2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Miller, Brandon
Brandon Miller
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Missouri
- High School:
- John Burroughs '20
Bio
Season and Career Results
World Athletics Profile
*Last Updated 7/26/22
Records
American Collegiate 800m - 1:45.24 (2/26/22)
U20 World All-Time Best Indoor 600m - 1:15.49 (12/3/21)
TAMU All-Time Top 12 Performer List
#1 Indoor 800m - 1:45.24 (2/26/22)
#1 Indoor 600m - 1:15.49 (12/3/21)
#3 Outdoor 800m - 1:44.97 (6/11/21)
#11 Indoor 4x400m - 3:04.16 (3/12/22) (45.45 split)
NCAA Championships
2022 First Team All-American Outdoor 800m - 1:45.09 (3rd)
2022 First Team All-American Outdoor 4x400m - 3:01.72 (5th)
2022 First Team All-American Indoor 800m - 1:47.19 (1st)
2022 First Team All-American Indoor 4x400m - 3:04.16/45.45 split (1st)
2021 First Team All-American Outdoor 800m - 1:44.97 (2nd)
NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2022 800m - 1:46.03 (2nd)
2021 800m - 1:45.57 (1st)
SEC All-Conference
2022 Indoor 800m - 1:45.24 (1st)
2021 Outdoor 800m - 1:45.95 (1st)
2021 Indoor 800m - 1:49.69 (1st)
Academic Honors
2022 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2021 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
2022 USATF 800m Bronze Medalist (1:45.19)
2022 World Athletics Championships Qualifier (29th, 1:47.29)
2021 USATF Olympic Trials Qualifier (15th, 1:47.65)
2022: Indoor - Opened the season running an all-time U-20 world best 600m time of 1:15.49, his time also ranked him as the sixth fastest collegian all-time...Ran 1:47.48 in his 800m opener at the Ted Nelson Invitational, making him the 7th best performer in Texas A&M history...Split 46.51 in the 4x400 at the Aggie Invitational...Finished the 600m in 1:15.94 at the Texas Tech Open... Competed in the Charlie Thomas Invitational where he split 46.20 to anchor the winning 4x400m team...Defended his SEC 800m title winning with a record breaking time of 1:45.24. His time broke the American collegiate record and Texas A&M school record held by Devin Dixon (1:45.27). The time also set an SEC meet record and was the fourth fastest by an American all-time...Competed at the NCAA Championships where he won the 800m (1:47.19) and 4x400m relay (3:04.16/45.45 split), earning 12.5 points for the Aggies. Outdoor - Ran as part of the 4x400m relay team that opened the season with a nation leading 3:01.51 to win the event at the Baldy Castillo Invite... Split 46.30 in the 4x400m relay at the Texas Relays to help the team finish in second place... Recorded a personal best 400m time of 46.30 to finish fifth at the Texas A&M vs Texas Dual meet... Finished in fifth place in the 800m at the Tom Jones Memorial meet with a time of 1:47.20... Clocked a 3:56.90 in the 1500m at the Michael Johnson Invite to finish in second place... Won the 800m at the Alumni Muster meet with a 1:46.43... Competed in the 800m at the SEC Championships, clocking 1:47.69 to finish in sixth place... Earned a trip to the NCAA Championships after finishing second in the 800m (1:46.03) and sixth in the 4x400m relay (3:04.11)... Ran a season best time in the 800m at the NCAA Championships, recording 1:45.09 to finish third while helping the 4x400m team finish in fifth with a 3:01.72... Secured the bronze medal at the USATF Championships with a time of 1:45.19...Placed 29th in the 800m at the World Athletics Championships finishing at 1:47.29.
2021: Indoor - Made his Aggie debut winning the Ted Nelson Invitational 800m with a time of 1:50.92, was also a member of the 4x400m that won at 3:09.59...Won the Aggie Invitational 600m with a time of 1:17.09...Clocked a personal best 800m time of 1:48.94 to place second at the Texas Tech Invitational, it made him the 12th best performer all-time in Aggie history...Ran a 47.32 400m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational...Won the SEC 800m title with a time of 1:49.69. Outdoor - Opened the outdoor season running in the 1500m (3:50.68), placed second, also ran as a member of the 4x400m that ran 3:11.89...Placed fifth at the Texas Relays collegiate 400m race with a time of 46.90, ran 46.86 in the prelims...Ran his outdoor 800m season opener at the Texas vs. Texas A&M dual meet (1:50.45)...Won the Texas A&M Team Invitational 800m at a time of 1:48.25 and won the Michael Johnson Invitational with a time of 1:47.33...Claimed the SEC outdoor 800m title with a then personal best time of 1:45.95, Miller completed the SEC 800m swept after winning the 800m indoor title in late February...Finished the NCAA West Regional as the fastest qualifier in the 800m at a time of 1:45.57...Scored eight points for the Aggies at the NCAA Outdoor Championships finishing runner-up in the 800m with a time of 1:44.97, Miller became the third fastest performer in Texas A&M history...Placed 15th in the 800m (1:47.65) at the U.S. Olympic Trials...Miller's season best time of 1:44.97 made him the third fastest American under-20 all-time.
High School: Lettered in track & field and basketball at John Burroughs HS...Was named the 2020 Missouri Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year...Earned all-district and all-state honors in 2016 and 2017...Three-time state champion, twice in the 800m (2016, 2017) and once in the 1,600m (2017)...Was a member of the state championship team in 2016...Individually set school records in the 400m - 47.4 and 800m - 1:49.55...Was most valuable player on the basketball team in 2018.
Club: Competed on Ultimate Speed Academy coached by Angela Miller...Was an 18-time AAU Junior Olympic champion...Won the 800m AAU Junior Olympics eight years in a row (2011-18)...In 2020 he broke the Missouri All-Class 800m record with a time of 1:49.35 to win the Illinois Meet of Champions title...Personal bests: 400m - 47.4, 800m - 1:49.35
Personal: Son of Derrick and Angela Miller...Has one brother, DJ, and one sister, Ava...Father played football at Mizzou and mother ran track at Mizzou...Brother DJ currently plays football at Iowa State...Plans to major in communications - journalism.
World Athletics Profile
*Last Updated 7/26/22
Records
American Collegiate 800m - 1:45.24 (2/26/22)
U20 World All-Time Best Indoor 600m - 1:15.49 (12/3/21)
TAMU All-Time Top 12 Performer List
#1 Indoor 800m - 1:45.24 (2/26/22)
#1 Indoor 600m - 1:15.49 (12/3/21)
#3 Outdoor 800m - 1:44.97 (6/11/21)
#11 Indoor 4x400m - 3:04.16 (3/12/22) (45.45 split)
NCAA Championships
2022 First Team All-American Outdoor 800m - 1:45.09 (3rd)
2022 First Team All-American Outdoor 4x400m - 3:01.72 (5th)
2022 First Team All-American Indoor 800m - 1:47.19 (1st)
2022 First Team All-American Indoor 4x400m - 3:04.16/45.45 split (1st)
2021 First Team All-American Outdoor 800m - 1:44.97 (2nd)
NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2022 800m - 1:46.03 (2nd)
2021 800m - 1:45.57 (1st)
SEC All-Conference
2022 Indoor 800m - 1:45.24 (1st)
2021 Outdoor 800m - 1:45.95 (1st)
2021 Indoor 800m - 1:49.69 (1st)
Academic Honors
2022 SEC Spring Honor Roll
2021 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
2022 USATF 800m Bronze Medalist (1:45.19)
2022 World Athletics Championships Qualifier (29th, 1:47.29)
2021 USATF Olympic Trials Qualifier (15th, 1:47.65)
2022: Indoor - Opened the season running an all-time U-20 world best 600m time of 1:15.49, his time also ranked him as the sixth fastest collegian all-time...Ran 1:47.48 in his 800m opener at the Ted Nelson Invitational, making him the 7th best performer in Texas A&M history...Split 46.51 in the 4x400 at the Aggie Invitational...Finished the 600m in 1:15.94 at the Texas Tech Open... Competed in the Charlie Thomas Invitational where he split 46.20 to anchor the winning 4x400m team...Defended his SEC 800m title winning with a record breaking time of 1:45.24. His time broke the American collegiate record and Texas A&M school record held by Devin Dixon (1:45.27). The time also set an SEC meet record and was the fourth fastest by an American all-time...Competed at the NCAA Championships where he won the 800m (1:47.19) and 4x400m relay (3:04.16/45.45 split), earning 12.5 points for the Aggies. Outdoor - Ran as part of the 4x400m relay team that opened the season with a nation leading 3:01.51 to win the event at the Baldy Castillo Invite... Split 46.30 in the 4x400m relay at the Texas Relays to help the team finish in second place... Recorded a personal best 400m time of 46.30 to finish fifth at the Texas A&M vs Texas Dual meet... Finished in fifth place in the 800m at the Tom Jones Memorial meet with a time of 1:47.20... Clocked a 3:56.90 in the 1500m at the Michael Johnson Invite to finish in second place... Won the 800m at the Alumni Muster meet with a 1:46.43... Competed in the 800m at the SEC Championships, clocking 1:47.69 to finish in sixth place... Earned a trip to the NCAA Championships after finishing second in the 800m (1:46.03) and sixth in the 4x400m relay (3:04.11)... Ran a season best time in the 800m at the NCAA Championships, recording 1:45.09 to finish third while helping the 4x400m team finish in fifth with a 3:01.72... Secured the bronze medal at the USATF Championships with a time of 1:45.19...Placed 29th in the 800m at the World Athletics Championships finishing at 1:47.29.
2021: Indoor - Made his Aggie debut winning the Ted Nelson Invitational 800m with a time of 1:50.92, was also a member of the 4x400m that won at 3:09.59...Won the Aggie Invitational 600m with a time of 1:17.09...Clocked a personal best 800m time of 1:48.94 to place second at the Texas Tech Invitational, it made him the 12th best performer all-time in Aggie history...Ran a 47.32 400m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational...Won the SEC 800m title with a time of 1:49.69. Outdoor - Opened the outdoor season running in the 1500m (3:50.68), placed second, also ran as a member of the 4x400m that ran 3:11.89...Placed fifth at the Texas Relays collegiate 400m race with a time of 46.90, ran 46.86 in the prelims...Ran his outdoor 800m season opener at the Texas vs. Texas A&M dual meet (1:50.45)...Won the Texas A&M Team Invitational 800m at a time of 1:48.25 and won the Michael Johnson Invitational with a time of 1:47.33...Claimed the SEC outdoor 800m title with a then personal best time of 1:45.95, Miller completed the SEC 800m swept after winning the 800m indoor title in late February...Finished the NCAA West Regional as the fastest qualifier in the 800m at a time of 1:45.57...Scored eight points for the Aggies at the NCAA Outdoor Championships finishing runner-up in the 800m with a time of 1:44.97, Miller became the third fastest performer in Texas A&M history...Placed 15th in the 800m (1:47.65) at the U.S. Olympic Trials...Miller's season best time of 1:44.97 made him the third fastest American under-20 all-time.
High School: Lettered in track & field and basketball at John Burroughs HS...Was named the 2020 Missouri Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year...Earned all-district and all-state honors in 2016 and 2017...Three-time state champion, twice in the 800m (2016, 2017) and once in the 1,600m (2017)...Was a member of the state championship team in 2016...Individually set school records in the 400m - 47.4 and 800m - 1:49.55...Was most valuable player on the basketball team in 2018.
Club: Competed on Ultimate Speed Academy coached by Angela Miller...Was an 18-time AAU Junior Olympic champion...Won the 800m AAU Junior Olympics eight years in a row (2011-18)...In 2020 he broke the Missouri All-Class 800m record with a time of 1:49.35 to win the Illinois Meet of Champions title...Personal bests: 400m - 47.4, 800m - 1:49.35
Personal: Son of Derrick and Angela Miller...Has one brother, DJ, and one sister, Ava...Father played football at Mizzou and mother ran track at Mizzou...Brother DJ currently plays football at Iowa State...Plans to major in communications - journalism.
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