2009 Outlook

Brad Doering (pronounced DOOR-ing) saw big improvement in 2008 and is expected to be a strong contributor to the 2009 squad. “Brad made outstanding improvements last season,” Coach Jay Dirksen said. “Brad possesses above average speed and he is an excellent competitor. This summer his training has risen to another level, which puts Brad in a position to make a major impact for the team.”

2008 (Sophomore)

Doering opened his sophomore campaign with a ninth-place finish at the Creighton/UNO Classic, improving on his 13th-place finish from 2007. Doering then finished 47th (22:46.3) at the BYU Invitational and 29th (26:32.3) at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational, contributing to the men’s third straight team title at the Woody Greeno.

Doering broke back into the top 20 with an 18th-place showing at the South Dakota State Classic, running a time of 26:34 to contribute to the men’s third team title of the season. The Yuba City, Calif., native ended the season at his first Big 12 Championships, where he finished 46th with a time of 25:37.8. From his performance in 2008, Doering was named the team’s Most Improved Runner.

Freshman (2007)

Doering worked on making the transition to the competitive Big 12 Conference in his freshman year. He opened the season at the Creighton/UNO Classic where he finished 13th with a time of 29:29. Out of 269 runners at the Woody Greeno, he finished 58th (26:59.1) on the 8K course. His final meet of the year came at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., where he suffered an injury and was unable to compete the rest of the season.

Still recovering from an injury after the cross country season, Doering redshirted the indoor track season. He rebounded to compete during the outdoor season, running in seven meets. Doering’s best performance of the year came at the Stanford Invitational where he ran a personal-best time of 3:55.76 in the 1,500-meter run.

High School (Yuba City)

Doering qualified for the California Division I State Cross Country Championships three years in a row under Coach Mike Buzbee. He was 42nd as a senior, 74th as a junior and 49th as a sophomore for Yuba City High School.

On the track, Doering qualified for the California state meet as a sophomore in the 3,200-meter run and as a junior in the 1,600-meter run. As a senior, he was knocked down during the Sac Joaquin Section Masters Finals and fell short of the state meet after an outstanding regular season. Doering had prep personal-best times of 1:56.48 in the 800, 4:18.19 in the 1,600, 8:43.98 in the 3,000 and 9:23.25 in the 3,200.

Personal

Brad was born in Yuba City, Calif., on Dec. 1, 1988. He is the son of Mark and Sheri Doering and has one sister, Stacy, and one brother, Mark. Doering is a secondary education major at Nebraska.