Alexis Brown
American athlete (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexis Brown (born 26 April 2001) is an American long jumper. She won the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championship title.[1]
Early and personal life
She is from Kennedale, Texas, and attended Kennedale High School.[2] Her mother was born and raised in Haiti. In 2018, she finished third at the New Balance Nationals Indoor championships with a time of 7.38 seconds for the 60 metres. She represented Haiti at the 2018 CARIFTA Games.[3] She had to overcome surgery to remove an extra bone in her foot which hampered her collegiate athletics career. In 2024, she graduated with a Health, Kinesiology and Leisure Studies degree and was accepted to the MBA program at Baylor University, having transferred from the University of Florida in 2022.[4][5][6]
Career
In 2024, she was named the Outdoor Big 12 Performer of the Year, and finished fifth in the long jump and sixth as part of the Baylor University 4x100 metres relay team at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[4] She finished fifth in the 2024 United States Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024.[7]
Representing Baylor University, she won the 2025 NCAA Championship long jump indoor title on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach, with a personal best jump of 6.90 metres.[8][9] She became the first Baylor athlete to win a national championship in the long jump.[10]
References
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