South Carolina track and field lands transfer portal commitment from fastest sprinter in D-II history
South Carolina track and field is gearing up for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon next week. However, head coach Tim Hall has been busy recruiting, too. This week, the Gamecocks picked up a big-time transfer portal commitment from former Lenoir-Rhyne sprinter Alexis Brown. She chose USC over Oregon, LSU, Southern Cal, Auburn, and Coastal Carolina. With three years of collegiate track under belt, she will have one year of eligibility remaining, pending the NCAA’s future handling of former Division-II athletes.
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A Georgia native from South Cobb High School, Brown was a record-breaking runner at Lenoir-Rhyne. In fact, she is the fastest female sprinter in the history of Division-II outdoor track and field. This spring, she won individual national championships in the 100-meter (with a time of 10.93s) and the 200-meter (with a time of 22.35s), winning both events by over a second. She also brought home an individual national title in the 2024 outdoor 4×100, outdoor 100-meter, and the 2024 indoor 60-meter. Brown owns the ten fastest Division-II 100-meter times ever and three of the fastest five 200-meter times. Her resume is littered with other individual accolades, too.
She will join a South Carolina track team that has two elite female sprinters in All-American sophomores Jameesia Ford and Cynteria James. Brown has logged 100-meter times even faster than both Ford and James. Her 200-meter times compare similarly to the Gamecock speedsters, as well. Because of the addition of Brown, South Carolina will boast one of the top sprinter groups in the SEC (and the country) next season. She will fill the gap left by graduating senior (and fellow All-American) Jayla Jamison.
