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2020 Men's Cross Country Roster

Brendan McClanahan

Brendan McClanahan

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Temperance, Mich.
  • High School:
    Bedford

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results

Career Highlights:
  • 5x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • 3x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • 3x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)

Career Best:
  • 4 Mile: 23:00.6 at 30th Running Fit- Detroit Mercy Titan Invitational
  • 5 Mile: 29:36.8 at the 2016 National Catholic Invitational
  • 6k: 21:01 at 2016 Golden Grizzly Open
  • 8k: 27:41 at 2016 Greater Louisville Classic

2020:
  • Did not run in any races

2019:
  • Ran a time of 24:07.6 in the season opener 4 mile at the 33rd Running Fit- Detroit Mercy Titan Invitational
  • Ran a 30:39 in the 5 mile at the National Catholic Championships

2018:
  • One of four juniors that contributed to the team scores in the 2018 season
  •  Appeared in one race this season which was the 32nd Annual Running Fit- Detroit Mercy Titans Invitational 4M running a time of 23:57.1

2017:
  • Redshirt

2016:
  • Took part in six of the Titans’ seven races on the year
  • Made his season debut scoring as the number five Titan in a time of 21:01 for 18th at the Golden Grizzly Open
  • Ran 29:36 for 86th at the National Catholic Championship
  • Set his 8k season low of 27:41 for 288th at the Greater Louisville Classic
  • Tallied a time of 29:00 for 76th at the Horizon League Championship  

High School:
  • Earned four letters in track and field and two in cross country and soccer
  • Tabbed the team’s Most valuable runner as a senior, where he was also a state qualifier
  • In track, he was All-State in the 800-meters as a senior taking eighth place in the Division 1 race
  • Also claimed fourth in the 800m at the 2016 indoor championships and was a state qualifier as a junior
  • Holds the second fastest time in the 800m at Bedford High School
  • Named the Most Valuable Distance Runner as a junior and senior and was part of the Midwest Meet of Champions Team in the 4x800-meter relay
  • Named a Scholar-Athlete all four years
 
Personal:
  • Son of Virginia Skinner and Marty McClanahan
  • Has one older sister
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because it offered a great engineering program and Division I athletics
  • A Mechanical Engineering major

Career Finishes:
2019 Results

Sept. 7 - 33rd Running Fit- Detroit Mercy Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI)- 24:07.6- 52nd
Sept. 20 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN)- 30:39.5- 29th

2018 Results
Sept. 8 - 30th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 23:57 – 70th

2016 Results
Sept. 2 - Golden Grizzly Open (Oakland University campus - Rochester Hills, MI) - 21:01 - 18th
Sept. 10 - 30th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 23:00 – 57th
Sept. 16 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN) - 29:36 – 86th
Oct. 1 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 27:41 - 288th
Oct. 15 - Canisius Alumni Classic (Delaware Park - Buffalo, NY) - 29:08 - 101st
Oct. 29 - Horizon League Championships (Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course - Kenosha, WI) - 29:00 - 76th

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Senior

  • 2020Graduate Student