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 Brandon Dunford
Brandon Dunford

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Huntersville, N.C.
High School:
Hopewell
Position:
Distance

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High School: Participated in cross country and indoor track as a senior after spending two years on the outdoor track and field team ... Owns school records in the 800 and 1,000-meter runs and was a member of standard-setting 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter relays ... During final campaign, finished second in the 800 meters at the outdoor North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 4A State Championship in a time of 1:54.68 ... An All-Charlotte Observer and All-Lake Norman News First-Team outdoor track honoree for the 800 meters and 4x400-meter relay ... Named The Herald Weekly 2010-11 Boys Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Year after placing third at the NCHSAA 4A State Championship in the 1,000 meters with the school-record time of 2:35.85 ... Also helped the 4x800-meter relay team to a seventh-place showing at the NCHSAA 4A championship ... Received the Senior Outstanding Award and MVP honors following final campaign, during which he served as a captain ... An All-I-MECK 4A conference honoree following junior and senior seasons ... Established the 800-meter record as a junior with a time of 1:57.10, good for a sixth-place finish at the NCHSAA 4A State Championship ... Anchored the 4x800-meter relay team that season to a second-place finish at the NCHSAA 4A regional meet that same campaign ... 4x400-meter relay team took home the I-MECK 4A conference title during junior season, finishing in 3:22.88 ... As a sophomore, 4x800-meter relay team established the program record and finished fifth at the NCHSAA 4A State Championship ... Ran for head coach Michelle LaPointe.

Personal: Intended academic major is Marketing ... Full name is Brandon Benjamin Dunford ... Son of LaTonya Dunford-Johnson and Gregory Johnson ... Member of the Honor Roll, Future Business Leaders of America and Distributive Education Clubs of America ... Lists fishing, swimming and playing basketball as hobbies of choice ... Born in Dayton, Ohio.