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Brett Egan
Year: Senior
City/State: Waukon, Iowa
High School: Waukon
Brett Egan Biography
Courtesy: UNI Athletics Communications
Release: 07/01/2010

 

2011: Named to the 2011 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team for the second year in a row ... raced six times during the 2011 season leading the men's team at every meet he raced in ... finished in 19th place at the Oz Memorial 6,000 meter run with a time of 19:56.77 ... completed the 8,000 meter race at the Iowa Invite with a time of 26:38.90 finishing in seventh place overall ... finished in the top-five at the SDSU Classic in the 8,000 meter race placing fourth overall ... ran a season best time of 25:11.90 at the Bradley Cross Country Classic ... placed in the top-20 at the MVC Championship meet placing 12th overall with a time of 25:35.50.

2010: Recipient of the Missouri Valley Conference Elite 18 Award for cross country as the league's highest-achieving student-athlete ... named to the 2010 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team ... All-MVC performer, claiming eighth place at the MVC Championships as the first Panther across the finish line (10/30) ... ran 25:02.11 at the MVC Championships ... UNI's top finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13), finishing the 10k course in 31:26.82 for 57th place ... made an improvement of 72 places in the individual race at the NCAA Regional, jumping from 129th place as a freshman to 57th as a sophomore ... owned the Panthers' fastest 4k (12:43) and second-fastest 8k (24:46) for the season ... never lower than the No. 2 finisher for UNI ... UNI's top finisher at the Bulldog Classic, taking second place on the 4k course in 12:43 (9/3) ... placed 10th at the Iowa Invitational, helping the Panthers to a second-place team finish (9/18) ... top Panther finisher at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invite, claiming 10th place (10/2) ... earned a spot on the UNI all-time top performances list with his 8k time at the Bradley Classic (10/15), finishing in 24:46.00, to post the No. 19 time on UNI's all-time 8k list.

2009: Posted the Panthers' top 6K time in 19:42.77 at the Hawkeye Invitational, taking eighth place in the individual standings (9/4) ... clocked an 8K time of 27:53 at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/26) ... UNI's top finisher at the Dan Huston Invitational, posting an 8K time of 26:44 (10/10) ... finished in a season-best 8K time of 26:20 at the Bradley Classic (10/16) ... finished in 21st place at the MVC Championships as a freshman with a time of 27:24 (10/31).

High School: Ran a season-best 15:56 5K for the 2008 cross country season ... season best of 9:23 in the 3200m for the 2009 track season ... ran 4:17 in the 1600m for the 2009 track season ... 2009 state champion in 1600m and state runner-up in 3200m ... Drake Relays qualifier in the mile twice (08-09) and once in the 3200m ... Northeast Iowa Conference champion and district champion in cross country as a senior ... fourth-place finisher at state cross country as a senior ... conference champion in 800m, 1600m and 3200m as a senior ... holds the Waukon school records in 5K, 1600m and 3200m ... also a member of student council, National Honor Society and FBLA.

Personal: Son of Mark and Lori Egan ... born March 8, 1991, in Decorah, Iowa ... has two siblings, Kaila and Brett ... majoring in mathematics with a minor in Spanish.

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