Brad Thompson Class: Junior Hometown: Tyler, Texas High School: John Tyler HS Last College: Kilgore Jr. College Height: 6-0 Event: Brad Thompson

Freshman - 1999-2000: (Outdoor) Used mostly as a 800m specialist . . . finished ninth in the 800m at the Bill Williams Invitational with a time of 2:00.80 . . . also finished ninth in the 800m at the OSU Duals.

Junior College: Transferred from Kilgore Jr. College.

High School: Lettered in track all four years in high school, while also running on the cross country squad at John Tyler High School . . . named his track team’s Most Valuable Player as a senior . . . was captain of the cross country team for two consecutive years . . . was a district champion as a freshman . . . helped lead the mile relay team to a third place finish at National High School Meet . . . was a member of his schools honor roll and Texas Solution ‘98 State Team as well as an Eisenhower Scholar.

Personal: Arts and sciences major . . . son of Helena Thompson Howard . . . born November 30, 1980.