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Rylee Brandon

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gillette, Wy.
  • Major Exercise Science
  • High School Thunder Basin '22

Biography

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2024-2025 | Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Winter Big Sky All-Academic Team.
    • Competed in six meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the 3000-meters at the Riverfront Multi's, finishing 9th with a time of 10:06.31.
    • Set a personal best in the Mile at the Husky Classic, finishing with a time of 4:56.72.
      • This performance tied for 6th on EWU Women's All-Time Indoor Mile.
    • Represented EWU at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, competing in the Mile, finishing with a time of 5:30.36.
  • Outdoor:
    • Competed in five meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the 5000-meters at the Oregon Preview, finishing sixth with a time of 17:13.69.
    • Set a personal best in the 1500-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational, finishing with a time of 4:36.08.
    • Represented EWU at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, competing in the 5000-meters, finishing with a time of 17:39.92.

2024 | Cross Country
  • Qualified for the NCAA West First Round, setting a personal best in the 6k, with a time of 21:57.0.
  • Represented EWU at the Big Sky XC Championships, finishing with a time of 18:11.5.
  • Set a personal best in the 5k at the LC State Invite, finishing 25th with a time of 17:52.0.
    • This performance ranked 14th on EWU Women's XC All-Time 5k Performance List.
  • Opened the season at the Clash of the Inland Northwest, finishing 13th with a time of 14:25.8.

2023-2024 | Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Competed in five meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best time in the Mile at the UW Invite (Mile City), with a time of 5:06.62.
    • Set a personal best in the 3000-meters at the Riverfront Invitational, placing 11th with a time of 10:21.16. Also competed in the DMR, placing 3rd with a time of 12:11.70.
      • This performance ranked 7th on EWU Women’s All-Time Indoor DMR.
    • Winter Big Sky All-Academic Team.
  • Outdoor:
    • Competed in six meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best time in the 800-meters at the Sam Adams Classic, finishing 6th with a time of 2:18.84.
    • Set a personal best time in the 1500-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational/Leopard Distance Carnival, finishing with a time of 4:42.00
    • Set a personal best time in the 5k at the Bryan Clay Invitational/Leopard Distance Carnival, finishing 21st with a time of 17:38.63.
    • Spring Big Sky All-Academic Team.

2023 | Cross Country
  • At the Whitman College Invitational she placed 8th with a time of 23:30.9.
  • Fall Big Sky All-Academic Team.

2022-2023 | Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Big Sky All-Academic Team (Winter).
    • She ran her fastest time in the mile at the 2023 Lauren McCLuckey Memorial, where she finished 18th with a time of 5:18.81.
    • At the Whitworth Invitational she set a personal best in the 800-meters where she placed 18th with a time of 2:23.08.
  • Outdoor:
    • Set a personal best at the Oregon Preview in the 1,500-meters where she placed 18th with a time of 4:48.01.
    • Ran her fastest time in the 5,000-meters at the 2023 Buc Scoring Invite where she finished 9th with a time of 18:42.52.
 
High School
  • Graduated from Thunder Basin high school in 2022.
  • Coached in high school by Terri Hinkle.
  • Advanced to the All-State Championship for the 4x800-meters in 2022 and the Conference Championship in 2019 and 2022 for the 4x800 and the 4x400 in 2022.
  • Set a personal best in the 400-meters indoor with a time of 1:03.24 in 2022.
  • Ran a personal best in the 800-meters outdoor in 2019 with a time of 2:22.08.
  • Had a personal best in the 1600-meters outdoors with a time of 5:20.78 in 2022.
  • Ran a personal best in the 5,000-meters with a time of 20:12.4 in 2021.
  • Competed in the Simplot Games in 2019 and 2020.
 
Personal
  • Interested in majoring in Exercise Science at EWU to become a Physical Therapist.
  • Born on 12/6/2003.
  • Parents are Brian Brandon and Michelle Brandon.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior