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Ashley Brown - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Ashley Brown

Position Sprints Hurdles
Class Senior
Hometown Overton, Neb.
High School Kearney
bio

2008 Indoor: Ran a season-best time of 8.36 in the 60-meter hurdles and placed third at the ISU Last Chance Invitational … Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships in the 60-meter hurdles (8.43) … Ran the 200 meters at the Husker Invitational and placed 12th (25.58). 2007 Outdoor: Earned All-America honors by finishing 10th in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships … Was the Big 12 champion in the 100-meter hurdles and Big 12 runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles … Broke school records in both the 100 and 400-meter hurdles … Ran the 100-meter hurdles in 13.27 at the Big 12 Championships, breaking the record she set a week earlier at the Arkansas Twilight … The 400-meter hurdles record was also set at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 57.54 seconds … Had a second place finish at the Midwest Regional … Two-time Big 12 Track and Field Athlete of the Week. 2007 Indoor: Set a 60-meter hurdles record of 8.32 and registered a third-place finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60-meter hurdles … A member of the 1,600-meter relay team that finished with the second best time in Kansas history at the ISU Classic with a time of 3:40.66 … On the 1,600-meter relay team that finished with the fourth best time in Kansas history at the Big 12 Championships with a mark of 3:42.05. 2006 Outdoor: Placed sixth at the Midwest Regional Championships in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:00.05 … Finished fifth at the Big 12 Championships in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:00.65 … Placed third at the Ward Haylett Invitational in a time of 1:01.48 and second at the Emporia State Relays (1:02.91) in the 400-meter hurdles … Also competed in the 100-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays, finishing fourth in a time of 14.16 … Ran a 14.19 in the 100-meter hurdles at Ward Haylett Invitational, good for a second-place finish. 2005 Outdoor: Finished ninth in the 100-meter hurdles (13.82) and 10th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.92) at the Big 12 Championships … Finished fourth in the 100 hurdles (14.45) and won the 400 hurdles (1:02.55) at the Nebraska Invitational … Had a time of 14.38 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays, good for fifth. 2005 Indoor: Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the KSU/KU/MU Triangular in a time of 8.97… Sat out most of the season due to surgery. High School: Broke the state record in the 100-meter hurdles and won four-straight state championships in the event … Broke the USATF triple jump record in 1999 … Was the champion in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2004 Kansas Relays and runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles … Totaled six varsity letters at Kearney (four track, two dance team). Personal: Parents are Todd and Michele Brown … Twin brother, Micah, is a member of the KU football team … Father played football at Nebraska, was drafted by the Detroit Lions and played six seasons in the CFL … Majoring in exercise science.