Brynn Sargent '13 Recruiting Profile

Hello, my name is Brynn Sargent and I am currently a sophomore attending Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, California, a suburb just outside of Sacramento. At this time I am slightly over 5'6" tall and weigh 105 pounds. Before high school I ran on the club circuit in both Track and Field and Cross Country. During my six years of club track, I accumulated a variety of accolades, both locally and nationally. On the local scale, I won a variety of track events as well as Pacific Association and Region 14 Championships. On the national scale, including both indoor and outdoor track, I have earned 11 All-American finishes, including three national titles. During club cross country, I achieved an 8th place finish at the USATF National Championships in the year 2007. Another highlight of my cross country resume came after the conclusion of my freshman high school season, where my club team the Pleasanton Heat won the 2009 USATF XC National title in the Youth Boys division. In my high school career, I have already completed two seasons of cross country, one of track, and I am currently competing in the second season of the latter. During both my freshman and sophomore cross country seasons, I ran very well at conference championships, twice receiving All-Conference honors. From eighth place my freshman year to 6th place my sophomore year, I aspire to continue this success and earn All-Conference recognition for both of my remaining cross country seasons. At the end of my freshman season, my coach kept me and some of my teammates down at the freshman level for section championships. Capping off a great season, our freshman team captured the section title and I captured the individual section title as well. At the beginning of my freshman year of high school track, my coach entered me at the varsity level in meets, which allowed me to push myself to my full potential. My first big success came in the first league meet with a 4:35 1600 meters, the fastest time I had ever posted. That same evening I ran the 3200 meters with a 10:01 time, earning a second place finish and scoring eight points for my team. I continued to improve my times by slight amounts in the next few season races. Unfortunately, soon thereafter I incurred a season ending stress fracture in my left leg. Ending my freshman track season with personal bests of 4:34.85 in the 1600 and 10:01.79 in the 3200, I had run the fastest 1600 of any freshman in our section that year, and the second fastest freshman 3200. After recovering from the stress fracture, I spent the summer accumulating base mileage for my sophomore year of cross country. During an up and down season with both some excellent and average performances, the conclusion provided motivation for hard work for many years to come. As our varsity team approached the section championships, we were plagued with some sickness and injuries. With a hard fight during the section race, our team ran to a fourth place finish, securing a spot in the state championships for the first time in our school's history. With a young team of four out of seven lower classmen, we competed in the 2010 California State Championships. As the race came to a conclusion, I finished third on our team (the first lower classmen), was number 112 overall in the race, and the 20th sophomore in division 2. Although my current sophomore track and field season has had few race opportunities thus far due to bad weather and meet cancellations, I have already posted a 3:18 1200 meter time on our distance medley relay team. I am looking forward to adding more details to this paragraph as the season progresses. I am continuing my high school career, with the dream and goal of running at the college level. I hope to contribute to my college team as I have for my high school team, with a dedicated work ethic, scoring competition points, and modeling exemplary sportsmanship. As I continue to participate in collegiate athletics, I hope to utilize my high school leadership skills as a team captain, in order to motivate and assist my teammates. Although my ideal university would be located somewhere on the West coast near my family, I have not discounted those colleges located elsewhere. An excellent educational and athletic opportunity is much more important to me than the location of the college. I am open to schools of any enrollment size and division level, and am looking for a school with an academic program that can set me up for a successful future in the medical field. At this point, I am looking to major in either Pre-medical or Biological Sciences. In order to maintain my competitive level and running base, my goal is to run on a team as an incoming freshman. My hope, whether it comes early or late in my college career, is to score for my collegiate running team in the attempt of winning a conference or national title.