Gabe Brown

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Colorado Springs, Colo.
High School:
Sand Creek
Position:
400m

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2014-15: Competed in five indoor meets and two outdoor meets...recorded career-best indoor marks in both the 200-meter dash (23.25) and 400-meter dash (51.05) at that Air Force Team Challenge...also competed in the 500-meter dash once during the indoor season, finishing seventh at the Air Force Holiday Open with a time of 1:08.01...ran the 400-meter dash twice during the outdoor season...recorded a personal-best time of 51.10 at the Jack Christiansen Invitational...ran the 200-meter dash at the New Mexico Quadrangular, posting a wind-aided time of 23.27. HIGH SCHOOL: Sand Creek High School...placed fourth in the 400-meter dash (49.29) at the 2013 Colorado 4A State Track and Field Championships...also finished sixth in that event as a sophomore...served as team captain during junior and senior seasons...holds the school record in the 400-meter dash...also ran on the school record-setting 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams...also competed in football...earned academic all-state first-team honors in both track and football...member of the National Honor Society...graduated with a 3.96 GPA. PERSONAL: Full name is Benjamin Gabriel Brown II...goes by Gabe...son of Benjamin Brown and Yolanda Crump-Brown...both parents served in the Air Force (father-Chief Master Sergeant; mother-Master Sergeant)...is an only child...majoring in political science...earning a minor in French...future plans include working as an intelligence officer...hobbies include listening to music and reading up on political news...completed Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) over the summer...also participated in the Unmanned Aerial Systems and Space programs...member of Cadet Squadron 37.