Daniel Brady

Daniel Brady

  • Position
    Hurdles
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • Hometown
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Highschool
    Greenwood College School
  • Major
    undeclared

Biography

Legacy of a Survivor (GoStanford.com)

Career Bests (thru 2016 indoors):

  • 400-meter hurdles: 52.36
  • 110 hurdles: 14.48
  • 60 hurdles: 8.35
  • 200: 21.74i
  • 400: 49.81
  • 500: 1:05.48

2016 Season:
Indoors:

  • Competed on two relays at the MPSF Championships, leading off the 4x400 (sixth) and running the 400 leg on the distance medley (fourth).
  • Ran the 400 in three meets, setting a personal best of 49.81 at season-opening UW Indoor Preview.

2015 Season:
Outdoors:

  • Won bronze medal as the leadoff leg on Canada's 4x100 team at the Pan Am Junior Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
  • Ran a season-best 52.52 in the first round of the Pan Am 400 hurdles, but did not advance to the final.
  • Ran 52.94 to finish second in the 400 hurdles at the Canadian junior championships in Edmonton.
  • The 52.52 placed him No. 2 on Stanford's all-time freshman list.
  • Ran 54.18 at the Pac-12 prelims, finishing 11th overall. 
  • Ran the second leg on Stanford's winning 4x400 relay team at the Big Meet.
  • Finished season at No. 11 on Stanford's all-time 400 hurdles list.

Indoors

  • Did not compete.

International:

  • Won bronze medal as the leadoff leg on Canada's 4x100 team at the Pan Am Junior Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
  • Ran a season-best 52.52 in the first round of the Pan Am 400 hurdles, but did not advance to the final.
  • Represented Canada in the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Ore.
  • His 4x400 relay team placed 15th overall in 3:11.93.
  • Qualified for Canada’s 2013 World Youth Championships team in Ukraine in the 400IH, placing 22nd.

High School:

  • Third at the 2014 Canadian junior championships with a lifetime best 52.36 in the 400 intermediate hurdles.
  • A graduate of Toronto's Greenwood College School.
  • Second in the 2013 Ontario Youth Championships in the 60 hurdles (8.48).
  • A volleyball player as well as track athlete, Brady was twice named Greenwood's Athlete of the Year.

Personal:

  • Czechoslovakian-born grandfather George Brady was a Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz, escaping the death camps at age 18 and eventually settling in Canada.
  • Awarded the Order of Ontario, George Brady is the brother of Hana Brady, who died in the Holocaust. Her story has been featured in books, film, documentaries, and on the stage.

Career Statistics:

Year Season (Meets) Event Season Best Conf. Finish W. Prelims NCAA Champs.
2016 Indoors (4) 400 49.81 25 (MPSF) -- --
    500 1:05.48 -- -- --
    200 22.74 -- -- --
    4x400 3:13.91 6 (MPSF) -- --
    DMR 9:39.68 4 (MPSF) -- --
2015 Outdoors (8) 400 IH 52.52 11 (Pac-12) -- --
    4x400 3:09.91 (Can.) -- -- --
  Indoors (0) -- -- -- -- --