Michelle Brown 2013-14 Track and Field Roster
Sprints
AS A SENIOR:Turned in an outstanding indoor/outdoor track & field season while competing in 15 meets … named both an indoor and outdoor All-American … was a member of the Irish[apos]s third place distance medley relay team (11:11.54) at the NCAA Indoor Championships … competed in three events at the ACC Indoor Championships: finished eighth in the 200m dash (25.06); placed fifth in the 400m dash (54.78); and was a member of the second place 4×400 relay team (3:40.05) … earned a fifth place finish in the 400m dash at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (51.70) … was a vital athlete for the Irish at the ACC Outdoor Championships, competing in four events: helped the 4×400 relay team to a first place finish (3:33.70); helped the 4×100 relay team to a second place finish (45.07); earned a third place finish in the 400m dash (53.02); and placed ninth in the preliminaries of the 200m dash (24.12) … began the outdoor season aiding the 4×400 relay team to a second place finish at the Texas Relays (3:35.91) … was a member of three relay teams at the Drake Relays: finished fifth with the 4×100 team (44.51); finished first with the 4×200 team (1:34.54); and finished third with the 4×400 team (3:33.42) … earned a monogram.
AS A JUNIOR: Turned in sensational junior year, earning All-America honors during both the indoor & outdoor campaigns … earned first team All-America honors during the indoor season with the distance medley relay … also claimed second team accolades with the 4x400m relay team … during the outdoor season was a second team All-American in the 400m dash and an honorable mention All-American in the 4x400m relay … finished seventh with the DMR team (11:01.79) and 11th with the 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships … named to the indoor all-BIG EAST team for the 400m and 4x400m relay … earned outdoor all-BIG EAST honors for the 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams … competed in 16 meets during the indoor & outdoor seasons … qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships after finishing first with the 4x400m relay team (3:32.43) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round … at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships placed first and ran a personal best in the 400m (52.19), first with the 4x400m relay (3:37.15) and first with the 4x100m team (45.19) … helped indoor 4x400m relay team break BIG EAST record (3:36.88) … also helped break Notre Dame record in indoor 4x400m relay (3:34.67) at Alex Wilson meet with Jade Barber, Megan Yanik, and Margaret Bamgbose … member of the 4x400m team that finished second (3:34.39) at the Drake Relays … had a very successful Polytan Invitational placing first in three events: the 200m dash (24.10), with the 4x100m relay team (46.39) and with the 4x400m relay team (3:42.97) … placed first in the 400m dash (52.62), first with the 4x400m relay team (3:38.57) and third with the 4x100m relay team (46.50) at the Louisville Border Battle … three top-five finishes at the Stanford Invitational: third in the 400m (53.99), fifth with the 4x100m relay team (45.99) and second with the 4x400m relay squad (3:37.84) … placed fourth in the 200m (24.42) and first with the 4x400m relay team at the Victor Lopez Rice Bayou Classic … placed fourth in both the 400m (53.40) and with the 4x400m relay team (3:34.67) at the Alex Wilson Invitational … won the 400m (53.30) and the 4x400m (3:36.88) races at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships … placed third in the 400m (54.67) and second in the 4x400m relay (3:41.69) at the Notre Dame Invitational … finished first in the 300m (38.6) and second with the 4x400m relay team (3:44.41) at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open … at the Blue & Gold Invitational placed fifth in the 200m (25.52) and first in both the 400m (54.79) and in the 4x400m relay (3:45.95) … named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star … earned a monogram.
AS A SOPHOMORE:Participated in 16 meets over the course of the indoor & 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 & 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 entrepreneurial management.