Jack Brady

Jack Brady

Title: Coaching Assistant
Organization: Track and Field
College: Harvard '10
Events: Throws

Brady joins the Harvard coaching staff after a celebrated career as a thrower for the Crimson, and will helped coach the Harvard throwing corps.

Honors and Awards
Little Shot Put Award (2008, 2009)
Carver Hammer and Weights Award (2009)

Personal Bests
Shot Put – 17.32 meters (56' 10")
Discus - 50.17 meters (164' 7") (10th All-Time)
Weight Throw - 17.39 meters (57' .75")
Hammer Throw - 55.75 meters (182' 11")

2009-10
Placed second in the weight throw at the Jay Carisella Invitational with a mark of 17.85 meters ... Finished fourth with a mark of 15.98 meters in the shot put and placed sixth in the weight throw at the Dartmouth Relays with a distance of 16.61 meters ... Took the title in weight throw at the Harvard Invitational with an IC4A qualifying throw of 18.31 meters and placed third in shot put with an IC4A qualifying throw of 15.75 meters ... Took the title in shot put at the Paul Turner Harvard Select Meet with a throw of 16.53 meters and placed first in the weight throw with a throw of 18.20 meters.

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 ... Ranks 10th in Harvard history in the discus with a distance of 50.17 meters … Finished 10th at the IC4A in discus, with a throw of 48.49 meters … Also competed in the shot put and hammer at the IC4As … Placed third in the hammer at the UMASS Pre-Conference meet and achieved a personal record with a throw of 55.75 meters …Finished third in the discus and second in the shot put at the Harvard-Yale dual meet.

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