The Irish qualify 60 students for Big East at the season opener on December 2nd.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Participated in 16 meets over the course of the indoor and outdoor seasons ... assisted 4x100m relay team to a first-place finish (45.17) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, earning all-BIG EAST accolades ... was a third-place finisher at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 4x400m relay (3:37.79) ... finished fifth in the 400m (54.18) ... achieved a first-place finish at the Texas Roadhouse Border Battle in the 4x400m relay (3:40.56) and at the GVSU 2nd to Last Chance Meet in the 400m dash (55.08) ... was a participant in the NCAA East Preliminary Round and the NCAA Championships ... helped 4x400m relay team advance to the NCAAs with an eighth-place finish (3:35.85) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round ... squad placed 18th at the NCAAs (3:37.97) ... earned a monogram.
AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in 14 track and field meets during the season ... scored points for the Irish at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships with a fourth place showing in the 400m (54.38) ... helped the 4,000m Distance Medley team claim fourth at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (11:37.80) ... finished second in the 400m (54.69) at the outdoor Louisville Cardinal Twilight ... won the 400m at the outdoor Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational (55.93) ... also helped the 4x100m relay team claim third place (47.89) ... finished fourth in the 200m (25.35) and second in the 400m (55.63) at the outdoor Texas Roadhouse Border Battle ... had stellar meet at the Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational, placing first in the 200m (25.21) and 400m (55.51) and second in the 4x400m relay (3:57.32) ... finished second in the 200m (25.26) at the indoor Indiana University Relays ... claimed third in the 400m (56.40) at the indoor Notre Dame Invitational ... opened year with victories in the 400m (57.08) and the 4x400m relay (3:53.88) at the indoor Blue & Gold Invitational ... earned a monogram.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Competed during both the winter and spring season at Seneca (N.J.), lettering eight times ... four- time All-American in the 400, including setting the state freshman and junior records in New Jersey ... earned a total of five state championships (two in winter, three in spring) and garnered national ranking five times ... earned all-state recognition five total times while being named all-city a total of seven times ... team captain for both the winter and spring squads during her senior year ... raced for the U.S. team at the World Youth Championships and the Caribbean Scholastic Invitational in the summer of 2009 ... finished second in the 400 at the World Youth Championships held in Italy ... born in Winfield, Ill. ... daughter of Donna and Don Brown ... has one sibling, LeAnne ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business and majoring in management.