Jack Brady

Jack Brady

Year: Junior
Hometown: Downers Grove, Ill.
High School: Downers Grove North
Position: Throws
House Affiliation: Eliot

Honors and Awards
Little Shot Put Award (2008)

Personal Bests
Shot Put – 17.32 meter (56' 10")
Discus - 51.69 meters (169' 7")
Weight Throw - 17.39 meters (57' 0.75")

2008-09
Placed fifth in the shot put at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Competed at the IC4A Indoor Championships ... Placed third in the shot put at the Harvard Open ... Finished third in the shot put and weight throw at the Battle of Beantown ... Was fourth in the shot put at the HYP meet with an IC4A qualifying toss of 17.39 meters.

2007-08
Received The Little Shot Put Award for being Harvard’s top shot putter ... Finished sixth in the shot put (15.56 meters) at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Placed 10th in the discus at the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships ... Scored in both the shot put and the weight throw ... Threw a season’s best 15.59 meters in the shot put to take sixth at the Battle of Beantown ... Placed sixth in the weight throw at the Harvard Open (15.10) ... Placed third in the shot put at the HYP meet (11.52 meters) ... Earned two second place finishes at the Texas Southern Relays in the shot put and the discus ... Threw a personal best 47.59 meters in the hammer at the Sam Howell Invitational ... Had a personal best mark of 15.68 meters en route to a sixth place finish at the outdoor Heptagonal Championships in the shot put.

2006-07
Finished 14th at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships in the shot put .. . Placed seventh in the shot put at the Outdoor Heps and was 11th in the discus.

Personal
2004 IHSA Football State Champions ... Finished seventh in the state in the shot put in 2005 ... Won the discus at the sectional championships in 2005 ... Indoor and Outdoor WSC shot put champion, WCS discus champion, sectional champion in the discus, state qualifier in the shot put and finished eighth in the state in the discus in 2006 ... Enjoys reading and spending time with family ... Also a member of the Harvard football team.

Concentration
Biomedical Engineering