Theresa (Feldkamp) Brannen
Born: 1983 in Cleveland, Ohio
Husband: Nathan. Children: Gianna; Grayson
Residence: Avon Lake, Ohio
Career highlights
Amherst Steele High School (1997-2001)
2000-01: Two-time 800-meter Division I high school state champ (four-time All-Ohio)
1999-2001: 12-time Southwestern Conference champ
2001: 800-meter winner – Midwest Meet of Champions
2001: Captured her second of two Division I state titles with a winning time of 2:10.05. For the second straight year she held off North Royalton senior Jeanna Fascione (2:13.22) and Madison senior Francine Rhinehart (2:14.73). Feldkamp was also placed seventh as a member of the 4×400 along with Whitney Hougland, Jeannine Feldkamp, Tessa Shagovac (4:01.20).
2001: Won her fourth straight title for 800 meters at the Amherst Regional with meet-record 2:11.06. Later she teamed with Hougland, Jeannine Feldkamp and Shagovac to win the 4×400 (3:59.72). She was also a member of the state-qualifying, third place 4×800 along with Britnee Barris, Laura Brinkley and Lindsey Hipp (9:34.92). Earlier she won the Amherst District with a meet-record time of 2:11.11. She later teamed with Whitney Hougland, Jeannine Feldkamp and Tessa Shagovac for a meet-record 4:00.07 aboard the winning 4×400. She was also a member of the second place 4×800 (9:46.20).
2000: Won her first of two Division I state titles for 800 meters (2:11.31) as she outdistanced Fascione (2:13.33) and Lancaster senior Brooke Patterson (2:13/35).
2000: Defended regional title in 2:13.17, beating out Anthony Wayne’s Stephanie Willets (2:15.96). She was also a member of the fourth place 4×400 that included Whitney Hougland, Jeannine Feldkamp and Tessa Shagovac (school record, 4:02.15) and seventh place 4×800 that included Brinkley, Britt and Barris (9:42.27). Earlier she defended her Amherst District title in a meet-record 2:12.07 as she won by a very decisive 11 seconds. She was also second as a member of the 4×400 (4:05.94) and the winning 4×800 (9:40.29).
1999: Finished third at the Division I state meet for 800 meters with a county record time of 2:12.20. Only Collinwood’s Kim Jordan (2:09.59) and Dayton Meadowdale’s Kameisha Bennett (2:11.71) were quicker.
1999: Captured the Amherst Regional in a time of 2:14.61 as she beat out Anthony Wayne’s Stephanie Willetts (2:16.97). Earlier Feldkamp won the Amherst District with a meet-record 2:14.56 as she outdistanced by nearly 8.5 seconds.
1998: Finished fourth at the Division I state meet with a time of 2:12.64.
1998: Won Castalia Margaretta Regional for the 800 in a time of 2:14.39. Earlier she captured the Amherst Division I District for 800 meters in a meet-record 2:15.61.
University of Michigan (2001-06)
2004: Big Ten runner-up, DMR
2004-05: 2-time NCAA All-American 2005: NCAA Indoor Champ – Distance medley relay
2005: Big Ten Indoor Champ, 800m and DMR
2005: Big Ten Indoor runner-up 800m – 2005
Member of 10 Big Ten Championship teams in cross country, indoor and outdoor track
Halls of fame
2017: Amherst Athletic Hall of Fame
2019: Lorain Sports Hall of Fame
Other highlights
Married to Nathan Brannen, 2008, ’12 and ’16 Olympian for 1,500 meters, 4-time NCAA Champion, 11-time All American at UM. He’s a Canadian record-holder, and 1 of only 7 North American high school athletes to ever break 4 minutes in the mile.
Education
2001: Amherst Steele High School
2006: University of Michigan