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2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Brendan Cain

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sheldon, Iowa
  • Highschool Sheldon

Biography

Collegiate Cross Country Personal Bests/Results
Collegiate Track & Field Personal Bests/Results
 
2025 Outdoor: Won Wartburg Outdoor Select steeplechase in 9:24.49 then took fourth in Jim Duncan Invitational steeplechase in 9:10.50…posted steeplechase runs of 9:03.76 at 115th Drake Relays and 9:08.15 at MVC Championships.

2025 Indoor: Ran pair of 3000s at Cyclone Open and Washburn Open with times of 8:32.40 and 8:35.38, respectively…also ran two miles including a 4:19.37 pace at MVC Championships and season-best 4:14.28 at Iowa Open, good enough for eighth place.

2024 Cross Country: Best 6k time came in season debut at Cyclone Preview with time of 19:23.9…8k season-best was 24:46.2 at MVC Championships while 10k season-best of 32:07.6 at NCAA Midwest Region Championships…highest placement of the season came at Greeno/Dirksen Invitational with 42nd place time of 26:06.7.

2024 Outdoor: All 2024 outdoor action came in 3000m races...took gold at Jim Duncan Invitational (9:26.22)...came in fifth at Wartburg Outdoor Select (9:40.03).

2023-24 Indoor: Ran a personal best 8:26.37 3000m at the Iowa State Classic and a personal best 14:56.04 5000m at the MVC Indoor Track and Field Championships, good enough for 21st place...best placement came at ISU Holiday Invitational with fifth in the 3000.

2023 Outdoor: PR in 3000 steeplechase at MVC Outdoor Championships (9.21.85).

2022 Cross Country: Registered a PR of 25:40.8 at the Gans Creek Classic of 25:40.8… Finished 59th at the MVC Cross Country Championships with a time of 26:29.3.
 
2022 Outdoor: Competed in the 1500m three times including a PR (3:59.80) at the MVC Outdoor Championships.
 
2022 Indoor: Turned in a mile time of 4:22.70 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational… Ran a 3000m PR of 8:42.54 at the Iowa State Classic.
 
2021 Cross Country: Finished ninth with a 6K time of 20:16.5 at the John Kurtt Invitational on Sept. 4.
 
Prior to Drake: Prepped at Sheldon High School… Letterwinner in cross country, basketball, track & field and baseball… Named team captain of the basketball and track & field teams as a senior… Conference and District champion in Cross Country his senior year… Conference Champion in the 3200m run as a senior… Finished Top-5 in the 3200m, 1600m and Distance Medley at the State Meet… All-District football selection as a junior… National Honor Society member

Personal: Accounting Major… Son of Kevin and Jane Cain… Lists watching sports/movies and golfing as hobbies.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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