Brentwood sophomore Brodey Hasty won the Class AAA state cross country meet in 2015.

Brentwood, Sophomore

Why chosen: After finishing second in last year’s Class AAA meet by just seven seconds, Hasty captured the title this year in 15:35.09, improving by 15 seconds and winning by the same amount. He helped the Bruins capture the team title after finishing runner-up a year ago. Hasty also won the Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional meet and qualified for Nationals and won the MSCCA Midstate Championships. Hasty also was The Tennessean 2014 boys cross country runner of the year as a freshman.

College plans: “I haven’t really thought about what colleges to be honest, but I think I would like to explore the field of science.”

Quote: “I was honestly just happy. I had been training for that (state meet) for the entire summer and to do it made me feel really happy. I guess it was more of an exciting feeling like, ‘Yes, I didn’t get injured.’”

Family: Parents William and Sherri Hasty, brother, Gavin (18)

Nickname: “A lot of people call me Fluffy, because of my hair.”

Best high school sports moment: “(Nike Cross Nationals) because it was a great experience overall, especially the race.”

Favorite sports team: USA Track and Field

Dream job: Runner

Favorite teacher: “I don’t have one”

Instagram or Snapchat: Snapchat

Spring or fall: “Fall because it is hot near the beginning of the season but then it gets to a perfect temperature near the end of the season.”