By Kalena Reynolds | Staff Writer
Before the 2024 indoor season, Kennedale graduate jumper and sprinter Alexis Brown had never completed an entire competition season due to injuries and transfer rules. Fast-forward to the 2024 indoor and outdoor seasons, where Brown was named the 2024 Big 12 Women’s Performer of the Year, an outdoor and indoor NCAA All-American in the long jump event, 2024 NCAA Indoor All-American and the Big 12 Long Jump Champion.
Now fully healthy, Brown is ranked third in the world in the long jump.
While Brown has acquired a long list of accolades, in 2023 she sat out the entire outdoor season because she discovered an extra bone in her foot that was hindering her abilities and causing continuous injury.