Lenoir-Rhyne's Brown Named SAC Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Lenoir-Rhyne's Alexis Brown has been named the 2025 South Atlantic Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, the Conference office announced on Friday (June 6).
Brown, a junior from Mableton, Ga., became the first woman in NCAA Division II history to go under 11 seconds legally in the 100-meter dash, running a wind-legal (+1.8) time of 10.93 to win a National Championship. This is the fastest collegiate time of the season and the second-fastest time in the world this year.
Her second national championship of the season came in the 200m where she blazed a time of 22.37 seconds, winning by nearly half a second. This marked her first outdoor 200 meter national title after winning three on the indoor stage.
She also earned All-American honors in the 4x100 meter relay as the team finished seventh with a time of 45.28.
The SAC Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year award is determined following the completion of the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship and is voted on by the league's head coaches.
