University of Tennessee Athletics
2023-24 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Olden, Brandon

Brandon Olden
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Chestertown, N.Y.
- High School:
- North Warren
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 6k: 18:16.8 (2023)
- 8k: 23:32.0 (2023)
- 10k: 30:09.1 (2022)
- 5-mile: 28:08.7 (2019)
Indoor Track
- Mile: 4:07.67 (2022)
- 1000m: 2:40.82 (2020)
- 3,000m: 7:56.78 (2024)
- 5,000m: 13:45.95 (2022)
Outdoor Track
- 1500m: 3:44.37 (2023)
- 3000m: 8:26.31 (2021)
- 5000m: 13:42.81 (2024)
- 10,000m: 29:46.77 (2023)
SEC Scoring
Track & Field
- 2024 - 5k - 8th - 13:55.32
Cross Country
- 2023 - 8k - 17th - 23:32.0
NCAA Scoring
Cross Country
- 2023 - 10k - 154th - 31:07.1
HONORS
- 2024 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete
- MAAC Men's Runner of the Week (5/2)
- MAAC Men's Runner of the Week (1/31)
- MAAC Men's Runner of the Week (10/19)
- Siena's Cross Country Performance of the Year Award
- Siena Athletics Male Student Athlete of the Year for 2021-22
- MAAC Male Indoor Track Performer of the Week (2/15)
- MAAC Male Indoor Track Performer of the Week (1/25)
- Siena's Most Outstanding Track Performance Award
- Siena's Most Outstanding Cross Country Performance Award
- AAC Male Cross Country Runner of the Week (10/6)
- MAAC Male Cross Country Runner of the Week (9/15)
- 2020 Cross Country All-MAAC Honors
2024 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Ran a 13:45.81 in the men's 5K at this year's SEC Outdoor Championships (5/12), bring in a fifth-place finish
- Secured a No. 4 performance for Tennessee in the Wake Forest Invitational (4/19) men's 5k, turning in a time and new PR of 13:42.81
- Kicked off the outdoor season by leading the Vols to a fifth place finish in the men's 10k at the Raleigh Relays (3/29), turning in a time of 28:30.52
- Competed in three meets this season, attained a new PR in the 3,000-meter, and earned a No.4 spot on UT's all-time list
- Ran a 13:55.32 in the men's 5k, placing eighth at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/24)
- Ran a 13:46.46 time in the 5,000-meter at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/10), attaining a No.4 performance in program history
- Made Tennessee track debut at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26) in the 3,000-meter, placing fifth and clocked a new PR of 7:56.78, rising to No. 4 in UT's all-time list
2023 CROSS COUNTRY
- Posted a time of 31:07.1 at the NCAA Championships (11/18)
- Crossed the line at the 30:12.8 mark, in the NCAA D1 South Regional (11/10)
- Registered a time of 23:32.0 at the SEC Championships (10/27), securing a 17th place finish
- Completed first collegiate 8k in 24:15.3 at the XC23 Pre-Nationals (10/14)
- Made Tennessee debut at the Furman Cross Country Invitational (9/16), accomplishing seventh with a time of 18:16.8
2023 TRACK & FIELD (at Sienna)
Outdoor- Ran a personal best in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays (3/24), with a time of 29:46.77
- Won the 10,000 for the third straight year at the MAAC Outdoor Track Championships
- Finished fifth in the 1,500 and part of the 4x800 relay team that took seventh at the ECAC Outdoor Track Championships
- Placed third in the 3,000 at the MAAC Indoor Track Championships
- Part of the 2023 MAAC Champion distance medley relay team
- Ran a personal best in the 3,000 at the Terrier Classic (1/30), with a time of 7:58.09
2022 Cross Country (at Sienna)
- All-MAAC finisher at the MAAC Cross Country Championships with a fourth place finish
- Finished 28th at the NCAA Northeast Region Cross Country Championships
- Finished 17th at the 2022 IC4A Cross Country Championships (10/14)
- Placed fifth at the Siena XC Invitational (9/10)
2022 TRACK & FIELD (at Sienna)
Outdoor- Claimed the 10,000 Individual Championship MAAC Outdoor Track Championships
- Finished fourth in the 1,500 at the IC4A Outdoor Track Championships
- Won the 3,000 Individual Championship at the MAAC Indoor Track Championships
- Won both the 3k and 5k individual titles at the IC4A Indoor Track Championships
2021 Cross Country (at Sienna)
- Won the 2021 IC4A men's cross country title and earned All-IC4A acclaim at the 2021 IC4A Cross Country Championships (11/20)
- Won the men's 8k at the Siena XC Invitational (9/11)
- Earned All-MAAC honors with a fourth place finish at the 2021 MAAC Cross Country Championships (10/30)
- Finished 69th at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships
2021 TRACK & FIELD (at Sienna)
Outdoor
- Won the 10,000 meter race at the 2021 MAAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/8), with a time of 30:08.66
- Placed 20th in the 10,000 at the ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Track & Field Champ
- Placed fourth in the 5000 at the 2021 MAAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with the third-fastest time in program history (14:31.56)
- Won the Buffalo Mid-Week Invite (3/24), clocking a time of 8:26.31
2020 CROSS COUNTRY (at Sienna)
- Placed eighth at the 2021 MAAC Men's Cross Country Championships to earn All-MAAC honors
- Won the Jasper Cross Country Invitational (2/20), with a time of 25:37.0
2020 TRACK & FIELD (at Sienna)
Indoor- Competed in six indoor track events
- Placed 10th in the 3000m run at the MAAC Indoor Track Championships (2/22)
- Placed third in the 1000m run at the Utica Invitational (1/18), with a time of 2:40.82
2019 CROSS COUNTRY (at Sienna)
- Competed in six cross country meets
- Participated in the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships (11/15)
- Finished 44th at the MAAC Cross Country Championships (11/2)
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL
- Son of Robert & Kim Olden
- Has two brothers, Brayden and Brody
- Competed in cross country, baseball, & basketball in high school
- Voted North Warren's Most Outstanding Athlete in 2019
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