| Nathan Brannen | |
| Sport: | Track |
| Event: | 1500 metres |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, Ontario[1] |
| Residence: | Avon Lake, Ohio |
| Collegeteam: | Michigan |
| Weight: | 130lbs |
| Pb: | 800m: 1:46.00[2] 1500m: 3:34.22 Mile: 3:52.63 |
Nathan "Nate" Brannen (born 8 September 1982) is a Canadian retired middle-distance runner from Cambridge, Ontario, who competed at three Summer Olympics: 2008, 2012 and 2016. Brannen is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
He is affiliated with the Phoenix Athletics Association of Ontario.[1]
Brannen currently holds four Canadian track and field records: in the indoor and outdoor 1,000 metres (2:16.86 indoor, 2:16.52 outdoor), 2,000 metres (4:59.56), and the indoor one-mile (3:54.32).[3] [4]
Brannen is currently the Cross Country head coach at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio.[5]
As an 18-year-old student at Preston High School in his hometown of Cambridge, Ontario, Brannen became only the seventh sub-four-minute high school mile recorder in the history of North America, at the 2001 Aileen Meagher Track Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[6] [7] Originally, Brannen intended to join University of Arkansas and their prestigious track program[8] but ended up being recruited by University of Michigan, in the same recruiting class as Alan Webb.
In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.[9] He finished 10th in the finals of the 1,500m in Rio.
| Event | Best | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 metres | 1:46.00 | Baton Rouge, LA, United States | 31 May 2002 | |
| 1000 metres | 2:16.52 | Linz, Austria | 20 August 2012 | |
| 1500 metres | 3:34.22 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 27 May 2012 | |
| Mile | 3:52.63 | Eugene, OR, United States | 7 June 2009 | |
| 2000 metres | 4:59.56 | Toronto, ON, Canada | 11 July 2013 | |
| 3000 metres | 7:48.98 | London, England | 27 July 2013 | |
| 5000 metres | 13:43.19 | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 31 March 2007 |