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2015 Cross Country Roster

Leigh Bravender

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Flushing
  • Hometown Flushing, Mich.

Biography

2016:
? 2015 fall and 2016 spring Horizon League Honor Roll selection

2015 Indoor:
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Ran a season-best 3000m (14:45.45) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 14).
? 2014 Fall and 2015 Spring Horizon League Honor Roll selection.

2014 Outdoor:
? Ran the 1500m at the Oakland vs. Detroit Dual, finishing in 5:33.34 (Apr. 5)
? Improved personal-best in the 5000m to 19:00.50 at the 48th Annual Hillsdale College Gina Relays (Apr. 24)

2014 Indoor:
? Improved personal-best mile time to 5:47.68 at the Jack Skoog Open (Jan. 17)
? Season-best 3000m time was 11:12.09 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 14)
? Helped the 4x400 relay team to a fourth-place finish at the Jack Skoog Open with a time of 4:20.72

2013 Outdoor:
? Finished fourth in 3,000m run at Lyle Bennett Invitational with a time of 11:17.69 (April 28)
? Tallied fifth-place finish in 2,000m steeplechase at UDM-Oakland Dual meet with a time of 7:56.20 (April 6)

2013 Indoor:
? Finished seventh with season-best 3,000m time of 11:06.35 at IPFW Quadrangular (Jan. 26)

2012 Outdoor:
? Finished fifth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:46.97 at the Indiana Wesleyan Pre-Conference Meet (April 21)
? Ran a season best in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:29.12 at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge (March 31)
? Earned sixth place in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:23.41 at the UDM-Oakland Dual Meet (April 7)

2012 Indoor:
? Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL
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Two-year letterwinner for coach Stan Holmes
? Earned all-conference first team for cross country her senior season
? Runner-up at conference meet in 2010
? Ranked fifth in the region in final season
? Voted MVP of her team

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
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Honor roll student
? Graduated with honors
? Vice President of DECA and the Varsity Club

TOP ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
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Running a 5K time of 19:38

Personal
Full Name:
Leigh Anne Bravender
Birthdate: Feb. 24, 1993
? Cousin, Matt Jakeway, played basketball for Kent State University (2002-03, 2003-04)

Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland:
1. Opportunity to compete at Division I level
2. The location
3. The cross country and track and field program

Personal Bests (Indoor)
Event Time/Distance
Mile 5:47.68 (Jack Skoog Open, Jan. 17, 2014)
3000m 11:06.35 (IPFW Quadrangular, Jan. 26, 2013)
Personal Bests (Outdoor)
Event Time/Distance
1500m 5:33.34 (Oakland vs. Detroit Dual, April 5, 2014)
3000m 11:17.69 (Lyle Bennett Open, April 17, 2013)
5000m 19:00.50 (48th Annual Gina Relays, April, 24, 2014)
2000 Steeplechase 7:56.20 (Detroit vs. Oakland Dual, April 6, 2013)

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2013Junior

    5'5"
  • 2014Senior

    5'5"
  • 2015Senior