2021 T&F: Placed 12th in 1500 (3:53.29), 16th in 5000 (14:54.23) at Big West Conference Championships... Ran season bests in each event at two different triangulars: 3:53.08 in 1500 at CSF Tri (3/4), 14:48.54 in 5K at Sac State Tri-Team Challenge (2/27).
2020 XC: Season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 T&F: Placed 7th in 3,000 (8:38.51) at Cal Invite before season was suspended by COVID-19 pandemic... Big West Spring Academic All-Conference and Commissioner’s Honor Roll with honors (3.21-3.50 GPA).
2019 XC: Appeared in five meets, including Big West Conference (25:35.9) and NCAA West Regional (118th)... Finished 2nd out of 76-person field at season-opening USF Invitational... Big West Fall Academic All-Conference.
ARCATA HS ’17/COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS: Competed in track his senior year at Arcata, running the 1600… Prior to UC Davis, attended the College of the Redwoods in Arcata, Calif… Was a four-time Golden Valley Conference champion… Won the four-mile conference meet, crossing before the second-place finisher by nearly a minute… Four-time conference champion in track & field… Competed for a year with the UC Davis Track/Cross Country Club.Â
PERSONAL: Born in Sacramento, Calif… Parents are Janet McLellan and Paul Brichta… Has a younger sister, Miriam, who also attends UC Davis… Favorite movie is Cabaret… Sports hero is Kellen O’Neill, non-sports hero is Wallace Stevens… Favorite hobbies include writing… Considering a career in teaching
