2021 Men's Track & Field Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
2019-20 (Senior)
- Best indoor mile time of the season was 4:34.89 in the Cedarville Indoor
- Placed seventh in the NCCAA Indoor mile in 4:37.01
- Member of Cedarville’s NCCAA Championship cross country squad
- Competed in six meets total with a career-best 8K of 26:44 in the Friendship Invitational
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2018-19 (Junior)
- Established a personal-best 9:43.10 in the 3K steeplechase in the G-MAC Championship to place eighth
- Ran a PR in the outdoor 5,000 meters of 15:45.28 to take second place at Centre
- Turned in a career indoor best in the 800 of 2:01.57 at Grand Valley State
- Appeared in four varsity cross country meets with a season-best 8K of 28:28 at the Rock Pre-Nationals
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2017-18 (Sophomore)
- NCCAA Indoor All-American on the track in the distance medley relay as member of quartet that placed third in 10:32.04
- Set a PR in the indoor mile (4:27.28) with a season-best mark in the 3K steeplechase (9:45.18)
- Ran in five varsity cross country meets and led team at the Wilmington Classic in a season-best 8K of 26:51 to place 24th of 329 competitors
- Finished 33rd in the Friendship Invitational in 27:26
- G-MAC Academic Team
2016-17 (Freshman)
- G-MAC Indoor First Team as a member of the winning distance medley relay squad (10:46.36)
- Competed in the mile three times with a season-best 4:36.39 at Grand Valley State
- G-MAC Outdoor Third Team placing third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a 9:57.52 effort
- Won the steeple at the Muskingum Invitational in 10:18.47 and was clocked in 10:13.03 in the All-Ohio Championship
- Named to the G-MAC Freshmen Team both indoors and outdoors
- Saw action in five cross country meets as a freshman with an 8K best of 27:12 at the Wilmington Classic
High School
- Four-year letter winner and team captain in cross country and track & field at Northwest Christian High School
- Member of 2014 and 2015 state championship cross country teams
- Placed sixth in the state as a senior and 10th as a junior
- Finished eighth in the state 800 meters on the track in each of his final two seasons
- Placed third in the 2-mile and fourth in the mile as a senior
- Graduated with academic honors
Personal
- Dean’s List student as a pharmacy major at Cedarville University
- Born Dec. 29, 1997 in Margate, Fla.
- Son of Christopher and Darla Bredeson
- Older sister, Hailey Blackwell, was a four-year distance runner for the Lady Jackets
- Has another older sister, Brooke
Historical Player Information
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2017Freshman
Distance
6'2"
160 lbs
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2018Sophomore
Distance
6'2"
160 lbs
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2019Junior
Distance
6'2"
160 lbs
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2020Senior
Distance
6'2"
165 lbs
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2021Graduate Student
Distance
6'2"
165 lbs