Brian Rae

Hometown: Naperville, IL High School: North Height / Weight: 6-0 / 135

Event: Distance

2006 -- Indoor - placed 24th in 3,000 meters (8:45.39) at Big Ten Championships... runner-up in mile (4:20.51) at Iowa Open... Outdoor - placed 14th in 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:28.95) at Big Ten Championships... won steeplechase with collegiate-best 9:18.89 at Messersmith Invite... letterwinner.

2005 -- Indoor - placed 22nd in 3,000 meters (8:47.95) at Big Ten Championships... ran collegiate-bests in mile (4:18.18), 3,000 meters (8:24.73) and two miles (9:21.56)... Outdoor - letterwinner... Cross Country - letterwinner.

2004 -- Indoor - placed 11th in 3,000 meters (8:35.93) at Gold Country Classic... Outdoor - ran collegiate best 14:22.83 in 5,000 meters at Stanford Invite, which ranks eighth on Iowa's all-time bests list... also ran collegiate-best 1,500 meters (4:05.83) at Missouri Relays... letterwinner... Cross Country - placed 48th at Big Ten Championships (25:33) and 72nd at Murray Keatinge Invite (26:59:40)... letterwinner.

2003 -- Indoor - placed third in 3,000 meters (8:26.2) at Gold Country Classic... Outdoor - won 5,000 meters (14:31.68) at Iowa Musco Twilight V... letterwinner... Cross Country - all-region selection, placing seventh at NCAA regional (31:19) to lead team... advanced to NCAA Championships, placing 199th (31:47)... ran career-best 8,000 meters (24:34) at Pre-National Invite... placed 13th (24:35) at Big Ten Championships, earning second team all-Big Ten honors... letterwinner.

2002 -- Track - redshirted... Cross Country - placed 30th (30:52.28) at NCAA regional and 53rd (25:27.6) at Big Ten meet... placed 77th (25:25.9) at Roy Griak Invite and 188th at NCAA Championships (32:49.2)... letterwinner.

2001 -- Cross Country - redshirted.

High School -- conference cross country champion, placing seventh at state meet senior year... also won conference 1,600 meters as a senior... two-time all-state and all-conference in cross country, three-time all-conference in track... two-time team captain in track and cross country... team MVP twice in track and once in cross country... four-year academic all-conference... coach was Dave Racey.

Personal -- born June 2, 1983... son of Peter and Donna Rae... geography major.

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