Jamila Branch

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Central Bucks HS West
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.

Career Results

2017 Outdoor: Recorded a personal season-best in the 800m (2:26.89) at the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 17).

2016-17 Indoor: Competed at four meets … Posted a season-best time in the 600m at the SPIRE Invitational (Feb. 10) at 1:38.19 … Finished seventh in the 400m (58.72) at the YSU College Invite (Jan. 20) … Helped the distance medley relay team make a runner-up finish at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 27) at 12:18.07.

High School: Placed first in the 4x400m event at Districts every year from 2011-14 ... Qualified for Penn Relays Championship of America in that event in 2014, finishing ninth ... Also finished fourth at States in the 400m as a senior ... Set new District record with her first place finish in the 4x400m as a junior ... Placed first in both District and State competition in the 4x400m as a sophomore ... Etched a new school record in the 400m as a freshman, breaking that record again as a junior ... Finished second at both District and State competitions in her freshman year as well.

Personal: Daughter of Sharmell and Gregory Branch ... Has two older siblings: brother Gregory Branch, Jr., and sister, Shelby Jackson ... Majoring in sociology and urban studies with a gender, sexuality, and women’s studies certificate.