Tai Brown - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Tai Brown

RS Sr./RS Sr. | 6-3 | Hurdles | Brooklyn, New York | Midwood HS/Kentucky

Senior (2023)
Outdoor: Finished fourth in prelims of 110m hurdles with 13.52 at Trackwired Arkansas Grand Prix … Competed in two rounds of USATF Championships, clocking a season best of 13.37 (1.1) to place sixth in his section of semifinal after a 13.47 in first round … Opened outdoor season with a 13.77w as runner-up in Arkansas Twilight.

Indoor: Competed in one race, posting an 8.27 in 60m hurdles at Razorback Invitational.

College | Kentucky

Junior (2022)
Outdoor: Competed in NCAA East Preliminary round in 110m hurdles, clocking times of 13.69 and 14.27 … Opened season with a 13.59 victory in Black and Gold Invite hosted by Central Florida … Member of winning 4 x 100 (39.59) and 4 x 200 (1:23.11) during Drake Relays … Set career best times in 100 (10.92) and 200 (20.84) during Kentucky Invitational.

Indoor: Competed in prelims of 200 and 60m hurdles at SEC Championships … Placed 10th in the hurdles at SEC Indoor with a 7.91 … Won Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial with 7.73 in hurdle final … Runner-up with a career best of 7.72 at Texas Tech Red Raider Open … Racing in December of 2021, won Louisville Cardinal Classic in 7.80.

Sophomore (2021)
Outdoor: Placed fifth in U.S. Olympic Trials 110m hurdles with a career best of 13.32, which equaled the Olympic Games qualifying standard … Secured a lane in the Olympic Trials final by the narrowest of margins, 0.001, in placing eighth overall in the semifinal with a then PR of 13.33  … Posted a 13.55 in the opening round of the Olympic Trials.

Finished ninth in 110m hurdles at NCAA Championships, posting a 13.89 in final after a 13.68 in the semifinal to place ninth overall … Produced wind-aided times of 13.47 (2.7) and 13.41 (2.2) during NCAA East Preliminary round … Placed seventh in 110m hurdles at SEC Championships with a 13.57w after a wind-legal 13.66 in prelims … Runner-up at Florida Relays with a 13.64 following a 13.66 prelim … Established career best of 13.50 in prelims of Weems Baskin Relays hosted by South Carolina, then had a false start in final.

Indoor: Sixth in 60m hurdle final at SEC Championships with a 7.84 following a 7.83 in prelims … Third in Arkansas’ Wooo Pig Classic with a 7.94 … Runner-up in 7.91 at McCravy Green Invitational.

Sophomore (2020)
Indoor: Sixth in SEC Championships hurdle final with a 7.90 clocking after posting 7.81 in prelims … Runner-up at New Mexico Collegiate Classic (7.80) as well as Ted Nelson Invitational (7.89) … Fourth with a 7.85 at Jim Green Invitational.

Freshman (2019)
Outdoor: Silver medalist at USATF U20 Championships with a 13.21 on the junior height hurdles, ranks No. 15 on the all-time world list … Silver medalist at the Pan American Junior Championships with a 13.36w.

Qualified for NCAA Championships, placing 13th in semifinal with a 13.71 … Advanced through NCAA East Preliminary round with a 13.57 … Finished fourth with a 13.68 at SEC Championships, while running 13.62 in the prelims … Won Drake Relays title (13.98), runner-up at Kentucky Invitational (13.89), and runner-up in Tennessee Relays (13.56w).

Indoor: Competed in SEC Championships, placing 10th in prelims with a 7.87.

High School
2018 graduate from Midwood HS in Brooklyn, New York … New Balance Nationals fifth place in the 60m hurdles in 2018 … Claimed New York State, NY City and Brooklyn borough titles in 110m hurdles in 2018 … Fifth in 110m hurdles with a 13.86 career best at 2017 New Balance Nationals … New York City Mayor’s Cup 110m hurdle champion in 2016 and 2017 …  USATF New York Association Champion in 2016.

Tai Brown | Career Stats

Career best marks

Indoor: 

60mH | 7.72

200m | 21.27

300m | 36.23

Outdoor: 

110H | 13.32

100m | 10.92

200m | 20.84