2018 Men's Track and Field Roster

Brysten James

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Warsaw, IN
  • Highschool Warsaw Community HS

Biography

SPU: Two-year letterwinner; three years with the program.

Senior (2018): INDOOR – Raced on both GNAC relays. Ran the 800-meter leg on the 7th-place 4000 distance medley, joining with Ben Hansen, Jesse Phan, and Elius Graff for a tme of 10:34.94. That was easily the best time by any Falcons DMR combo during the season. Then anchored the 9th-place 4x400 relay, with Peyton Harris, Phan, and Miles Flett carrying the baton ahead of him. ... Ran in two regular-season meets, dong the 800 once and the 1000 once.  OUTDOOR – Placed 20th in the 800 at GNAC in 1:58.54. ... Except for three 400s and one 1500, the 800 was his emphasis throughout his 10 meets. ... Broke his personal best twice. The first one was 1:58.15 at the Sacramento State Hornet Invitational on March 17, his first sub-1:59. Topped that with a 1:58.00 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif., on April 20.

Junior (2017): INDOOR – Placed 21st in the mile at GNAC (4:38.67). ... Set a PR of 4:33.54 on Feb. 12 at the UW Indoor Open. ... Focused exclusively on that race in all four of his meets.   OUTDOOR – Placed 16th in the 800 at GNAC (2:01.82). ... Broke the 2-minute mark in the 800 for the first time with a 1:59.03 at the JD Shotwell Invitational in Tacoma on April 1. That was a whopping 10 seconds better than his previous best of 2:09.79 set on the same Baker Stadium track at the Puget Sound Quad Meet in 2016. ... Anchored the winning 4x400 relay at the Doris Heritage Invitational on March 25 in West Seattle, following Lazarus Scarbrough, David Choi, and Peyton Harris for a time of 4:0170. ... Ran in six meets in either the 800 (three times) or 1500 (three times).

Sophomore (2016): INDOOR – Placed 18th in the mile at GNAC in a PR time of 4:39.99. ... Ran in one other meet, doing the mile at the UW Indoor Open.   OUTDOOR – Ran in four meets at distances ranging from 800 to 5000 meters. ... Did the 1500 twice, with a PR of 4:12.42 at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open on March 19.


INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
Mile: 
  4:33.54 (2/12/2017)
800:     2:00.27 (2/11/2018)
1000:   2:38.82 (1/13/2018)

OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
400:
           52.94 (3/10/2018)
800:        1:58.00 (4/20/2018)
1500:      4:12.42 (3/19/2016)
3000:      9:37.35 (4/23/2016)
5000:    16:50.47 (3/26/2016)


CAREER RESULTS