Brian Faust Season 2019-20

IN THE PURDUE RECORD BOOKS

• Has three school records, all individual indoors
• Holds the school history in the indoor 400 with a time of 46.15 (Feb. 28, 2020)
• Owns the Purdue record in the indoor 500 with a 1:01.70 (Dec. 7, 2018)
• Broke the school record in the indoor 600 with a 1:17.20 (Feb. 7, 2020)
• Is No. 2 in Purdue history in the outdoor 400 with a time of 45.95 (May 23, 2019)
• Has the second- and third-fastest outdoor 4x400 relay times in school history, with a 3:05.43 (May 25, 2019) and a 3:05.58 (March 30, 2019)
• Ranks No. 3, No. 5 and No. 7 in the Purdue record books in the indoor 4x400, highlighted by a No. 3 time of 3:07.81 (Jan. 26, 2019) and a No. 5 mark of 3:07.93 (Feb. 23, 2019)

 

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

• All-America: 400-meter (USTFCCCA)
• NCAA Qualifier: 400-meter
• Participated in four meets and raced in the 400, 600, 800 and 4x400
• Broke his own school record in the 400 for the third time in 2020 with a 46.15 to finish third at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 28
• Won the 400 in a then-school-record time of 46.58 to win the event and added a win in the 4x400 in 3:10.92 at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 14
• Broke his own 600 and 400 school records at the Meyo Invite, with a 1:17.20 in the 600 to win the event and a 46.68 in the 400 to finish third on Feb. 7

 

2018-19

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore

• NCAA Qualifier: 400-meter
• NCAA Qualifier: 4x400 Relay
• Raced in seven meets and competed in the 200, 400, 4x400 and the 1,600 sprint medley relay
• Finished 20th in the 400 prelims in 46.62 and 17th in the 4x400 prelims in 3:07.65 at the NCAA Championships on June 5
• Ran the second-fastest 400 in program history with a 45.95 and anchored the 4x400 to a 3:05.43 to place seventh with the second-fastest time in Purdue history at the NCAA Regionals on May 23
• Was fourth in the 400 in 46.14 and fourth in the 4x400 with a mark of 3:08.30 at the Big Ten Championships on May 10
• Placed fifth overall in the 1,600 sprint medley relay in 3:25.08 at the Drake Relays on April 24
• Recorded a personal-best 200 time of 21.13 and added a pair of third-place finishes, in the 400 (46.05) and 4x400 (3:12.09) at the Jim Click Shootout on April 6
• Won the 4x400 in 3:05.58, the third-fastest time in school history, and added a bronze in the 1,600 sprint medley relay (3:25.34) and a fifth-place finish in the 400 (46.05) at the Florida Relays on March 30
• Earned a runner-up finish in the 200, in 21.44, and ran the 100 in 11.05 to place eighth at the UTSA invite on March 15

Indoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore

• Big Ten Runner-Up: 600
• All-Big Ten Second Team
• Competed in seven events and raced in the 400, 500, 600 and 4x400
• Broke the school record in the 600 with a time of 1:17.66 to win a silver medal at the Big Ten Championships, and added a bronze in the 4x400 in 3:07.93, the fifth-fastest time in Purdue history, on Feb. 22-23
• Set the program record in the 400 with a time of 46.70 and ran the 4x400 in 3:08.52, the No. 7 time in team history, to place third at the Tiger Paw Invite om Feb. 9
• Won the 600 in 1:22.51 at the Fred Wilt Open on Feb. 1
• Earned a 4x400 time of 3:07.81, which ranks No. 3 in team history, at the Razorback Invite on Jan. 25
• Set the 500 record in his first meet as a Boilermaker, finishing in 1:01.70 to win the event at the Hoosier Open on Dec. 7

 

PRIOR TO PURDUE / AT VILLANOVA FROM 2017-18

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• Big East Champion: 400-meter
• Big East Champion: 4x400 Relay
• All-Big East
• Won a pair of Big East titles, in the 400 with a personal-best time of 47.28, and in the 4x400 with a mark of 3:12.12 on May 11
• Finished second in the 4x400 in 3:13.44 at the War Eagle Invite on April 20
• Placed second in the 200 with a personal-best time of 21.81 at the Temple Owls Invite on April 13
• Finished fourth in the 4x400 at the Florida Relays with a mark of 3:11.45 on March 29

Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman

• First team All-America: Distance Medley Relay
• Big East Champion: 4x400 Relay
• Big East Runner-Up: 400-meter
• All-Big East
• Ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay with a split of 47.75 at the NCAA Championships on March 9 to help Villanova finish eighth with a final time of 9:35.49 and claim first team All-America honors
• Anchored the 4x400 relay at the Big East Championships with a split of 47.38 and helped the Wildcats win the conference title in the event with a winning time of 3:12.84 while adding a silver medal in the 400 with a time of 47.69 on Feb. 23
• Came in second in the 400 at the Villanova Invite with a time of 47.87 and was third in the 4x400 in 3:18.68 on Feb. 3
• Won the 500 in 1:02.33 at the Dr. Sander Invite Armory Challenge on Jan. 25
• In his collegiate debut at the Nittany Lion Challenge, came in sixth in the 600 with a time of 1:20.81, the eighth-fastest in Villanova history and also recorded a 4x400 relay split of 46.50 to place third on Jan. 13

 

HIGH SCHOOL

• Won a pair of 4A state titles as a senior, in the 400-meter and the 800-meter, and was the highest point scorer at the state meet with 22.5 points
• Broke the school record in the 400 with a time of 47.16
• Named the MVP of the Georgia State Meet as a senior
• Personal-bests are 21.81 in the 200m, 47.1 in the 400 and 1:52 in the 800
• Competed all four years on the cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field teams

 

PERSONAL

• Parents are Cathy and Sean
• Has two siblings, Patrick and Caitie
• Mother, Cathy, was on the track & field team at Eastern Kentucky and sister, Caitie, was on the track & field and cross country team at Utah from 2015-2020
• Majoring in selling and sales management