Alice Brown (1986) - CSUN Athletics Hall of Fame

Alice Brown

Induction:
1986
Class:
1982

Alice Brown was inducted into the CSUN Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986. A two-time Olympian for the United States, Brown competed for the CSUN women's track & field team in 1979 and 1980. Brown won the 100 meters at the 1980 AIAW national championships, helping the Matadors to women's team championships in both 1979 and 1980.
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Brown established a school record in 100 meters in 1980 with a time of 11.27, which still stands as the top mark in Matador history. Her 200 meters time of 23.45, also set in 1980, was the second-best mark in school history at the time. She also set a school record in the 4x100 meters relay alongside legendary Matador runners Jeannette Bolden, Andrea Lynch and Florence Griffith, posting a time of 44.10 that still ranks as the program's best time.

After her CSUN career, Brown qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic track and field team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Golf Medal instead. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Brown claimed the silver medal in the 100 meters in a time of 11.13. She also ran the opening leg of the 4x100 meter relay team - along with Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough, and Evelyn Ashford - that won the Olympic gold medal in a time of 41.65. The U.S. margin over second-place Canada was over a second, the greatest winning margin in the event's history.

Brown qualified for and competed at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Running the opening leg of the 4x100-meter relay, Brown once again led the U.S. to their second consecutive gold in this event. Brown teamed up with Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Evelyn Ashford to win her second career Olympic Gold Medal.

She graduated from CSUN in 1982.