Tashay Brown

Position:
Sprints
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Centennial, Colo.
High School:
Eaglecrest

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
60-meters: 7.72 (2017)
200-meters: 24.79 (2015)
OUTDOOR
100-meters: 12.19 (2014)
200-meters: 24.32 (2017)

PAC-12 SCORING
2015 4x100-Meter Relay, 7th (45.39)
2015 4x400-Meter Relay, 7th (3:39.03)
2016 4x100-Meter Relay, 3rd (45.22)

2017: Indoor: Brown participated in the 60-meters and the 200-meters during the indoor season. She competed in the 200 three times, placing in the top seven each time. Her season best time in the event (24.95) came at the Potts Invitational where she placed second. She recorded a PR of 7.72 in the 60-meters, also at the Pott’s Invitational (1/14), where she placed third.
Outdoor: Brown’s main focus was the 200 during the outdoor season. She placed fourth in the 200 at the Air Force Twilight, clocking a PR of 24.32. Brown went on to race at the Pac-12 Championships and recorded at time of 25.30 in the preliminary round.

2016: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Brown ran the 200-meter dash individually and played an important role on the 4x100-meter relay team. She won the 200 at the CSM Invite, clocking in at 24.67 and recorded a pair of third place finishes at the Air Force Twilight and CU Invite. At the Pac-12 Championships, she raced the 200 in the preliminary round. Brown ran in five 4x100 relays for the Buffs, including the relay that finished first at the CU Invite (44.98). The relay also placed third at the Pac-12 Championships (45.22) and qualified for NCAA West Prelims (45.39).

2015: Indoor: Brown raced the 60 and the 200 as a freshman, and was a member of the relay teams. She recorded season best times in both events at the Air Force Invite (1/24). Brown clocked in at 7.82 in the 60, placing 11^th, and finished the 200 in 24.79, which placed third. At the MPSF Championship, she was 25^th in the 60 (8.01) and 19^th in the 200 (25.08). The 4x400-meter relay was ninth, finishing in 3:46.13.
Outdoor: Brown raced the 200 as well as both the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays. She recorded a season best 24.54 in the 200 at the Jerry Quiller Classic (3/21), which placed her second at the meet. The 4x100 relay ran its best time of the year at the conference meet, finishing seventh in 45.39. The 4x400 relay also took seventh at Pac-12s, clocking in at 3:39.03. The 4x400 raced at the NCAA West Prelims and despite its best finish of the season (3:38.20), finished 16^th overall.

HIGH SCHOOL: Brown was a standout sprinter at Eaglecrest High School. She is the Raptor’s 200-meter record holder (24.20) and appeared at the Colorado State High School Championships several times. She was a member of the 2014 Colorado State 5A 800-meter sprint medley relay team that won in 1:44.19 and was a member of the 4x200 team that placed third. Individually she was third in the 200, setting the EHS record in the process. Brown was also third in the 200 as a sophomore at the state championships. She was also recruited by Columbia, Penn, Air Force, Colorado State, San Jose State and Louisiana at Monroe.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Brown is majoring in ethnic studies.

PERSONAL: Tashay Bobbie Brown was born on August 14, 1995 in Kingston, Jamaica. She is the daughter of Herbert Brown and Cassandra Barnes. She has one brother, Khalil, who plays basketball. Brown was born in Jamaica and can speak the native language (Patios). She enjoys traveling and has volunteered at Smoky Hill Library with its summer reading program.