2026 Track & Field Roster Choose a Player: Balzer, Skyler Balzer, Zachary Barth, Brayson Brenne, Eilen Brown, Julia Burnett, Matthew Burns, Oliver Cino, Sophia Copelin, Jaxson de Palma Mendiguchia, Julia Echols, Angelo Gaffney, Travis Hamilton, Carissa Hancock, Abigail Harris, Christian Inzinger, Sonja Kamp, Brandon Kingsmith, Kaden LeBlanc, Sawyer Lewis, Roman Lind, Caleb Lind, Isaac Locke, David Martinez, Carolina McCarroll, Eimear Miller, Nathan Narciso, Alice Nold, Parker Perry, Anna Phillips, Jamie Pogue, Landon Potgieter, Nadia Pretorius, Hanri Rajlich, Hope Rebello, Michael Redpath, Olivia Rice, Brock Rosslee, JD Rush, Ayva Schmalz, Michael Schoeman, Wiepke Sheppard, Kaitlyn Simone, Caden Steines, Noelle Thornley, Ciara Trangmar, Jacob van Milligen, Bente Vanroose, Rhune Wallace, Bryndon Wenz, Lindsey Wilson, Ava Wraith, Trixie Go Profile Stats Profile Sophomore Class Brockville, Ontario Hometown St. Mary Catholic High School Travis Gaffney Sophomore Class Brockville, Ontario Hometown Biography Summary Biography HONORS & AWARDS 2024 MVC Men's Cross Country Freshman of the Year MVC Men's Indoor Track & Field Champion: Mile (2026) MVC Men's Indoor Track & Field All-Conference: Mile (2026) CAREER BESTS (RESULTS) CROSS COUNTRY INDOOR TRACK & FIELD OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD 6K: 17:40.5 (8/29/25) 8K: 23:56.6 (10/3/25) 10K: 30:53.33 (11/15/24) Mile: 4:03.71 (2/14/26) 3,000m: 7:59.98 (1/31/26) 800m: 1:53.68 (3/28/26) 1,500m: 3:44.89 (5/2/26) 5,000m: 14:04.18 (4/17/26) 2025-26 SEASON Cross Country: Ran in six meets during the 2025 season. Finished fourth in the season-opening Fighting Illini Open, running the 6K in 17:40.5 for a new personal best. Followed with a third-place showing at the Bradley Intercollegiate, running a 24:19.7. Set a new 8K personal best in the Blue Race at the Joe Piane Invite, breaking the 24-minute mark with a 23:56.6. Placed 23rd in the Red Race at the Bradley Pink Classic, clocking a 24:39.62. Indoor: Competed in five meets during the 2026 indoor season. Took first place with a time of 8:08.44 in the 3000m event at the season-opening Cougar Alumni Open. Placed second in the Mile at the Larry Wieczorek Invite with a time of 4:06.77. Became the second Brave ever to run a 3000m race under 8:00.00, running a personal-best 7:59.98 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic. Set the fourth-fastest mile time in Bradley history at 4:03.71 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite in Boston. Earned the first conference title of his career, winning the Mile with a time of 4:05.36 at the MVC Championship. Also ran in the 3000m Final at the conference championship, placing ninth. Outdoor: Competed in seven meets during the 2026 outdoor season. Began the season with a 3:47.81 in the 1500m at the WashU Distance Carnival, placing fourth. Took first place in section five of the 1500m event at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 3:45.65. Set the program's seventh-fastest 5000m time of 14:04.38 at the Bryan Clay Invite. Recorded the eighth-fastest 1500m time in program history at the Wieneke Memorial, running a 3:44.89 and finishing third. Qualified for the 1500m Final at the MVC Championship, where he finished seventh at 3:52.69. Placed fourth in the 5000m Final at 14:46.85. 2024-25 SEASON Cross Country: Competed in six meets during the 2024 season. Placed fourth at the Bradley Intercollegiate, his second collegiate meet, clocking in at 25:00.5. Set his personal best in the 8K discipline at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 24:19.3. Earned Missouri Valley Conference Men's Cross Country Freshman of the Year as the conference's highest-placing freshman after placing 30th at the MVC Championship, running 24:24.9. Was the sixth-highest-placing Brave at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing 90th. Indoor: Competed in five meets during the 2025 indoor season. Finished eighth in the Mile at Iowa's Larry Wieczorek Invite, clocking in at a career-best 4:09.70. Placed third in his 3000m race at the Eagle Elite Invitational in Boston, running a career-best 8:14.21. Qualified for the Mile Final at his first MVC Indoor Championship, placing fifth at 4:16.21. Outdoor: Competed in six meets during the 2025 outdoor season. Placed first in section six of the 1500m event with a 3:49.96 at the Stanford Invitational. Finished fourth in the 5000m run at the Virginia Challenge, finishing in a career-best 14:22.69. Finished third in the 1500m race at the Fighting Illini Twilight with a season-best 3:48.43. Competed in two MVC Championship races at the end of the season, placing sixth in the 1500m Final and 11th in the 5000m Final.
