Kaylyn Brown
American athlete (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaylyn Brown (born December 31, 2004) is an American sprinter. She won a gold and silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women 4 x 400 metres relay and mixed 4 x 400 metres relay.[1]
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| Born | December 31, 2004 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Arkansas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 49.13 (Eugene, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brown attended Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, North Carolina.[2] Since 2023, she has attended the University of Arkansas.[3]
She won a gold medal as part of the victorious Mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[4] In the preliminary round the team of Brown, Charlie Bartholomew, Madison Whyte and Will Sumner set a meeting record time of 3:18.65.[5]
In April 2024, she broke 50-seconds for the 400 metres for the first time, running 49.95 seconds during the Tom Jones Invitational held in Gainesville, Florida.[6] With the run she met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[7]
She ran a new personal best time of 49.47 seconds for the 400 metres at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Gainesville, Florida on May 11, 2024.[8][9] It placed her fourth all-time for a College athlete and was the fastest all-time performance by a 19-year-old American and second globally for her age, only behind East German athlete Grit Breuer who ran 49.42 in 1991.[10] At the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon on June 8, 2024 she lowered her personal best to 49.13 seconds.[11]
She was included in the United States relay pool for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[12][13]
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