SPU: Three-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic (2020, 2021).
Junior (2021): INDOOR – Season canceled.
OUTDOOR – Placed 6th in the 1500 at the GNAC Championships in 4:01.41, his first individual points at the conference meet. ... Also placed 10th in the 800 with a personal-best time of 1:55.17, and ran the second leg on the seventh-place 4-by-400 relay. ... Broke the 4-minute mark in the 1500 for the first time with a 3:59.82 in the Peyton-Shotwell at Puget Sound on April 24. ... Just one week later in the Buc Scoring Invitational at Whitworth, went even faster with a 3:55.37. ... Started the season by running his first sub-2 in the 800, winning it with a 1:58.47 at the PLU Opener on March 6. ... Ran in eight meets.
Sophomore (2020): INDOOR – Ran in three meets. … Placed 11
th in the mile at the GNAC Championships in 4:26.33. … Ran the 1600-meter anchor leg on the 7
th-place distance medley relay at GNAC. … Set a mile PR of 4:25.19 at Portland Indoor Two on Feb. 9.
OUTDOOR – Anchored the winning 4-by-400 relay at the season-opening Ed Boitano / Puget Sound Invitational, combining with David Njeri, Julius Shepherd, and Reed Adjibly for a time of 3 minutes, 34.70 seconds. … Also placed 3
rd in the 1500 meters in a personal-best time of 4:05.79 and 5
th in the 800 in a PR 2:03.10. His previous best times were 4:10.51 and 2:03.85, respectively. … Rest of the season canceled because of the coronavirus.
Freshman (2019): INDOOR – Placed 18th in the mile (4:30.13) and 22nd in the 3000 (9:44.81) at the GNAC Championships. The mile time was a PR. ... Set a PR in the 3K the week after conference at the SPU Final Qualifier, going the distance in 9:08.13. ... Made his college debut at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview, clocking 4:43.83 in the mile. ... Ran in four meets.
OUTDOOR – Placed 16th in the 3000 steeplechase at the GNAC Championships in 10:10.66. ... Set a steeple PR of 10:06.13, good for 4th place, at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational on April 27 in Bellingham. ... Set a PR of 4:10.51 for the 1500 in the regular-season finale Ken Shannon Invitational at Husky Track on May 4.
Inglemoor High School: Capped his career with a personal-best time of 4:24.78 to take 9th in the 1600 at the Kingco Championships. ... Ran the 3200 at Kingco as a sophomore, junior, and senior, with his best placing of 14th as a sophomore in 2016.
Personal: Brayden James Schultz. ... Exercise science major.
Fun facts: Started running in 7th grade, then started taking it seriously in 9th grade. ...
Previously played soccer, but fell in love with cross country and stopped soccer as a high school sophomore. ...
Favorite sports to watch ar running, soccer, and football. ...
Dumbest movies he has ever seen are any horror movies on Netflix. ...
Books he just couldn't put down were any from the "Harry Potter" series. ...
Favorite junk food is brownies. ...
Favorite healthy food is smoothies. ...
Favorite TV programs are "The Office," "Seinfeld," or "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." ...
His dream car is a Lamborghini Aventador Coupe. ...
Loves to shop for food. ...
Favorite sport teams are the Bowerman Track Club and the Seattle Seahawks. ...
Favorite athlete is American middle distance runner Matt Centrowitz. ...
Easiest subject in school is film. ...
Toughest subject is industrial design. ...
Pre-race ritual is having a different pair of lucky socks every season that he wears for every race....
If could invite anyone to dinner, ti would be Danny DeVito, and would serve sushi. ...
If he could be any action hero, would be Dash from the Incredibles "because I could win every race and I could just run everywhere I was going and not have to deal with traffic." ...
In 10 years, hopes to be working as an athletic trainer or physical therapist for a professional sports team.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:00.00 (2/29/2020)
Mile: 4:25.19 (2/9/2020)
3000: 9:08.13 (2/23/2019)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 1:55.17 (5/15/2021)
1500: 3:55.37 (4/30/2021)
3000 steeplechase: 10:06.13 (4/27/2019)
CAREER RESULTS
