Shippensburg University Athletics

Top Times:
6K: 19:04
8K: 24:57
10K: 31:26

2009 (Junior): Despite battling intermittent injury, Beegle earned All-Atlantic Region honors for the second consecutive season and was once again a top runner and dynamic competitor for the Red Raiders. Beegle recorded three first-place finishes; twice on 6K courses (SU’s Alumni Meet and the Battle for the Buggy) and once at the 10K Mountaineer Flatland Invitational. His most impressive race was his third-place finish at the Atlantic Regional Championships in which he posted a 10K PR of 31:26. At the national championships, Beegle was the No. 2 runner for Shippensburg with a 73rd-place finish in 33:09. Scholastically, Beegle was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Squad and was a CoSIDA District 2 Second Team Academic All-American. During the track season, Beegle won the outdoor 5K PSAC title and finished second at PSACs in the steeplechase while also placing during the indoor season in the 3K and 5K.

2008 (Sophomore): Beegle earned All-Atlantic Region honors and All-PSAC honors for his outstanding production during his second season as a Red Raider runner. He finished sixth at the conference meet with a time of 25:00 and completed the 10K regional course in 32:19 to finish eighth overall. His 8K time of 24:57 at the Paul Short Invitational ranks as one of the fastest times in 10 years by a member of the program. He also ran the 8K portion of the Dickinson Invitational, winning with a time of 26:00. He served as the fastest Raider runner in all six meets in which he competed. Overall, Beegle was named the 2008-09 Shippensburg University Male Student Athlete of the Year after a campaign in which he was named the PSAC’s Most Valuable Track Athlete of the indoor meet after winning a championship in the 1-mile run (4:14.46), finishing second in the 3,000-meters (8:38.70) and winning a combined championship as the anchor of the DMR. He also set the school record for the men’s DMR at Penn State.

2007 (Freshman): Beegle exploded onto the scene as a dominant member of the team, posting the team’s top time in the first six meets of the season. He finished second at the 8K Gettysburg Invitational with a time of 26:41.68 and at the 6K Alumni Meet in 19:40. Beegle earned a third-place finish at the 4K Dickinson Invitational with a time of 12:27.14 and at the 6K Elizabethtown Invitational with a time of 19:28, while recording the team’s second-best times at the 8K PSAC Championships in Kutztown (27:34.20) and at the 10K East Regionals in Lock Haven (32:21). He totaled six top-10 finishes in eight meets and never finished out of the Top 25 in any of his runs. In the track season, Beegle was the PSAC champion in the steeplechase and recorded a personal record of 9:12. The mark is one second short of his father’s personal record of 9:11, a feat achieved while his father was a steeplechase competitor for Millersville.

Gettysburg High School: The Gettysburg native thrived as a distance runner in his senior season for the Warriors, recording a personal-best time of 15:39 in the 5,000-meter run at the William & Mary Invitational. He finished second at the District III Cross Country Championships with a time of 16:16.36 and outran all competitors at the Don Stoner Invitational in Maryland with a time of 16:23 in the 5,000-meter run. Beegle won the 3,200-meter event at the PIAA District III Championships and had personal records of 4:18 and 9:15 in his senior year. Beegle won the 1600 at the 81st Annual Shippensburg University High School Invitational, continuing the family tradition. His father Greg and his grandfather also won events at the Ship Invitational during their high school careers.

Personal: Bryan David Beegle is the son of Greg and Becky Beegle and is majoring in criminal justice while at SU.