
Kelly Brennan
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Akron
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- High School:
- Walsh Jesuit
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- Events:
- Distance
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- Major:
- Accounting & Finance
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2020
- College Sports Information Directors of Academic Women's Cross Country/Track and Field Academic All-American first-team selection
- National Collegiate Athletic Association Woman of the Year Award nominee
- United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic selection
- College Sports Information Directors of Academic Women's Cross country and Track and Field All-District 7 first-team selection
- Outdoor track and field season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
- Marcia French Most Outstanding Senior Female Athlete Award recipient
- USTFCCCA Indoor All-American in the 800-meter
- NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships qualifer in the 800-meter run, meet canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Earned Indoor USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honors in the 800-meter, 1-mile, 3,000-meter, and 5,000-meter runs
- Earned Indoor All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 1,000-meter run (first), 1-mile run (first), and 500-meter dash (second)
- Earned Indoor All-Ohio honors in the 1-mile (first) and 800-meter (second) runs
- Named Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Distance Runner of the Year
- Named Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on February 10
- Named Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on February 24
- Indoor season and career-best time of 1:16.83 in the 500-meter dash (BW indoor record)
- Indoor season and career-best time of 3:01.98 in the 1,000-meter run (BW indoor record)
- Indoor season and career-best time of 10:06.45 in the 3,000-meter run (BW indoor record)
- Indoor season-best time of 2:13.65 in the 800-meter run (BW indoor record)
- Indoor season-best time of 5:01.41 in the 1-mile run
- Indoor season-best time of 17:29.20 in the 5,000-meter run
- Indoor season-best time of 4:14.81 in the 4x400-meter relay
2019
- 2019 NCAA Division III National Runner-up in the 800-meter run in a school-record time of 2:09.71
- Ohio Athletic Conference Co-Distance Athlete of the Year
- Earned Outdoor United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region honor in the 800-meter run and 1,500-meter run
- Earned Outdoor All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 800-meter run (first), 1,500-meter run (first) and 4x800-meter relay (first)
- Earned Outdoor All-Ohio honors in the 800-meter run (first) and 1,500-meter run (second)
- Named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week on April 22
- Earned All-America status with an eighth-place finish in the 800-meter run at the 2019 NCAA Division Indoor Championships
- Earned USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honors in the 800, 3,000 and 5000-meter runs and the distance medley relay
- Earned Indoor All-Ohio honors in the 800 (first) and 1-mile (first)
- Earned Indoor All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 1-mile (third) and 5,000 (second)
- Named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week on February 11 & February 18
- Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
- United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic selection
- Set BW school-record in the 800-meter run (2:13.81) in the prelims of the NCAA Div. III National Meet on Mach 9, 2019
- Set BW school-record in the 3000-meter run (10:07.86) at the Hillsdale (Mich.) College "Wde Open" Meet on Feb.2, 2019
- Set BW school-record in the 5000-meter run (17:19.51) at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships on Feb. 22, 2019
- Indoor 800-meter season-best, career-best and school-record time of 2:13.81
- Indoor 1-mile run season-best and career-best time of 5:03.36
- Indoor 3,000-meter run season-best, career-best and school-record time of 10:07.86
- Indoor 5,000-meter run season-best, career-best and school-record time of 17:19.51
- Indoor 4x400-meter relay season-best and career-best time of 4:13.18
- Indoor distance medley relay season-best and career-best time of 12:08.34
- Outdoor 400-meter dash season-best and career-best time of 59.05
- Outdoor 800-meter run season-best, career-best and school-record time of 2:09.71
- Outdoor 1,500-meter run season-best and career-best time of 4:36.25
- Outdoor 1-mile run season-best and career-best time of 4:53.06
- Outdoor 5,000-meter run season-best time of 17:33.56
- Outdoor 4x400-meter relay season-best and career-best time of 4:04.29
- Outdoor 4x800-meter relay season-best time of 9:20.59
- Earned third varsity letter
2018
- Earned All-America status with a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Google Cloud Academic All-American selection
- Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 team selection
- Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
- United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic selection
- Broke her own BW outdoor school-record in the 800-meter run
- Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 4x800-meter relay (first) and 1,500-meter run (second)
- Earned Outdoor All-Ohio honors in the 800-meter run (champion) and 1500-meter run (second)
- Earned United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region honors outdoors in the 800-meter run
- Named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week on January 22
- Earned USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honors indoors in the 5,000-meter run
- Indoor 800-meter run season-best time of 2:18.83
- Indoor 1-mile run season-best time of 5:07.32
- Indoor 3,000-meter run season-best time of 10:33.35
- Indoor 5,000-meter run season-best time of 17:35.53
- Outdoor 200-meter dash season-best and career-best time of 28.64
- Outdoor 400-meter dash season-best time of 1:04.03
- Outdoor 800-meter run season-best time of 2:10.05
- Outdoor 1,5000-meter run season-best and career-best time of 4:37.02
- Outdoor 5,000-meter run season-best time of 18:06.85
- Outdoor 4x400-meter relay season-best time of 4:13.33
- Outdoor 4x800-meter relay season-best and career-best time of 9:20.21
- Earned second varsity letter
2017
- United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic selection
- Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
- Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors outdoors in the 3,000 meter run (second) and 1,500-meter (third)
- Earned All-Ohio honors in the 1,500-meter run (first)
- Set school-record outdoors in 800-meter run (2:12.02) at Harrison Dillard Twilight
- Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors indoors in the 1500-meter run (third)
- United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region performer indoors in the 800 and 1-mile runs
- Indoor 800-meter run season-best time of 2:15.16
- Indoor 1-mile run season-best time of 5:06.19
- Indoor 3,000-meter run season-best time of 10:21.15
- Indoor 5,000-meter run season-best time of 19:18.11
- Indoor 4x400-meter relay season-best time of 4:15.86
- Outdoor 400-meter dash season-best time of 1:02.40
- Outdoor 800-meter run season-best time of 2:12.02
- Outdoor 1,500-meter run season-best time of 4:39.24
- Outdoor 5,000-meter run season-best and career-best time of 17:26.83
- Outdoor 4x400-meter relay season-best and career-best time of 4:08.60
- Outdoor 4x800-meter relay season-best time of 10:04.75
- Earned first varsity letter
2016
- Did not compete in indoors or outdoors due to an injury
School Records
- Indoor 500-meter dash - 1:16.83
- Indoor 800-meter run - 2:13.65
- Indoor 1,000-meter run - 3:01.98
- Indoor 3,000-meter run - 10:06.45
- Indoor 5,000-meter run - 17:19.07
- Outdoor 800-meter run - 2:09.71
- Outdoor 1-mile run - 4:53.06
High School
- Four-year letterwinner in track and field
- Academic All-Ohio selection
- Three-time state qualifier
- Earned four varsity letters in cross country
Personal
- Carried a 3.971 undergraduate grade point average
- Carries a 3.86 graduate grade point average
- Dean's List student
- Jacket Scholar
- Member of the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
- Member of the Chi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
- Member of the BW women's cross country team
- Sister of Pat Brennan '13 and Michael Brennan '15 on the BW men's soccer team, and Brian Brennan '19 on the BW men's cross country and track teams
- Daughter of Terry and Teri Brennan
- Brennan Family Feature Story