Katelyn Brown

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dyer, Ind.
High School:
Western Kentucky

TFRRS Bio

2016-17
Outdoor: Finished 11th in the pole vault at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships with a season-best clearance of 10’-8.25” (3.26m)…Placed 18th in the javelin at the conference meet...Took fourth in the pole vault at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/25)…Threw the javelin a lifetime-best 101’-11” (31.07m) to place eighth at the Lenny Lyles Invitational (4/29)…Ends her career ranked fifth on SIU’s all-time outdoor pole vault list...Competed at eight outdoor meets.
Indoor: Finished 14th in the pole vault at the 2017 MVC Indoor Championships (2/25)...Cleared a season-best in the pole vault at the Music City Challenge (2/10)…Ends her career tied for 7th on SIU’s all-time indoor pole vault list with a clearance of 12’-5.25"...Competed at seven indoor meets.

2015-16
Outdoor: Scored team points with an eighth place finish in the pole vault at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Set a PR throwing the javelin at the Southern Clash...Finished seventh in both the pole vault and the javelin at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational...Took fourth in the pole vault at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic...Competed in eight outdoor meets in two different events.
Indoor: Competed in the pole vault at one indoor meet.

2014-15
MVC Honor Roll
Competed in the pole vault in seven indoor and six outdoor meets...Recorded four top-five finishes during indoor season, setting a new personal-best by clearing 3.79m to take fifth at the Fred Wilt Invitational...Finished third at the Kentucky Invitational..Scored team points with an eighth place finish at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Took home first place at the Big Blue Classic...Cleared 3.92m to PR at the A-State Red Wolves Open...Finished runner-up at the Tennessee Relays.

2013-14 (Western Kentucky)
Helped the Hilltopper women to both the indoor and outdoor Sun Belt Conference championship...Indoor: Was WKU's second-best pole vaulter in 2014 and scored points at the SBC Indoor Championships with a fifth-place showing at 11-feet-11 ¼ inches (3.64m)...Ranked sixth in the league for the entire season and ranks third in WKU history...She competed in seven meets overall, clearing 11 feet on two occasions. Outdoor: Vaulted in six meets during her first outdoor season, recording an outdoor-best clip of 11-feet-9 ¾ inches (3.60m) at the Kentucky Relays...At the SBC Outdoor Championships, finished ninth with a mark of 11-feet-9 ¼ inches (3.59m).

High School
Earned three letters in track and field and four letters as a gymnast at Lake Central...Brown placed sixth in the pole vault with a mark of 11-feet-6 inches at the 2013 IHSAA Track and Field State Championships, earning All-State and Indiana All-Star honors...Also earned all-state in the 4x100 in 2012.

Personal
Born Feb. 16, 1995, to Dave and Kelly Brown in Dyer, Ind. ...Has one older brother, Rick, and two younger brothers, Kevin and Joe...Majoring in exercise science.