Track & Field

BrianFaust

  • position Sprints
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
  • Previous School Purdue
  • High school Marist School
  • Major Public Administration

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6999046/Kentucky/Brian_Faust 

Career Accolades 

  • 2023 USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America – 400m, 4×400
  • First-team All-American in the indoor and outdoor 4x400m (2022) 
  • Second-team All-American in the outdoor 400m (2022) 
  • Second-team All-SEC in the 4x400m (2022) 

Academic Accolades 

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic – 2022 
  • SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll – 2022 

2022-23 (Graduate)

Outdoor

  • Placed 3rd in the 400 meters with a time of 46.80 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that won with a time of 3:05.87 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Placed 5th in the 200 meters with a time of 21.03 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that placed 3rd with a time of 3:04.01 to move to 6th on the UK all-time performers list at the Texas Relays
  • Member of 4×400 that won with a season best time of 3:02.05 at the Tom Jones Memorial that ranks 4th on the UK all-time performers list
  • Placed 7th in the 400m with a time of 46.01 at the Michael Johnson Invitational
  • Placed 20th in the 200m with a time of 21.02 (1.0) at the Michael Johnson Invitational
  • Placed 2nd in the 400 meters with a time of 46.52 at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that won with a time of 3:08.07 at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Member of 4×100 relay team that placed sixth with a time of 39.67 at the SEC Outdoor Championships
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that placed 4th with a time of 3:02.31 at the SEC Outdoor Championships
  • Ran a personal best time of 45.88 in the 400m prelims at the SEC Outdoor Championships that improved the number four record on the UK all-time performance list
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships with a time of 46.67 in the 400m at the NCAA East Preliminaries
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships with a time of 3:05.20 in the 4×400 relay at the NCAA East Preliminaries
  • Placed 16th with a personal best time of 45.67 in the 400m at the NCAA Championships that ranks 2nd on the UK all-time performers list
  • Placed 16th with a time of 3:02.78 in the 4×400 relay at the NCAA Championships

Indoor

  • Did not compete

2021-22 (Graduate) 

Outdoor 

  • Ran in school record 4x400m relay at SEC Championships (2:59.93), seventh fastest collegiate relay of all time 
  • Best 400m came at NCAA East Prelims (45.94), qualifying him for NCAA Championships 
  • Placed 16th at NCAA Championship in 400m and sixth in 4x400m, earning first and second team All-America honors. 
  • Ran in winning 4x400m relay at Florida Relays (3:02.21), the third fastest for UK all-time 
  • Earned personal best in the 200m (20.82) at the Kentucky Invitational 
  • Ran in winning 4x200m relay (1:23.11) at Drake Relays 

Indoor 

  • Ran in the bronze 4x400m relay (3:04.64) at NCAA Championships 
  • Won the 500m (1:02.13) and was a part of the winning 4x400m relay 
  • Won the 400m (46.72) at the Jim Green Invitational and was a member of the winning 4x400m relay team (3:05.01) 
  • Placed second in the 400m (46.66) with the fifth fastest time in Kentucky history and was a member of the winning 4x400m relay at the Red Raider Open 
  • Competed in the 200m and was on the winning 4x400m teams at the McCravy and the Tiger Paw Invitational 
  • Placed ninth in the 400m (46.61) and was in the bronze medal-winning/second fastest in school history 4x400m relay (3:04.04) 
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships in the 4x400m 

2017-21 at Purdue 

  • Finished fourth at 2021 Big Ten Championships in 400m (45.87) and ran in NCAA Championships 
  • 2020 Big Ten indoor 400m bronze medalist 
  • 2019 Honorable Mention All-American in 400m and 4x400m 
  • 2019 Big Ten indoor 600m silver medalist 
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