Brandon Thomas

  • Brandon
  • Thomas

  • Event
    Sprints
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • High School/Other
    St. Christopher's
  • Hometown
    Richmond, Va.

Updated: May 19, 2018

2018 outdoor: Ran on the 4x400-meter relay team that took seventh place at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Also ran a 47.95 in the 400-meter run at ACCs in the prelims ... Tallied a time of 47.82 seconds in the 400 meters and was a part of the distance medley relay team (9:40.86) that finished fourth at the National Relay Championships … Collected a time of 48.59 seconds in the 400 meters at the War Eagle Invitational … Tallied a time of 47.97 seconds in the 400 meters to finish 11th at the Tennessee Relays … Ran the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed eighth at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Clocked a time of 48.43 seconds in the 400 meters to place 10th at the Weems Baskin Relays.

2018 indoor: Recorded a time of 48.17 seconds in the 400-meter run prelims at the ACC Indoor Championships … Ran the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay team (3:09.33) that finished third and broke the school record, as well as running on the distance medley relay team (9:38.31) that placed first at the ACC Championships, earning first-team All-ACC and second-team All-ACC honors … Won the 400 meters with a time of 48.52 seconds and ran on the distance medley relay team that placed third with a time of 9:57.38 at the Roanoke Tune Up … Posted a time of 22.21 seconds in the 200 meters and ran a time of 48.40 seconds in the 400 meters at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational ... Also ran the second leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that finished eighth at Clemson … Ran a time of 48.17 seconds in the 400 meters to place 10th and ran the second leg in the 4x400-meter relay team that finished sixth at the Rod McCravy Memorial … Tallied a time of 22.06 in the 200 meters and a time of 48.64 in the 400 at the Clemson Invitational … Clocked a time of 34.51 in the 300 meters to place fifth and ran the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed fifth at the Nittany Lion Challenge.

2017 outdoor: Turned in a 48.09 in the 400-meter dash at the USA Junior Outdoor Championshipst to place sixth ... Competed as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team in the quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, earning a top-20 finish in the event ... Ran the 400-meter dash at the ACC Championships, placing 11th ... Also was a member of the school record setting 4x400 relay team at the league championship, placing third with a time of 3:06.40 to collect second-team all-conference honors in the event ... Was a part of the winning 4x400 relay team at the Penn Relays, finishing with a time of 3:08.75 in the Men's College Final ... Competed in the 400-meter dash at three different meets during the regular season, eclipsing a lifetime-best time of 47.24 seconds at the War Eagle Invitational - good enough for fourth place in the event ... Ran the 200 for the first time at the Tennessee Relays, finishing with a time of 22.05 seconds ... Also participated as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team twice this season.

2017 indoor: Recorded a personal-best time of 47.75 in the qualifying round of the 400-meter dash at the ACC Championships, placing 13th overall – the second-best time in the event in school history … Was a member of the winning distance medley relay team at the conference meet, finishing with a season-best time of 9:31.05 – good enough for fourth on Tech’s all-time list ... Also earned first-team all-league honors in the event … Placed second in the 400 at the Virginia Tech Challenge, crossing the finish line in 48.81 seconds … Sported the VT uniform for the first time in his career at the Music City Challenge, running the 400 in 48.50 seconds to place 17th overall ... Also was a member of the 4x4 relay team at that same meet, finishing the race in a school-record time of 3 minutes, 11.11 seconds for the win ... Ran unattached in the 400 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet, finishing with a time of 48.30 seconds.

High school: Was a four-year varsity letterwinner in track and field at St. Christopher’s under coach Marshall Ware … Was named the team captain his senior year, earning all-state and all-metro honors ... Holds six school records: 55m, 200m, 300m, 400m, long jump and the 4x400m relay events … Placed first in the 4x400 relay at the 2016 Penn Relay Carnival Prep League … Was named the 2015 and 2016 Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) State Champion in the 400m and 4x400m events … Competed on the St. Christopher's boys soccer team for one season and was named to the 2015 all-tournament team at the Mennonite Classic.

Personal: Born on Aug. 1, 1998 ... Son of Bryan and Christin Thomas … has one sister, Courtney … Majoring in business.

Thomas' Track and Field Career Bests

Indoor Outdoor

200m - 22.06, Clemson Invitational (2018)

300m - 34.51, Nittany Lion Invitational (2018)

400m - 47.75, ACC Championships (prelim, 2017)

200m - 22.05, Tennessee Relays (2017)

400m - 47.24, War Eagle Invitational (2017)