Alexis Brown Caps Off Women T&F’s 2025 Season with Bronze Medal Finish at NCAA Outdoor Championships
6/13/2025 12:06:00 AM | Track & Field
Brown wins bronze in long jump; Haywood takes First Team All-American in pole vault
EUGENE, Ore. – On day two of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the Baylor track & field women saw two podium finishes with Alexis Brown in long jump earning bronze and Molly Haywood in pole vault finishing tied for eighth.
The two led for the women on Thursday, putting up 6.50 points, but the Bears did not qualify in any final advancing events to Saturday, concluding their 2025 season.
Brown's historic season came to a close with a third place finish in long jump. Brown was in contention for the title the entire event, being in second place up to the final jump with her best mark of 21-9. During the final jump, Louisville's Synclair Savage jumped a PB of 22-0.75, passing Brown and Stanford's Alyssa Jones to take the title and bump Brown down to third.
In the pole vault, Haywood cleared her first two bars with ease on her first attempts both times. At the 14-6.75 mark, Haywood was unable to clear, but still earned a tie for eighth place and her second First Team All-American honor for back-to-back years.
Janae De Gannes ended her standout freshman season in long jump with Second Team All-American honors, finishing 12th overall at 20-3.5.
The 4x100 team of Tiriah Kelley, Hannah Lowe, Brown and Michaela Francois ended their season with a heartbreaker 10th place finish at 43.17. After a disqualification of Georgia in Heat Two, the Bears bumped up to ninth place, but LSU took the next qualifying spot as they finished next in their heat.
Ruth Kimeli ran the fourth-fastest 10,000 meter time in program history at 33:10.62 to finish 18th overall in her championship debut.
Tiriah Kelley was just short of the qualifying time in the 200m, finishing 12th at 22.72.
Calisha Taylor ended her successful senior season in 24th place in the 400mH.
Tenly Kuhn made her NCAA Outdoor appearance in the pole vault, unable to clear the first bar and no-heighting.
MIKE ON THE MIC
"Super proud of Alexis and Molly," head coach Michael Ford said. "I know both of them wanted to finish better. However, both are first team All Americans. The 4x1 didn't have a clean-up and finished. Overall, I was happy with the Women's season a lot of positives this year. A lot of great moments, we will be back next year a little older and we will reload this women's team."
WHAT'S NEXT
The men conclude the season in the finals of the 110 meter hurdles at 7:42 pm CT and the 400 meter hurdles at 8:27 pm CT on Friday on ESPN2.
The two led for the women on Thursday, putting up 6.50 points, but the Bears did not qualify in any final advancing events to Saturday, concluding their 2025 season.
Brown's historic season came to a close with a third place finish in long jump. Brown was in contention for the title the entire event, being in second place up to the final jump with her best mark of 21-9. During the final jump, Louisville's Synclair Savage jumped a PB of 22-0.75, passing Brown and Stanford's Alyssa Jones to take the title and bump Brown down to third.
In the pole vault, Haywood cleared her first two bars with ease on her first attempts both times. At the 14-6.75 mark, Haywood was unable to clear, but still earned a tie for eighth place and her second First Team All-American honor for back-to-back years.
Janae De Gannes ended her standout freshman season in long jump with Second Team All-American honors, finishing 12th overall at 20-3.5.
The 4x100 team of Tiriah Kelley, Hannah Lowe, Brown and Michaela Francois ended their season with a heartbreaker 10th place finish at 43.17. After a disqualification of Georgia in Heat Two, the Bears bumped up to ninth place, but LSU took the next qualifying spot as they finished next in their heat.
Ruth Kimeli ran the fourth-fastest 10,000 meter time in program history at 33:10.62 to finish 18th overall in her championship debut.
Tiriah Kelley was just short of the qualifying time in the 200m, finishing 12th at 22.72.
Calisha Taylor ended her successful senior season in 24th place in the 400mH.
Tenly Kuhn made her NCAA Outdoor appearance in the pole vault, unable to clear the first bar and no-heighting.
MIKE ON THE MIC
"Super proud of Alexis and Molly," head coach Michael Ford said. "I know both of them wanted to finish better. However, both are first team All Americans. The 4x1 didn't have a clean-up and finished. Overall, I was happy with the Women's season a lot of positives this year. A lot of great moments, we will be back next year a little older and we will reload this women's team."
WHAT'S NEXT
The men conclude the season in the finals of the 110 meter hurdles at 7:42 pm CT and the 400 meter hurdles at 8:27 pm CT on Friday on ESPN2.
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