Bri'Anna Branch

Photo by: Will Becque

Photo by: Will Becque

Class:
Sophomore
Weight:
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Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Chicago Hope Academy
Prev School:
Mount Mercy University

2017-18
NCAA West Regional Qualifier (4x100 relay, 100m, 200m)
MVC Champion, 4x100 Relay (Outdoor)
All-MVC, 200m (Outdoor)
MVC Scholar Athlete
Outdoor: Ran 11.81 to finish 38th in the 100m dash and ran 23.92 in the 200m dash to place 31st at the NCAA West Prelims (5/24) … Helped the Saluki 4x100 Relay team finish 13th at the NCAA West Prelims (5/24) … Helped SIU repeat as quarter-mile relay champs at the 2018 MVC Outdoor Championships, which marked the first time since 2008 that a MVC school has won back-to-back titles in the event … SIU’s time of 44.59 was the second-fastest in school history … Clocked a wind-aided time of 23.36 to finish third in the 200m dash at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14) … Clocked the third-fastest 100m dash time in school history at 11.55 to finish fourth in the event at the 2018 MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14) … Ran the anchor leg of the 4x100 relay at the Lenny Lyles Invitational (4/28), where Southern clocked the third-fastest time in school history (44.94) … Won the 100m dash and finished third in the 200m at the Hilltopper Relays (4/6).
Indoor: Scored in the 60m dash at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/25) with a sixth place finish … Clocked the fifth-fastest 60m time in school history at 7.55 in the prelims of the MVC Indoor Championships (2/25) … Finished second in the 60m dash at the Saluki Fast Start (12/9) and was the first of three top-3 finishes in the 60m dash during the 2018 indoor season … Took third in the 60m dash at the Don DeNoon Invite (2/3).

2016-17
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, 4x100 relay, 200m (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, 4x100 Relay (Outdoor)
All-MVC, 100m (Outdoor)
All-MVC, 200m (Outdoor)
MVC Scholar Athlete
MVC Outdoor Championship meet record, 4x100 relay (Outdoor)
Outdoor: Ran 23.84 to finish 33rd in the 200m at the NCAA West Prelims (5/27)…Helped the Saluki 4x100 relay team finish 14th at the NCAA West Prelims with a time of 44.65- missing advancing to NCAAs by .06...Ran the anchor leg of SIU’s 4x100 relay team that won the program's first MVC title in the event since 1989 at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships…Winning time of 44.30 was not only a school record but a MVC Outdoor Championship record, besting the previous mark of 44.71, set by Indiana State in 2015…Marked the fifth-straight meet the Salukis had improved upon their school record time...Finished second in the 100m with a personal-best time of 11.47 at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14)…Ran a personal-best 23.66 in the prelims of the 200m at the MVC Championships, which was the second-fastest time in school history..Finished third in the 200m at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships with a time of 23.81…Ran a leg of the 4x100 relay that broke the Lenny Lyles Invitational (4/29) meet record with a winning time of 44.61…Also helped SIU pick up a win in the quarter-mile relay at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/25)…Competed at nine outdoor meets.
Indoor: Finished seventh in the 60m and eighth in the 200m at the 2017 MVC Indoor Championships…Clocked the seventh-fastest 60m time in school history (7.61) in the prelims of the 2017 MVC Indoor Championships…Ran an indoor personal-best 25.16 in the 200m prelims at the 2017 MVC Indoor Championships…Took third in both the 60m and the 200m at the Saluki Fast Start (12/10)…Competed at four indoor meets.

Mount Mercy University
Earned NAIA All-America honors in the 100m dash...Broke the school record in the 100m with a time of 11.70 in the prelims of the NAIA outdoor national meet.

High School
Attended Chicago Hope Academy...Two-time state qualifier in the 100-meter dash...Broke the 100m school record.

Personal
Full name is Bri'Anna Denise Branch...Daughter of Benard Branch and Dorothea Elders...Born on Sept. 16, 1996.