Hartwick College Athletics

2019-20: CROSS COUNTRY: Earned a season-best 8K time of 35:11.7 at the NCAA Atlantic Regional in Canton on November 16 … ran a 36:53.0 at the Steven A. Warde Invitational on September 7 … placed 67^th at the Empire 8 Championships in Rochester on November 2, finishing in 37:19.1. INDOOR: Named Team MVP ... program record holder in the 60m hurdles (10.44), which he achieved at the Empire 8 Championship in Houghton on Feb. 28 … competed in the 60 hurdles, pole vault, long jump, and triple jump … in addition to his personal best in the 60 hurdles, also earned a personal best in the pole vault at the championships with a height of 3.10 meters … personal best throw in the shot put of 7.49 meters at the Cornell Marc Denault Invitational on Feb. 22 … combined with his teammates for a season-best 1:45.77 in the 4x200 at the Utica Blue and White Invitational (1:45.77).

2018-19: Named Team MVP in Men's Indoor Track ... selected to Empire 8 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Sportsman of the Year Team ... competed in four races over the course of the cross country season for the Hawks … earned a season-best 8K time of 34:20.4 at the Cobleskill Stephen Warde Invitational (9/8) … ran a 36:29.5 at the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional (11/10) ... in the indoor track season, set the College record in the 60m hurdles at the Army Crowell Open on Dec. 1 with a time of 10.45, placing seventh … ran to a season-best 26.21 in the 200m at the Hamilton College Continental Invitational (1/18), taking eighteenth place … registered a season-best 400m time of 58.47 at the Cornell Marc Deneault Invitational (2/16), placing twelfth … combined with his teammates for top times in both the 4x400 (3:53.65) and the 4000m distance medley relay (12:15.30) at the Empire 8 Conference Championships (2/22-23) ... in the outdoor season, earned a season-best time of 1:06.76 in the 400m hurdles at the Hamilton Invitational (4/6) … jumped to a season-best distance of 5.58m in the long jump at the Hamilton Midweek Meet (4/16) … combined for times of 49.08 in the 4x100, 3:52.56 in the 4x400, and 9:16.14 in the 4x800 at the Empire 8 Championships at Houghton.

Prior to Hartwick: Attended Athens Area High School … competed in cross country, track, and swimming and diving for the Wildcats … NTL All-Star in both swimming and diving and track and field.

Personal: Son of Sarah and Anthony Brackel … Criminal Justice major … hobbies include video games and airsoft music … favorite athlete is Dan Marino … favorite sports team is the Miami Dolphins … favorite movies are the Batman trilogy … favorite musical group is Chicago.