
  • 6k: 21:41.6 at Inter Regional Rumble on Oct. 17, 2015 

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner in cross country
  • Academic All-Ohio selection 
  • Three-time state qualifier
  • Earned four varsity letters in track and field 

Personal

  • Member of BW women's track and field team
  • Dean's List student and Jacket Scholar
  • Carries a 3.975 grade point average
  • Member of the Alpha Lambda and Chi Sigma Alpha honoraries
  • Older brothers Pat Brennan '13 (works at Ernst & Young) and Michael Brennan '15 (earning his Ph.d. in chemistry at the University of Notre Dame) were standouts on the men's soccer team and Brian Brennan '19 is a member of the men's cross country and track teams
  • Daughter of Terry and Teri Brennan 
This page was last updated on January 3, 2019