2018 Cross Country Roster
Brandon Avers
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bowling Green, Ohio
- High School:
- Otsego
2019 SEASON
• Academic All-MAC Team
2018 SEASON
• Competed in five events for the Golden Flashes
• Finished 35th at the Tommy Evans Invitational (21:03.3)
• Academic All-MAC
2017 SEASON
• Competed in all six events for the Golden Flashes
• Ran a season-best 8K time of 25:53 to finish 42nd at the MAC Championship
• Season-best 19th-place finish at the Tommy Evans Invitational 5K race with a time of 15:43.6
• One of two KSU runners to compete at NCAA Great Lakes Regional, finishing 120th in the 10K with a time of 33:32.8
• Academic All-MAC
2016 SEASON
• Competed in four events for the Golden Flashes
• Ran a season-best 8K time of 26:58 for a 30th place finish at the Mason Invitational
• Finished 32nd at the Tommy Evans Invitational 4-mile race with a time of 21:43
• Took 69th in the 8K at the MAC Championship with a time of 28:03
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• NBC Champion 2013 and 2014
• All-NBC all four years of high school
• All-Ohio XC junior and senior year
• Indoor state champion 1600 his junior year
PERSONAL
• Son of Rob and Michelle Avers
• Has two siblings: Jeremy and Nathan
• Majoring in Accounting, Would like to work as a CPA in an accounting firm
