Brian Sell
Brian Sell (born April 11, 1978) is a retired American
Running career
High school
Sell attended Northern Bedford High School, where he participated in multiple sports. In addition to running he was a wrestler as well as a wide receiver on the football team, and did not join the track team until his sophomore year.[3] His best track times by the end of his senior year were 4:28 (min:sec) in the 1600-meter and 10:06 in the 3200-meter.
Collegiate
Sell began at
Post-collegiate
Sell placed third overall in the 2008 USA Olympic Team Trials Marathon in Central Park, New York City on November 3, 2007, with a time of 2:11:40, earning him a spot, along with Ryan Hall and Dathan Ritzenhein, on the U.S. men's marathon team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished the Olympic Marathon in 22nd place with a time of 2:16:7.[6]
Sell ran the 2009
Achievement Chronology
- 2002 – 3rd at USATF Fall Cross Country Championships
- 2002 – Chiba Ekiden Relay Team
- 2002 – 8th at USATF Championships 10K (road)
- 2002 – 8th at USATF Championships 8K (road)
- 2002 – 4th at USATF Championships 7 mile (road)
- 2003 – 13th at USA 2004 Olympic Trials Marathon (after leading through 21 miles)
- 2003 – 25th at IAAFWorld Half Marathon Championships (1st American)
- 2003 – 2nd at USATFChampionships 20K (road) (5th fastest American 20k time ever 59:18)
- 2003 – 8th at USATF Championships 8K (road)
- 2004/2005 – 1st place LaSalle Bank Shamrock Shuffle
- 2005 – 2nd at USATF Championships 10 mile (road)
- 2005 – 1st place USATF 25K
- 2005 – 9th at World Championships marathon, Helsinki, Finland
- 2006 – 1st place USA Half Marathon Championships
- 2006 – 4th place Boston Marathon in a PR 2:10:55
- 2006 – Reed’s Lake 10K Champion 29:02
- 2006 – Chicago Distance Classic Champion 1:04:25
- 2006 – 6th place Chicago Marathon in a PR 2:10:47
- 2007 – 1st place Sauder's Egg Run
- 2007 – 1st place USATF 25K Championships
- 2007 – 3rd place USA 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon (qualifying for Olympic team)
- 2008 – 1st place Miami Half Marathon, 1:03:46
- 2008 – 22nd place, 3rd American at the Men's Olympic Marathon, 2:16:07
- 2008 – 1st place Rock 'n Roll San Antonio Half Marathon, 1:02:50
- 2009 – 5th place 2009 USA Half Marathon Championships, 1:02:36
References
- ^ a b IAAF. "Athlete profile for Brian Sell".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Cooper, Chris. "An Interview with Brian Sell".
- ^ Brian Sell in Messiah College's top 10 track records archive
- ^ Athletic.net: Brian Sell Cross Country profile
- ^ "Athlete bio: Brian Sell". USA Track & Field.
- ^ Gambaccini, Peter (September 1, 2009). "A Brief Chat With Kevin Hanson". Runner's World. Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
External links
- USATF 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon official website
- Hansons-Brooks Distance Project official website
