Brendan Dagan '00

Inducted Fall 2024

Brendan Dagan graduated in 2000 after a stellar career on the cross-country course, wrestling mat, and track. While at Fryeburg Academy, he was a four-time All-State Wrestler, the 2000 State Champ, and the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler, with 118 career wins. He was named to the All-Conference team during 11 of his eligible 12 seasons running and wrestling. He was a two-time state champ in track and field, a two-time New England 6th-place finisher, and part of the 4 x 800 track state championship record-holding team.

Brendan graduated from Hofstra University as the team captain and the 10K school record holder from 2001 to 2006. At Hofstra, he also met his wife, Jen, a fellow cross-country runner.

Brendan continued with his love of running, making it a career with his wife, Jen; the couple worked as independent contractors, working and timing hundreds of road races throughout New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Over ten years ago, they moved to Long Island and co-founded Elitefeats, a successful NYC area endurance event company. The crew at Elitefeats works on pre-race organization, including e-commerce, social media, and promotional marketing. Their team comes in on race day, sets up the event, and helps coordinate the volunteers. In a typical year, they work on just over 600 events annually. Elitefeats is the largest organization in the country, working with small road races. Last year, over 150,000 participants crossed their finish lines last year—more than the Boston Marathon, NYC Marathon, and Chicago Marathon combined!

The USATF National Track and Field Officials Committee has recognized his service to the sport with an Outstanding Service Award and the USATF Long Island MVP Award.

He is a USATF-L1 Board member and co-founder of The Never Stop Running Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit. Brendan recently served as a running coach for an athlete qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Trials.