Felicia Brown-Edwards
Brown-Edwards at the 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, where she finished 4th in the 60 m
Personal information
Birth nameFelicia Brown
Nationality United States
Born (1993-10-27) 27 October 1993[1]
Home townLithonia, Georgia[2]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)[1]
SpouseWesley Edwards[3]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event200 metres
College teamTennessee Volunteers[2]
Turned pro2016[3]
Now coachingSouth Carolina Gamecocks[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 200m:
  •  • 22.26 (−1.3) (2016)
  •  • Indoor: 22.45 (2016)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
World Relays
Bronze medal – third place2017 Bahamas4 × 200 m

Felicia Brown-Edwards (born 12 October 1993), also known as Felicia Brown or Felicia Edwards, is an American sprinter. She was the bronze medalist in the 2017 World Relays women's 4 × 200 m. As of 2023, she holds top 20 all-time marks in the indoor 200 metres (22.45), 200 metres straight (23.31), and the 4 × 200 metres relay (1:29.86).

Biography

Brown-Edwards was raised in Lithonia, Georgia where she attended Martin Luther King Jr. High School.[3] She was the 2011 AAU Junior Olympic Games 400 metres champion and helped her team to a Georgia state title the same year.[3]

Competing for the Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field team in the NCAA, Brown-Edwards set school records for both the indoor and outdoor 200 metres and qualified for the NCAA national championships four times outdoors and two times indoors.[1] In 2016, Brown-Edwards ran the third-fastest indoor 200 m time in NCAA history and won that event at the 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[2][4] She was a member of Christian sports organization Athletes in Action and credited her Christian faith for helping her win.[4]

After graduation in 2016, Brown-Edwards started a professional career, sponsored by Adidas from 2016 to 2019.[3] She finished 4th in the 60 metres at the 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[1]

Brown-Edwards is currently an assistant sprints coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks track and field team in Columbia, South Carolina.[3]

Statistics

Personal bests

EventMarkCompetitionVenueDate
200 metres22.26 (−1.3 m/s)Southeastern Conference ChampionshipsTuscaloosa, Alabama14 May 2016
200 metres (indoor)22.45Southeastern Conference Indoor ChampionshipsFayetteville, Arkansas27 February 2016

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Felicia Brown-Edwards at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. 1 2 3 "Felicia Brown – Track & Field". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Felicia Brown Edwards". University of South Carolina Athletics. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Faith Carries Tennessee's Felicia Brown To Breakout Senior Year ::: USTFCCCA". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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