Brook Turner (The Hawken School, Beachwood, Ohio; California)

Brook Turner

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Beachwood, Ohio

High School:
Hawken School

Height:
6-0

Event:
200-400-400 HH

Birthdate:
06/23/1986

Experience:
3V

(2008): Redshirted.


Junior (2007): Earned a spot on the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division I All-Academic team...honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic selection...ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay that posted a time of 3:36.62 for third at the NCAA West Regional...a member of Cal's 4x400-meter relay that finished in 18th (3:36.10) at the NCAA Championships, and the time ranks that quartet (Kandi Bonty, Mackenzie Pierce, Turner and Alysia Johnson) third on Cal's all-time list...took fifth in the 400 with a time of 54.32 at the regional...led the Bears in the 400 with a regional-qualifying and lifetime-best 53.64 to take third at the California Collegiate Challenge...led off Cal's school-record 4x400-meter relay that ran a regional-qualifying 3:35.46 to win at the California Collegiate Challenge...ran Cal's fastest 200 with a lifetime-best 24.10 to place fourth at the Jim Click Shootout...ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay that set an indoor school-record 3:37.64 to place third at the MPSF Championships...took fifth in the 200 (24.54) at MPSFs...ran a season-best 7.94 in the 60 at the Hampton Inn & Suites Classis.


Sophomore (2006): Ran a lifetime-best 54.06 in the 400-meter dash to take sixth place at the Pac-10 Outdoor Championships...clocked in at 55.69 in the 400 to take seventh at the MPSF Indoor Championships...led off the 4x400-relay that set a Cal indoor-record and NCAA provisional-qualifier 3:39.84 to take third place at the MPSFs...led off the 4x400-relay team that earned a time of 3:37.04 at the Texas Relays...during indoors, ran a lifetime-best 7.93 in the 60 meters and collected a 24.58 in the 200 meters at the Arizona-California Challenge...an MPSF Academic All-Conference pick.


Freshman (2005): Season cut short by injury...ran a 24.70 in the 200 and a 55.64 in the 400 against UNR...ran the second leg of the team's second-best time in the 4x100 relay (45.45) in the Brutus Hamilton Meet...ran a season-best 200 and 400 during the indoor season.


High School: A 2004 graduate of The Hawken School...was a two-time 400 Ohio state champion (2002, 2004)...as a sophomore, won four state championships (200, 4000, 4x2, 4x4)...set school records in six events...when she came to Cal, boasted PRs of 24.51 in the 200 and 54.32 in the 400...ran cross country.


Personal: Born June 23, 1986, in Cleveland, Ohio...mother is Judith Turner...brother, Aki Braxton, attended FAMU and played football at West Virginia...film major.


Courtesy Cal Bears Outdoor Track