High School: Participated in cross country for four years and track & field for three... primary track events were the relays and ...all-conference in cross country as a junior and senior... ran two seasons of cross country under E-Club Hall of Fame soccer player Mickey Fitzgerald...
PERSONAL: born Brian M. Balkus March 16, 1999… Parents: Angel and Brian… Siblings: Mason, Kyle… Major: Computer Science… Career plans: Programmer... Residence: Ashford, CT…
BRIAN...REVEALED
If you did not have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time? Procrastinate and do nothing productive
What job would you be terrible at? A Chef
What would you rate a 10/10? Cheese Pizza
What question would you most like to know the answer to? How long I will live
What dumb accomplishment are you most proud of? Being able to solve a Rubik’s cube in under 30 seconds
What is one of your favorite smells? Pizza coming out of the oven
What is something your friends would consider “so you”? Trying to become very good at remedial things
What gets you fired up? Losing at anything
What irrational fear do you have? Claustrophobia
What stat for your life would you most like to see? (i.e. how many times you’ve laughed, etc.) Number of miles travelled by foot
Which one of your scars has the best story behind it? My stitches on my left middle finger
What is the worst and best thing about getting older? More respect/freedom, more responsibilities
What is your pet peeve? People who say that they “could care less”
Questions compiled by Lydia Niderno
| INDOOR |
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| Date |
Meet |
Mark |
Finish |
| 3000m |
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| 2017/18 |
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| December 9 |
RIC |
9:29.02 |
10th (20) |
| January 20 |
Plymouth State |
9:58.98 |
8th (11) |
| January 27 |
Springfield |
9:35.30 |
5th (9) |
| February 3 |
Wesleyan |
9:35.31 |
21st (31) |
| February 10 |
LEC |
9:24.78# |
7th (10) |
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NE Alliance |
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13th (22) |
| #-Personal best |
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| OUTDOOR |
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| 1500m |
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| 2018 |
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| April 14 |
Mt. Holyoke |
4:18.47# |
2nd (14) |
| 5000m |
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| 2018 |
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| March 30 |
Warrior Invite |
16:29.31 |
1st (13) |
| April 7 |
Coast Guard |
16:11.14 |
3rd (15) |
| April 20 |
ECSU |
16:36.05 |
1st (4) |
| April 28 |
NE Alliance |
16:02.30# |
6th (23) |
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LEC |
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3rd (10) |
| #-Personal best |
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BRIAN...REVEALED
Who is the biggest influence in your life? My father
What is your favorite number? 34
What is the biggest sports team rivalry in any professional sport in your opinion? Yankees vs Red Sox
What’s your favorite song or artist of all time? Tool
What is your favorite energy drink? Coca-Cola
Assign a letter grade to President Trump. C
If Christmas had a taste what would it be? Mint
If you could be great at another sport what would it be? Basketball
What made you start playing sports? My Parents
If you could change one thing about world political structure what would it be? Allow voting for multiple candidates to prevent extremes from winning consistently
If you can consider yourself any type of leader, what would be the word/words to describe your leadership style? Leadership through respect earned by knowledge and ability
In 15 years where do you see yourself? Hopefully working a decent job
Which do you think came first the chicken or the egg? Why? The egg, something that was similar to, but not a chicken laid an egg that had mutated into a chicken
What would you like to be remembered for after your time has passed? My kindness, knowledge, and ability
What is your biggest fear? Public Speaking
What has been your hardest class? Chemistry
What’s one of the things on your bucket list? Graduate College
