Sydney Brown - Women's Cross Country - Arkansas Razorbacks

Sydney Brown

Sr | 5-6 | Double Oak, Texas | Marcus HS

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  • All-Region

Redshirt Junior (2017)
All-Region … Brown started off her junior year as the Razorbacks’ top finisher and third overall at the Cowboy Preview (Sept. 1) with a time of 10:41.80 … At her next race, Brown finished third overall and second for the Razorbacks at the UC Riverside Invitational (Sept. 16) with a 17:35.00 … Brown continued her season with a fifth place overall finish at the Chile Pepper Festival (Sept. 30) finishing second for the Razorbacks with a 16:56.10 … In Arkansas’ SEC Championship (Oct. 26) win, Brown finished 16th overall and seventh for the Razorbacks at 21:00.30 … In the next outing, finished 14th overall and sixth for the Razorbacks at the NCAA South-Central Regional (Nov. 10) 6K, she earned All-Region honors for the second-consecutive year with a time of 20:19.80 … Brown completed her outdoor season at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 18) finishing fifth for the Razorbacks and 170th overall with a time of 21:15.20

Redshirt Sophomore (2016)
All-Region … Started off her sophomore year as the Razorbacks’ third finisher in the Riverside Invitational (Sept. 17) 5K, placing fourth overall in 17:24.25; an improvement on her performance from the the 2015 season … In the next outing, Brown set a new personal best at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 1) with a 16:50.52 … In the Razorbacks SEC Championship (Oct. 28) win, finished 17th overall and had the seventh-best time for the Razorbacks at 21:07.20 … in her final outing of the season, Brown placed 18th overall and had the sixth-best time at the NCAA South Central Region (Nov. 11) 6K, earning her All-Region honors with a final time of 21:05.00.

Redshirt Freshman (2015)
Came through the line as Arkansas’ third finisher at the Cowboy Preview (Sept. 1) … Finished third in the head to head competition with Tulsa and Oklahoma while claiming the seventh overall spot at the season opener … Placed second overall at the UC Riverside Invitational (Sept. 12) … Finished second for Arkansas posting a time of 17:32.50 … Raced to the top spot at the Missouri Southern Stampede (Sept. 19) … Placed first for Arkansas with a time of 17:08.17 … Competed in the Chile Pepper Festival placing 22nd (Oct. 3) … Set a personal best in the 5K posting a time of 17:06.16 … Finished third overall in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational B-Race (Oct. 16) and second for the Razorbacks with a time of 21:02.00 … Set a personal record in the 6K at the SEC Championships (Oct. 30) crossing the line in a time of 20:30.30 and placed 20th overall … Competed in the NCAA Championships (Nov.21) posting a 178th place finish … Brown completed her season at Louisville, Kentucky placing sixth amongst Arkansas runners with a time of 21:22.40.

Freshman (2014)
Redshirted her first year on campus.

High School
A four-year letterwinner at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas … Earned all-state honors as a junior … Individual district champion in cross as a junior … Helped her team qualify for the state championships in cross country twice … Finished fourth in the mile at track regionals … Holds the school record for the DMR and 4×800-meter relay … Holds personal-best of 10:41 in the 3,200m, 4:57 in the 1,600m and 17:52 in the 5k.

Personal
Born on Jan. 24, 1996 in Miami, Fla. … Daughter of Britt and Laura Brown … Has two siblings, Chase and Payton … Father is an athletic trainer for the Dallas Cowboys and her mother ran cross country and track for Texas Christian University … Majoring in education.

TFRRS Profile

Personal-Best Time

3K: 10:40.1 (Cowboy Preview 9/1/15)
5K: 17:06.16 (Chile Pepper Festival 10/3/15)
6K: 20:30.30 (SEC Championships 10/30/15)