Baylor T&F Alexis Brown Continues Stellar Season with Program-Record at DeLoss Dodds Invite

[Hutton, Josie]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 31, 2025

Baylor T&F Alexis Brown Continues Stellar Season with Program-Record at DeLoss Dodds Invite
Senior Brown shatters program, meet and facility record in women’s long jump
For more information contact: Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720, josie_hutton at baylor.edu<mailto:josie_hutton at baylor.edu>



MANHATTAN, Kansas – Alexis Brown continues to shine in her senior season as she leads Baylor track & field to soaring heights on Day One at the DeLoss Dodds Invite in the Cliff Rovelto Indoor Track. The Kennedale, Texas native recorded a 22-5 mark in the women’s long jump, breaking the meet, facility and program record – the program record that she had already broken just three weeks ago.



Brown now reigns as No. 1 in the Big 12, tied at No. 2 in the nation and tied at No. 3 in the world for the 2025 season in the women’s long jump. Brown is just one of four women in the NCAA this year that has jumped to the 22-feet mark. Brown has her name etched into Baylor’s top six best long jump marks in program history.



Overall, Baylor recorded 15 personal best marks across the board in its first day in the Little Apple.



THE RUNDOWN

Brown was not the only Bear found success on the day. Tiriah Kelley, coming off a Big 12 Athlete of the Week performance, ran for a facility record of 23.07 in the women’s 200m to win first place for the third straight meet in a row.



In the men’s 200m, the Bears tookover the leaderboard with seven Bears finishing in the top-11. Demar Francis continued his success, finishing first at 21.05 with Ricquan Graham, Laurenz Colbert and Abbas Ali right behind him to all finish in the top-four.



The distance crew showed out with senior Jackie Addy earning a PB time of 2:52.98 and a second place finish, just 0.32 seconds behind first, in the women’s 1000m. Freshman Lucy Benton also gained a personal best at 2:55.60. In the men’s 1000m, Ethan Wrase clocked a PB time of 2:30.46 to finish in eighth.



In the field events, Igor Olaru made his collegiate debut in the men’s weight throw with a 60-1.75 mark, putting him in third in Baylor program history of weight throw performers.



Alongside Brown in the women’s long jump, Janae De Gannes earned a top-five finish in fourth place at 20-7. Additionally, Bella Copeland produced a personal best mark of 17-11.75.



In the women’s pole vault, Molly Haywood finished tied for third, her third meet in a row finishing in medaling position. Tenly Kuhn jumped to a new personal best after breaking her former record two meets ago in College Station with a 14-0 mark.



In the first meet of the season with pentathlon competitions taking place, three freshmen of Shaye Feely, Logan Todorovich and Kiara Wesseh took on the five-event challenge. Todorivich grabbed herself an 11th place finish with 3,864 points which ranks her in fourth in program history performers.



MIKE ON THE MIC

“Good first day today,” head coach Michael Ford said. “We had two facility records with Alexis going over the 22-barrier and Tiriah Kelley [in the women’s 200m]. Both huge jumps for Alexis. She had two really big jumps, and then Tiriah with another third win in a row and a really solid job. I thought the 1000m ladies did really well. They had two PRs for both ladies. I was really proud of all of our multis. Logan is now in No. 4 in Baylor all-time history, so she had a good meet. Coach Chase Hood did a great job with them. Coach Stacey Smith had three in the finals in the long jump. I was also really proud of the men’s 200m to go one-two-three-four and have six in the top-eight. So overall, I thought we had a good first day and am ready for tomorrow.”



WHAT’S NEXT

Baylor continues competition on Saturday in the final day of the DeLoss Dodds Invite, beginning at 2 p.m. CT.



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Josie Hutton | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (FB, T&F/XC, MTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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