- 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
| XC |
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INDOOR |
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OUTDOOR |
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800 |
2:05.40 |
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Mile |
4:22.39 |
1500 |
4:03.23 |
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3000 |
8:32.07 |
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| 5K |
16:46.9 |
5000 |
14:58.63 |
5000 |
14:55.92 |
| 8K |
25:12.1 |
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| 10K |
32:51.2 |
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10,000 |
31:33.13 |
2024 Outdoor: At the RMAC Championships on April 26, finished 14th in the 10,000 meters in 31 minutes, 49.93 seconds, putting him eighth individually in the event in program history. Converted for altitude to 30:56.32, the time ranked 108th in Division II for the season. ... Second in the 5000 at the April 19 Kit Mayer Classic in 15:33.03. ... Ran a career-best 5000 of 14:55.92 to finish 65th on April 13 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. ... Ninth in the 5000 in 15:32.85 at the March 30 Chuck Haering Classic. ... Ran a season-best 1500 of 4:06.41 for 22nd place on March 23 at the Spank Blasing Invitational.
2023-24 Indoor: Part of the distance medley relay for the RMAC Championships, though the unit was disqualified. ... Second in the 5000 meters at the Mines Pre-Conference meet on Feb. 17, finishing in 15 minutes, 41.78 seconds. ... Ran to 22nd in the 5000 on Feb. 9 at the Gorilla Classic with a 15:06.87 clocking. ... Placed second in the 5000 at the Jan. 20 UCCS Invitational in 15:41.35. ... Made his season debut Jan. 13 at the Potts Invitational, finishing 33rd in the 3000 in 8:55.18.
2023 Cross Country: Scored in all five of his races, placing between second and fourth among MSU Denver finishers. ... MSU Denver's third finisher at the Nov. 4 Division II South Central Regional, running 10 kilometers in 32 minutes, 51.2 seconds for 89th place. ... At the Oct. 21 RMAC Championships, ran to 55th place as MSU Denver's fourth finisher with an 8K time of 26:06.0. ... Placed 46th at the Oct. 7 Chargers Invitational with a personal-best 8K of 25:12.1. ... . Finished 21st at the Sept. 21 Roadrunners Invitational with an 8K time of 26:10.9. ... Made his MSU Denver debut at the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster on Sept. 2, placing 12th after running 8K in 26:16.5.
Before MSU Denver: Competed for three seasons at West Liberty (W.V.). ... Scored in both the 3000 meters (eighth place, 8 minutes, 37.79 seconds) and 5000 meters (seventh, personal-best 14:58.63) to help West Liberty to the 2023 Mountain East Conference Indoor championship. ... Finished 31st at the 2022 Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championships after placing 83rd the previous year. ... At the MEC Cross Country Championships, finished 38th in 2022, 18th in 2021 and 22nd in 2020-21 (2020 season was in the spring of 2021). ... In track & field, eighth in the 10,000 meters (personal-best 31 minutes, 33.13 seconds) and 10th in the 5000 (15:14.16) at the MEC Outdoor Championships in 2023 after finishing sixth and 11th, respectively, in the same events at the 2022 MEC Championships. ... Two-time member of the Academic All-MEC Team.
High School: Finished 45th as a senior at the 2018 West Virginia State Cross Country Championships. ... In track & field, finished in the top 10 in four of five races at 1,600 meters as a senior in 2019, while running a personal-best 4:47.73 in the other. ... 10th in the 1,600 at the Region 1 AAA Championship in 2019. ... Ran a personal-best 3,200 of 10:39.78 for second place at the Erickson Invitational on April 5, 2019. ... As a junior in 2018, posted top-10 finished in both of his 1,600 races and five of his six 3,200 races, including seventh at the WVSSAC Region 1 AAA Championship. ... Tenth at the same region meet in the 1,600 as a sophomore in 2017. ... Coached by Jacob Galik.
Personal: Full name is Brenden Michael Sands. ... Birthday is Jan. 31. ... Son of Claudell and Raina. ... Pursuing a master's of business administration.
