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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 name	Felicia Brown
Nationality	United States
Born	(1993-10-27) 27 October 1993 (age 31)
Home town	Lithonia, Georgia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Spouse	Wesley Edwards
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	200 metres
College team	Tennessee Volunteers
Turned pro	2016
Now coaching	South Carolina Gamecocks
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 2017 Bahamas 4 × 200 m

Felicia Brown-Edwards (born 27 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. She was the 2011 AAU Junior Olympic Games 400 metres champion and helped her team to a Georgia state title the same year.

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. 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. She was a member of Christian sports organization Athletes in Action and credited her Christian faith for helping her win.

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

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

Statistics

Personal bests

References

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

External links

• Felicia Brown-Edwards at World Athletics

• 1993 births
• American female sprinters
• People from Lithonia, Georgia
• Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field athletes
• South Carolina Gamecocks track and field coaches
• Living people
• NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
• Track and field athletes from Georgia (U.S. state)
• 21st-century American sportswomen