Naval Academy Athletics

Career Performance List / Cross Country Bio
 
2024-25 (Junior Season): INDOOR: Competed at the Navy Indoor Invitational where he finished sixth in the 800m with a time of 2:00.45 … OUTDOOR: Did not compete during the outdoor season. 
 
2023-24 (Sophomore Season): INDOOR: Posted a season-best time of 2:42.73 in the 1000m at the Navy Select … OUTDOOR: Finished sixth in the 800m with a time of 2:06.81 at the Navy Spring Invitational. 
 
2022-23 (Freshman Season): INDOOR: Posted a season-best time of 1:57.74 in the 800m at the Navy Invitational I and clocked in a top time of 2:34.37 in the 1,000m at the Patriot Games … OUTDOOR: Recorded a season-best time of 1:58.15 in the 800m at the Navy Spring Invitational I … Ran the fastest 1,500m of the season of 4:03.59 at the Navy Spring Invitational II.
 
High School / Personal
Lettered in cross country (3 years), outdoor track (3), indoor track (2), and ice hockey (2) at Irondequoit High School in Rochester, N.Y. … Earned All-County, while being named team MVP in cross country, indoor, and outdoor track as a junior and senior … Finished second in the State Championship in the 4x800m relay as a senior during the outdoor season … Set the Irondequoit school record in the 600m (indoor), 1,000m (indoor), and 1,600m (outdoor) … Sectional Champion in the 1,000m (indoor), 3,200m (outdoor), and 4x800m (indoor, outdoor) as a junior … Member of the Student Government, serving as vice president … DECA chapter president ... Son of Kevin Branch and Megan Smith-Branch … Uncle, Stephen Branch, was a member of the Bucknell cross country / track and field team in the 1980s.
 
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