BIO
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BRANDON SALTMARSH
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CAREER VICTORIES: 2
PERSONAL RECORDS
INDOOR
800m: 1:51.39, 2006 Pepsi Invitational, Gainesville, Fla.
Mile: 4:17.09, 2006 Florida Intercollegiate, Gainesville, Fla.
OUTDOOR
800m: 1:49.34, 2006 Miami Elite Invitational, Coral Gables, Fla.
1,500m: 4:03.65, 2004 Florida Relays, Gainesville, Fla.
2006 AS A JUNIOR: Wins (1): (i) Gator Invitational DMR (10:15.10) … Best of 1:49.34 (800m) … Competed in 11 meets (six indoor, five outdoor) … Finished 13th in 800m at SEC Outdoor Championships with time of 1:52.44 … Also ran third leg of 4x400m that finished fourth at SECs in 3:09.58 … Ran career-best time and clocked regional mark of 1:49.34 in 800m to take third at Miami Elite Invitational … Took third in 800m at Seminole Invitational with time of 1:51.62 … Finished fourth in 800m at SEC Indoor Championships with time of 1:52.88 … Shaved nearly a second off his indoor PR to finish fourth in 800m (1:51.39) at Pepsi Invitational … Picked up first win of 2006 as second leg of DMR (10:15.10) at Gator Invitational, while also taking fourth in 800m with indoor best of 1:52.22 … SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2005 AS A SOPHOMORE: Wins (1): (i) Gator Invitational DMR (10:22.85) … Competed in 10 meets (six indoors, four outdoors) … Placed 14th in 800m at Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships with personal-best time of 1:51.23 … Finished second in 1:52.25 in 800m at Miami Gatorade Classic … Took second in 800m at Florida Last Chance Meet with time of 1:52.99 … Ran third leg of DMR that finished second at SEC Indoor Championships with time of 9:50.82 … Ran third leg on winning DMR at Gator Invitational in 10:22.85 … Third in 800m at Wes Kittley 6-Way in 1:56.07 … Finished fifth in 800m at Florida Intercollegiate (1:58.03) … SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2004 AS A FRESHMAN: Bests of 1:52.26 (800m) and 4:03.65 (1,500m) ... Competed in two meets (all outdoor) ... Finished seventh in the 800m (1:52.26) at the FSU Dual Meet ... Finished 12th in the 1,500m (4:03.65) and 17th in the 800m (1:55.27) at the Florida Relays.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA: Transferred from the University of North Carolina.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Bests of 1:54.5 in 800m, 4:23 in 1,600m and 15:43 in three-mile … Earned four varsity letters in cross country and track at Bishop Moore in Orlando, Fla. … Set a school record in the 800m with a time of 1:53.7 ... Named all-state five times in track and cross country ... Named Student-Athlete of the Year in 2002 ... Played soccer for one season ... A member of National Honor Society … 2002 graduate of Bishop Moore High School.
MAJOR: Food and Resource Economics
