Spencer Brown

hurdles practice 2025 with spencer brown, christian martin and michael buchanan

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Hurdles
Hometown:
New Milford, Conn.
High School:
Immaculate HS
Prev School:
Ole Miss

2025 Outdoor Track & Field • Graduate Season: Was named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (perfect GPA during 2024-25 academic year) and was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team for his work in the classroom... Earned the distinction of Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators... Broke through in his final collegiate season to reach the NCAA West Regional in the 110m hurdles... Ran a lifetime best 13.63 (+1.1 m/s) in the 110m hurdles at the NCAA West Regional to finish 14th in the quarterfinal round... Reached the quarterfinal round in the 110m hurdles at the NCAA West Regional by running a first-round time of 13.79 (+0.2 m/s)... Claimed a fourth-place finish in the 110m hurdles at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in a time of 13.68 (+0.2 m/s)... Reached the Big Ten Outdoor Championships 110m hurdles final with a preliminary time of 13.72 (+1.7 m/s)... Was seventh at the LSU Invitational in the 110m hurdles in a time of 13.76 (+1.1 m/s)... Dropped a then-lifetime best 13.65 (+1.7 m/s) at the Gary Wilson Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn.... Also ran sub-14 second 110m hurdles times at the Bethel Invitational (13.99), Florida Relays (13.82) and the Arizona Spring Break Fiesta (13.86)... Ended his Minnesota hurdling career as the No. 2 110m hurdler in program history at 13.63, only behind teammate Christian Martin (13.49)... Swept the indoor and outdoor Croatian hurdle titles in 2025, winning the indoor championship in a time of 7.81 seconds in February while his 110m title came in a time of 13.95 (+0.7 m/s) in August.

2024 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Senior Season: Did not compete.

PRIOR TO MINNESOTA
At Ole Miss, narrowly missed the SEC final in the hurdles last season, finishing 10th in a time of 13.81 (+2.7 m/s)... Holds a 110m hurdles personal best of 13.75 (+0.6 m/s)... Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in 2022 in the high hurdles and also participated on the Rebels 4x100m relay team a pair of times during the 2023 season... NOTE: Brown is eligible to represent Croatia in national representative competitions.