Leigha Brown - Women's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Leigha Brown

Sr | 6-0 | Multi Events | McAllen, Texas | Johnny Economedes HS

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  • Three-time All-American

Junior (2016)
NCAA outdoor second team All-American (heptathlon), NCAA indoor second team All-American (pentathlon) … Top performer in the pentathlon 800 at the Razorback Invitational (1/30) … Set a new long jump PR at the Tyson Invitational (2/13) of 5.69m/18-8 … Scored 4,207 points in the pentathlon at the SEC Indoor Championship to help the Razorbacks win the conference title … Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championship in the pentathlon … Placed inside the top 10 in three out of the five pentathlon events to earn All-America recognition with a ninth-place finish at the national meet … Opened outdoor season at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/26) with a runner-up performance in the 400 hurdles in a new PR of 59.06 … Finished in ninth place in the heptathlon at the Texas Relays with score of 5,618 points … Set a new PR in the shot put of 13.12m/43-0.5, the javelin 37.67m/123-7 and matched her high jump outdoor personal best of 1.72m/5-7.75 to place sixth in the heptathlon at the SEC Outdoor Championship (5/15) … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary round in the 400 hurdles and advanced through to the national meet in the heptathlon … Capped the season with a new PR of 5,677 points in the heptathlon – good for a 10th-place finish at nationals and All-America recognition.

Sophomore (2015)
NCAA indoor second team All-American (pentathlon) … Finished first in two out of five pentathlon events at the Razorback Invitational recording a PR in the 800-meter run of 2:12.59 and in the pentathlon with 4155 points … Matched previous PR of 1.77m/5-9.75 to take third in the high jump at the Tyson Invitational … Collected an eighth-place finish in the pentathlon with 4059 points at the SEC Championships … Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships … Had a best performance in the 800-meter run finishing sixth in the event within the pentathlon at the indoor national meet … Opened outdoor season with a fifth-place finish and PR in the heptathlon at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with 5473 points … Ran a PR of 14.02 in the hept. 100-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships helping towards 10th place overall finish in the heptathlon .

Freshman (2014)
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Started career as a Razorback with a first-place finish in the shot put at the Arkansas Invitational … Finished in the top five in four out of five pentathlon events at the Razorback Invitational … Jumped a PR of 1.77m/5-9.75 in the high jump at the Tyson Invitational … Finished ninth in the pentathlon a the SEC Indoor Championships … Posted two top-three finishes at the John McDonnell Invitational in the high jump and javelin throw … Scored one point for the Razorbacks at the SEC Outdoor Championships with an eighth place finish in the heptathlon.

High School
Track and field state qualifier as a junior and senior … Regional qualifier as a freshman and sophomore … Holds the school records in high jump, triple jump and shot put … Lettered all four years in track and volleyball … Earned most valuable player honors all four years … Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.

Personal
Born Sept, 19, 1994 … Daughter of Robert and Selena Brown … Has two older sisters and a younger brother … Majoring in kinesiology.

TFRRS Profile

Indoor PRs

  • 600Y: 1:28.12
  • 400m: 55.10
  • 800m: 2:12.59
  • 60H: 8.54
  • High Jump: 1.77m/5-9.75
  • Long Jump: 5.69m/18-8
  • Shot Put: 13.06m
  • Pentathlon: 4,218 points

Outdoor PRs

  • 200m: 24.78
  • 800m: 2:14.95
  • 100H: 13.76
  • 400H: 59.06
  • High Jump: 1.72m/5-7.75
  • Long Jump: 5.62m/18-5.25
  • Shot Put: 13.12m/43-0.5
  • Javelin: 37.67m/123-7
  • Heptathlon: 5677 points