Kaylyn Brown - Women's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Kaylyn Brown

So./So. | Sprints | Charlotte, N.C. | Mallard Creek HS

Honors

  • 2024 Olympic Gold medalist | 4 x 400m relay (USA)
  • 2024 Olympic Silver medalist | Mixed 4 x 400m relay (USA)
  • World record | Mixed 4 x 400m relay 3:07.41
  • Collegiate record | 4 x 400m relay 3:17.96
  • World’s fastest 19-year-old ever | 400m 49.13
  • 3-time First-team All-America | Outdoor (3)
  • 2024 NCAA Outdoor Gold | 4 x 400m relay
  • 2024 NCAA Outdoor Silver | 400m
  • 2024 SEC Outdoor Silver | 400m
  • 2024 SEC Indoor Silver | 4 x 400m relay
  • 2024 SEC Indoor Bronze | 400m

2024 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Member of Team USA at Paris Olympics … Earned gold medal in 4 x 400m relay after running in prelims … Anchored with a split of 50.54 in prelims of 4 x 400m as USA posted a leading time of 3:21.44 over Great Britain (3:24.72) and France (3:24.73) … Earned silver medal in mixed 4 x 400m relay, splitting 49.23 on anchor leg in final on 3:07.74 performance … Member of world record 3:07.41 in mixed 4 x 400m relay prelims, splitting 49.45 on anchor leg … Previous world record 3:08.80 by United States at 2023 World Championships, previous Olympic record 3:09.87 by Poland in Tokyo …

Finished fourth in the U.S. Olympic Trials 400m final with a time of 50.07 … Advanced to the final with a 49.71 leading time in the semifinal … Earned auto qualifier to semifinal with a 51.09 in prelims … The 49.71 effort was the seventh sub-50 time for Brown in 2024 among 10 outdoor races …

Placed second in NCAA 400m final with a career best 49.13 that equaled the previous collegiate record set by Razorback Britton Wilson in 2023 … Now shares the American collegiate record with Wilson behind the collegiate record of 48.89 set by teammate Nickisha Pryce, who won the NCAA final … Part of an Arkansas 1-2-3-4 super sweep in the 400m that earned the Razorbacks 29 team points towards its national championship … Registered a leading time of 49.82 in NCAA semifinal as Arkansas produced the top four times advancing to final … Ran third leg of 4 x 100m relay that broke UA school record with 42.45 in NCAA semifinal, team finished fourth in final with a 42.71 … Split 49.04 on anchor leg of collegiate record 3:17.96 in NCAA final of 4 x 400m relay … Arkansas broke previous collegiate record they set in 2024 NCAA West First Round with a 3:21.92 … Previous NCAA meet record of 3:22.34 was set by Texas A&M in 2021 …

In NCAA West meet, posted times of 51.17 and 49.98 in two rounds of the 400m … Ran third leg of 4 x 100m relay (42.70) that posted second fastest time … Split 50.46 as third leg of collegiate record 3:21.92 in 4 x 400m relay, bettering previous record of 3:21.93 set by Kentucky in 2022 … Bettered facility record of 3:25.16 set by Arkansas in 2022 …

SEC silver medalist in 400m with a then career best of 49.47 as Arkansas finished 1-2-3-5 for 28 team points … Improved her world-leading time to 49.86 in SEC prelims at Gainesville, Florida …

At Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial, ran a then career best and world-leading time of 49.95 to win 400m … Her high school outdoor best was 53.11 … Clocked a career best 22.77 (-1.8) in the 200m to place ninth … Previous best was 23.77 … Also member of runner-up 4 x 100 (43.13) and first place 4 x 400 (3:26.10) … Runner-up in 200m with a wind-aided 22.76 (7.3 wind) at Arkansas Spring Invitational …

Opened outdoor season at Texas Relays, ran third leg of 4 x 200m relay that broke the UA school record with a 1:31.11 as the top collegiate team … Arkansas ranks as the No. 8 school in collegiate history with the 20th best performance … Bettered previous UA record of 1:33.04 from 2012 Texas Relays … Ran opening leg of winning squad in the 4 x 400m University Invitational as Arkansas clocked 3:27.05 …

The 49.13 performance in the NCAA final bettered the previous 19-year-old world best of 49.42 set by German Grit Breuer as a silver medalist in the 1991 World Championships held in Tokyo …

Indoor: Debut race as a Razorback produced an early season world-leading time of 53.04 to win the Arkansas Invitational … Her previous indoor best was 57.62 … Then improved to 51.49 as runner-up in 400m at Tyson Invitational, where a career best of 23.01 claimed a 200m victory … Her previous indoor 200m best was 25.20 …

SEC bronze medalist in 400m with a 50.83 career best after a 51.58 in the prelims … The 50.83 is equal No. 4 on the UA all-time list … Finished ninth in SEC 200m prelims, matching her PR of 23.01, which ranks No. 11 on UA all-time list … Anchored 4 x 400m to SEC silver with a split of 50.49 as Arkansas posted a time of 3:26.33, which ranks No. 4 on UA all-time list … Finished 12th in NCAA 400m prelims with a 52.97 after losing stride at 200m with teammate Joanne Reid … Ran opening leg of 4 x 400m in NCAA final, splitting 51.47, but team was DQ for two or more steps on lane … Arkansas ran 3:25.99 to finish ahead of eventual winner South Carolina (3:26.20).

High School
Set a career best of 53.11 in claiming a 400m bronze medal at the 2022 USATF U20 Championships competing with Purpose Driven North Carolina Elite Track Club … Silver medalist at Nike Outdoor Nationals with a 53.23 … Earned a gold medal in the mixed 4 x 400m relay at the 2022 World U20 Championships, ran in the prelims supplying a 53.19 anchor split as Team USA set a then meet record of 3:18.65 …

2022 North Carolina 4A State silver medalist in 200m with a 23.94 and 400m in 53.30, as well as bronze medalist in 100m with an 11.95 (11.87 prelim) and on 4 x 400m relay (3:56.42) … Indoors, member of runner-up 4 x 400m relay at North Carolina State Championships … In 2021, finished third in 100m at North Carolina 4A State meet and ran on sixth place 4 x 100m relay.

Collegiate Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

60m | 8.01 (HS)

200m | 25.20 (HS) | 23.01

300m | 39.62 (HS)

400m | 57.62 (HS) | 50.83

Outdoor

100m | 11.74 (HS)

200m | 23.77 (HS) | 22.77

400m | 53.11 (HS) | 49.13