2015-16 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Marika Brown
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Little Elm
- Hometown:
- Little Elm, Texas
USTFCCCA All-American
- 2017 Honorable Mention Outdoor 4x400-meter Relay
Career Performance List
2017 OUTDOOR
Competed in 10 outdoor meets, participating in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay ... at the Texas Tech Red Raider Shootout, Brown ran a 23.48 best 200m dash for third place ... in the second meet of the season, the Wes Kittley Invitational, Brown hit her season-best 400m time at 53.55 for first ... had a total of eight top-three performances during the outdoor season ... qualified for the 400m, 4x100 and 4x400 events at the NCAA Division I West Preliminaries, where she took part in the NCAA Outdoor Nationals Qualifying 3:35.09 4x400-meter relay ... in Eugene, the relay finished 19th overall to garner Honorable Mention All-America honors.
2017 INDOOR
Ran in five meets during the 2017 indoor season ... Has hit nine personal records in the five meets in which she competed, four in the 60m, three in the 200m and two in the 400m … four top-15 conference ranked marks… had eight top-five finishes in the women's 60m, 200m, 400m and 4x400-meter relay ... garnered All-Big 12 honors in the 200m (24.18), 400m (53.77), and 4x400 (3:38.54) ... her 400m performance for seventh-place in the Big 12 marked a season-best ... ran a 60m best time of 7.50 at the Tyson Invitational.
2016 OUTDOOR
Did not compete.
2016 INDOOR
Ran the 60, 200, 400 & 4x400-meter relay events for the Red Raiders during her first indoor season at Texas Tech ... opened the season in the 60-meter dash at the Arkansas Invitational, placing 12th at 7.94 seconds ... began her 200m campaign at the New Mexico Team Invite, placing seventh at 24.80 seconds ... notched a personal-best in the 60m at the New Mexico Classic a week later at 7.68 seconds ... also finished a shade off her best in the 200m at the meet at 24.87 ... was a member of three 4x400-meter relays, the best coming at the New Mexico Classic at 3:44.07 ... represented Texas Tech at the Big 12 Championship in the 60m & 200m, finishing 16th in the 60m at 7.71 and 21st in the 200m at 25.29.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
Competed for Texas State in 2014 ... the top sprinter for the Bobcats with a time of 11.48 seconds in the 100 meters and 23.24 seconds in the 200-meter dash ... qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round and was the runner-up in both events at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships with wind-aided times of 11.37 in the 100m and 22.94 in the 200 ... best legal time in the 100 meters came at the Bobcat Invitational when she finished in second place ... won the 200-meter dash at the UTSA Invitational and was the runner-up at the Texas State Invitational in a season-best time of 23.24 seconds ... also competed on Texas State's 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams ... helped the Bobcats finish second in 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:42.2 and third in the 4x100 with a time of 45.46 at the SBC Championships ... during indoors, had a season-best time of 7.50 at the Samford Multi and Invitational Indoor meet ... had a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 24.35 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships...posted a indoor personal best time of 24.15 in the 200 meters at the Texas A&M Invitational.
PERSONAL
Graduated from Little Elm High School ... best marks were 11.58 in the 100-meter dash, 24.19 in the 200-meter dash and 7.52 in the 60-meter dash ... highly recruited by schools in the SEC, Big 12 and other BCS conferences ... daughter of Jennifer and Earnest Brown ... has six siblings.
