Braeden Smith
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- Hometown:
- Erie, PA
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Seneca
Bio
Career Highlights
2020-21
* Behrend Male Athlete of the Year
* NCAA All-American
* Finished third out of 17 in the high jump at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships
* First Team All-CSAC in high jump
* CSAC All-Academic Team
2019-20
* NCAA Division III All-American
* Mideast Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
* NCAA Division III Indoor Championship Qualifier (cancelled due to COVID-19)
* USTFCCCA All-Region Indoor
2018-19
* Helped Penn State Behrend win the Colonial States Athletic Conference Championships
* Recieved All-American honors for finishing eigth at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in the high jump
* First-team All-CSAC in high jump
* USTFCCCA All-Region Indoor
* USTFCCCA All-Regiona Outdoor
* High jump champion at AARTFC Outdoor Championship
* Qualified for outdoor NCAA Championship
2017-18
* Helped Penn State Behrend win the Colonial States Athletic Conference Championships
* Helped Penn State Behrend to a runner-up finish at the ECAC Championships
* First-team All-CSAC in the high jump
At Penn State Behrend
* Majoring in marketing
Personal
* Son of Dawn and Donald Smith
* Two-sport athlete at Seneca High School
* Two-time letter winner in basketball and track & field
* County All-Star
* PIAA State Meet
* Honor Roll
News mentions
Penn State Behrend men’s track and field athletes Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) and Samuel Hetrick (New Bethlehem, PA/Redbank Valley) clinched NCAA All-American status on Friday, finishing in the top-8 in the high jump at the NCAA Championships.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team will send a trio of athletes to the NCAA Division III Championships beginning on Wednesday held at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team finished the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships in 19th place, registering 18.5 team points.
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s track and field team heads to Moravian College for the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships beginning on Wednesday, May 18. The Lions qualified to compete in 18 events combined between the men’s and women’s side.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team took part in two meets this past week, competing in both the Marty Goldberg Gator Invite at Allegheny and the Harrison Dillard Twilight at Baldwin Wallace on Thursday and Friday, respectively.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team won their sixth-straight Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championship on Sunday, finishing with 302 team points.
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s track and field team will head to Alfred, N.Y. for the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championships hosted by Alfred State beginning on Saturday and concluding on Sunday.
Dan Dabrowski (Harborcreek, PA/Harborcreek) broke the Penn State Behrend record in discus on Sunday as the men’s track and field team hosted the Behrend Invitational.
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s track and field team will host the Behrend Invitational on Sunday, April 24 beginning at 11 a.m.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team took part in the SRU Invitational on Thursday, hosted by Slippery Rock. There were no team scores for this invitational.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team competed in the Westminster College Invitational on Saturday where Ryan Festa (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) went on to set a personal record in the pole vault and qualifying for the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships.
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s track team heads to New Wilmington, Pa. this Saturday or and invite hosted by Westminster beginning at 10 a.m.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team took part in the Dave Labor Invitational hosted by Slipper Rock University. There were no team scores for this event.
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s track and field teams will head to Slippery Rock, Pa. on Saturday for the Dave Labor Alumni Invitational, hosted by Slippery Rock University.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team had three qualify for the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field (AARTFC) Championships this weekend during their first outdoor meet at Carnegie Mellon. There was no team score due to inclement weather.
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s track and field teams are back in action on Friday for their first outdoor meet of the year. The Lions will compete in the CMU Invitational hosted by Carnegie Mellon spanning Friday and Saturday.
Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) and Samuel Hetrick (New Bethlehem, PA/Redbank Valley) each placed in the top-8 in the high jump at the NCAA Championship on Saturday, earning All-American accolades.
The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its Division III Indoor Track and Field All-Region team, naming Samuel Hetrick (New Bethlehem, PA/Redbank Valley) and Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) as selections.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team will be sending Samuel Hetrick (New Bethlehem, PA/Redbank Valley) and Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Winston-Salem, NC this weekend. Both Hetrick and Smith will represent the Lions in the high jump this weekend, qualifying with the fourth and sixth-best marks in NCAA Division III.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team finished in 13th at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships on Saturday, collecting 17 team points. The women’s team did not see a team score but competed in three events.
The men?s track and field teams head to Rochester, NY this weekend for the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships hosted by Nazareth.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team is back at Nazareth this weekend for the Conference Tune-Up on Friday, beginning at 3:30 p.m.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team is off to Tiffin, Ohio for the Reggie Thomas Collegiate Classic hosted by Tiffin University on Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team competed in the Jud Logan Invitational on Saturday, hosted by Ashland University.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team is back in action this weekend for a two-day invitational starting on Friday, hosted by Ashland University.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team continued to set personal bests as well as set school records this weekend as they took part in the Steemer Showcase hosted by Wittenberg University.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team is back in action on Saturday for the Steemer Showcase, hosted by Wittenberg University.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track team is back in action for the first time since the holiday break as they travel to Houghton for the Highlander Invitational on Saturday.
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team heads to Rochester, New York on Friday for the Alumni Opener hosted by Nazareth College.