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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 49.13 (Eugene, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Kaylyn Brown (born 31 December 2004) is an American sprinter. [1]
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| Born | 31 December 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 49.13 (Eugene, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Kaylyn Brown (born 31 December 2004) is an American sprinter. [1]
From Charlotte, North Carolina, she attended Mallard Creek High School. [2] From 2023, she attended the University of Arkansas. [3]
She won a gold medal as part of the victorious Mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [4] In the preliminary round the team of Brown, Charlie Bartholomew, Madison Whyte and Will Sumner set a meeting record time of 3:18.65. [5]
In April 2024, she broke 50-seconds for the 400 metres for the first time, running 49.95 seconds during the Tom Jones Invitational held in Gainesville, Florida. [6] With the run she met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [7]
She ran a new personal best time of 49.47 seconds for the 400 metres at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Gainesville, Florida on 11 May 2024. [8] [9] It placed her fourth all-time for a College athlete and was the fastest all-time performance by a 19-year-old American and second globally for her age, only behind East German athlete Grit Breuer who ran 49.42 in 1991. [10] At the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 8 June 2024 she lowered her personal best to 49.13 seconds. [11]
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