Andrew Brandt Season 2019-20

2021-22
Academic All-Big Ten (Cross Country)
Academic All-Big Ten (Track & Field)
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore

• Redshirted

Indoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Sophomore

• Competed in five meets in the mile, 3,000 and 5,000
• Raced in the 3,000m at the Big Ten Championships and was 14th overall in 8:19.59 on Feb. 25
• Posted a personal-best 5,000m time of 14:16.35 to finish 10th overall at the IU Relays on Jan. 28
• Placed third with a collegiate-best time in the 3,000m of 8:13.49 at the Big Ten Midwest Invite on Jan. 15
• Ran a personal-record time of 4:13.39 in the mile to finish fifth at the Gene Edmonds Invite on Jan. 8

Cross Country / As a Redshirt Sophomore

• Ran in six meets
• At the NCAA Great Lakes Region, finished with a personal-best 10k time of 31:36.0 on Nov. 12
• Finished the Big Ten Championships 5.2-mile course in 26:20.3 on Oct. 29
• Placed 15th overall with an 8k time of 25:20.0 at the John McNichols Invite on Sept. 18
• Was seventh overall with a personal-best 6k time of 18:40.7 at the Winrow Open on Sept. 3

 
2021
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
Academic All-Big Ten (Cross Country)
Academic All-Big Ten (Track & Field)
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Raced three times, in the 1,500 and 5,000
• At the Big Ten Championships on May 14, ran the 5,000m in 14:50.23 to place 21st
• Posted a personal-best mark of 14:20.46 in the 5,000m at the Big Ten Indiana Invitational No. 3 on April 16
• Finished the 1,500 in 4:02.43 at the Big Ten Indiana Invitational No. 2 on April 9

Indoor Track & Field / As a Redshirt Freshman

• Competed in three meets in the 3,000
• Ran the 3,000 in 8:21.70 at the Big Ten Championships to finish 20th overall on Feb. 25
• Ran a personal-best 3,000 time of 8:13.64 at the Hawkeye Big Ten Invitational on Feb. 12

Cross Country / As a Redshirt Freshman

• Ran in both of Purdue’s cross country meets in 2021 and helped the men finish third at Big Tens and qualify for the NCAA Championships as a team for the third consecutive year, a program-first since 1946-50
• Raced at the NCAA Championships and finished the 10k race in 33:19.4 to place 218th overall on March 15
• Finished the 8k Big Ten Championships in 25:11.5 and was 41st overall on Jan. 30

 
2019-20
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic

Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Redshirted

Cross Country / As a Freshman

• Redshirted

 
HIGH SCHOOL

• Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track
• Earned all-state cross country honors during junior and senior years
• Helped cross country team win state championship as a junior
• Scholar Athlete

 
PERSONAL

• Comes from a family of runners, as brothers, Adam and Kyle, run cross country and track at University of St. Thomas and Drake University, respectively
• Chose Purdue because of the team culture and the engineering program
• Majoring in aeronautical and astronautical engineering