Meet Our Elite Athlete Coordinator and Recruiter, Nate Brannen!
Nate Brannen is a middle distance runner from Canada, specializing in the 800m, 1500m and mile events. Brannen is a 3-time Olympian in the 1500m for Canada and has been competing professionally for 12 years. Coming out of high-school as a sub 4-minute miler, his career took off while competing at the University of Michigan where he won 4 NCAA Track and Field Titles, 6 big Ten Titles, and was an 11-time All-American in Track and Field (8) and Cross-country (3). Nathan has been one of the top 1500m runners in the World for more than a decade. Nathan is the Canadian record holder in the Indoor (2:16.86) and Outdoor (2:16.51) 1000m, Indoor Mile (3:54.32), and Outdoor 2000m (4:59.52) and is the previous record holder of the Junior 800m (1:46.60) and Indoor 800m (1:47.71). Most recently, Brannen finished 10th at the Rio Olympic Games in the 1500m event. While retired from professional running, Nate is still an active runner (he won our Community Heat race in 2018) and is also the head distance coach at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio. Nate, his wife Theresa, and kids are excited for the 2024 Guardian Mile! Contact Nate via email at n_brannen@hotmail.com.
Elite Athlete Interest Form is available. Complete the form to add your name to our list of interested athletes.
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