MOSCOW, Idaho - The Vandals have announced another member to Idaho Track and Field's 2024 class. Jan Bremer of Eugene, Oregon is a state champion in the 800m.
Bremer finished his high school career with personal best times of 1:53.85 in the 800m and 3:58.94 in the 1500m. He was crowned the Southwest Conference District Champion the same season he earned gold at the Oregon State Championships in the 800m. He earned spots on the All-Conference First Team as well as All-State First Team. He served as the team captain for both the track and cross country squads.
He is passionate about outdoor activities, golfing, bowling and weight lifting. In fact, he was a nine-time school weight lifting record holder in the bench press (225lbs), squat (290lbs), and powerclean (204lbs). He got into running through participating in other sports growing up. He started doing all-comer meets at Hayward field as a kid and grew a love for the sport ever since.
Bremer is excited to join the team at Idaho stating, "I loved the campus and I loved the coaches and their approach to coaching and how they do things. Everyone at Idaho seems to really care about you and your success and are all very genuine and nice people. I also love the team environment and culture from what I saw of it," said Bremer. "I am looking forward to running with a group of guys who are all hardworking and like-minded and striving to be the best runner they can be. I am also looking forward to running in the surrounding areas of Moscow because it was so pretty on my visit."
Bremer aims to study business and economics at the University of Idaho.