2017 Men's Cross Country
Mark Brannen
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- Millen, Ga.
- High School:
- Jenkins County HS
Season-by-Season
2017
- Ran in five of Mercer's six events as a senior
- Finished the USC Upstate Invite 8K with a season-best time of 27:12.10
- Sixth fastest Bear at SoCon Championships 8K (Oct. 28) with 27:57.50
2016
- Competed in all five regular season events & the 2016 Southern Conference Championships as a junior
- Ran a season-best 5K of 17:08.90Â at Strut's Season Opener (Jacksonville State; Oxford, Ala.)
- Impressed with a season-best 8K of 26:50.37 at the SoCon Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn.
- Raced in five total events as a sophomore
- Set a personal-best 5K time (16:47.2) at Strut's Season Opener
- Ran his best collegiate 8K at the SoCon Championships in Spartanburg, S.C. (27:01.93)
- Ran in six events as a freshman
- Finished 12th with a season-best 5K time of 17:20.70 in Strut's Season Opener
- Ran a personal-best 8K of 28:03.00 at Cross Country-Only National Invitational
High School
- Earned four varsity letters in both cross country and track under Coach Jimmy Brannen at Jenkins County High School
- Four-time MVP in cross country
- Male athlete of the year in cross country
- Placed second & third at Georgia State Championships in 2012 & 2013, respectively
- Helped Jenkins High XC to second-place state championship finish in 2012 & 2013
- Finished third in his class at Jenkins HS & graduated with honors
- Mark Emory Brannen
- Born Nov. 3, 1994 to Michelle & Jimmy Brannen in Statesboro, Georgia
- Has one sister, Alyssa
- Was also recruited by Georgia College, Oglethorpe
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