Brather Cline
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Denver, N.C. High School: East Lincoln Position: Distance

2012-13 Track & Field: Competed in the men's 1,000-meter run, men's mile run and men's distance medley relay...Recorded a fourth-place finish at the Penn State National in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:30.18...Notched his season-best time of 2:28.21 in the 1,000-meter run at the SPIRE Invitational for a seventh-place finish and fourth on the ECU Indoor Top 10 List...Recorded a career-best time of 4:19.95 for a ninth-place finish at the C-USA Indoor Championships in the mile run...His personal-best time in the mile also ranks him ninth on the ECU Indoor Top 10 List...Ran anchor in the distance medley relay on three separate occasions helping the Pirates to three top-10 finishes...Was part of a DMR squad that placed sixth at the C-USA Indoor Championships with a season-best time of 10:22.91.

2012-13 Cross Country: Competed in six of the eight races and had two top-20 finishes...Started his season by finishing 14th in a time of 16:28.34 at the 5K Seahawk Invitational...Ran his best time of the season, 15:54.9, in placing 22nd at the 5K Adidas XC Invitational...Had his highest finish, fifth place, in a time of 15:59.95 at the ECU Pirate Invitational...Recorded his best 8K time, 26:41.95, in the gold race of the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational to take 100th place...Timed out at 27:19.1 in the 8K NCAA Pre-Nationals (237th place)...At the 8K C-USA Conference Championship, earned 57th place with a time of 28:08.6.

2011-12 Track & Field: Redshirted.

2011-12 Cross Country: Redshirted.

High School: A four-year participant in cross country and track who was named the Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference Most Valuable Runner for track his final three years...Claimed the league's 1,600-meter title all four years and won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 2A State Championship as a senior after a third-place showing a year earlier and second-place finish during sophomore campaign...Named the Denver Weekly's 2011 Boy's Track and Field Athlete of the Year...Helped the 4x800-meter relay squad to a trio of conference championships...Guided East Lincoln to the Lincoln County, Southern Piedmont Conference and NCHSAA 2A West Regional track championships as a senior...Also an all-league performer in cross country...Finished fifth at the state cross country meet while serving as a captain during final campaign...Recipient of the Cross Country Mustang Award...Checked in second at the conference meet in the 800 meters as a sophomore and junior before winning the event during final season...Turned in three second-place performances at the league level in the 3,200-meter race...Before winning the 1,600 meters at the state meet, finished sixth as a sophomore and 12th as a junior...Placed sixth at the NCHSAA 2A West Regionals in the 1,600 meters and 4x800-meter relay during first season...Ran for coaches Lonnie Custer and Melvin Morison...Earned two additional varsity letters as a starting central defender on the East Lincoln soccer squad.

Personal: Born William Brather Cline III on July 13, 1992, in Charlotte, N.C....Son of Bill and Ruth Cline...Majoring in engineering...Hobbies include paintball, coin collecting and hunting...An Eagle Scout who was a member of the Beta Club and National Honor Society...Earned selection on C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA) in cross country in 2011.