The Irish qualify 60 students for Big East at the season opener on December 2nd.
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 January 21, 1992, in Winfield, Ill. ... daughter of Donna and Don Brown ... has one sibling, LeAnne ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
