2001-02: Led team with 39th-place finish at Conference USA Cross Country Championships with team's season-best 8000m time of 25:25.30 ... Had three top-17 finishes in cross country, including 11th-place finish at Cardinal Classic ... Finished eighth in 5000m at Cardinal Open during track season ... C-USA Academic Medal winner ... Named to C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
High School: Lettered four years in cross country and track for Coach Don Dunlap at duPont Manual High School ... Also lettered four years in soccer and one in swimming ... Named Kentucky High School Coaches Association Senior Runner of the Year ... Finished fifth at state cross country meet as a senior ... Led Manual to regional cross country championships in 2000 and 2001 ... USATF Region 4 5000m champ in 2001.
Personal: Born Brian Christopher Hurst on March 20, 1983 in Louisville, Ky. ... Son of Terry and Tracy Hurst ... Majoring in industrial engineering ... Person with the greatest influence on his athletic career is his mom ... Athlete he most admires is Lance Armstrong.