Tony Brown Finishes in 6th Place at NCAA Championships

The day goes to Oregon again as the Ducks win a 3rd National Championship in a row.  Alabama’s 2 sport Athlete Tony Brown finished sixth Friday in the 110-meter hurdles to earn All-America honors on the final day of men’s competition at the 2016 NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. 

“For a guy who has seen pretty limited action on the track the last two years, Tony Brown really stepped up and showed what a competitor he is,” said head coach Dan Waters. “He’s an impressive talent and he did a great job this season making his way into the final here and earning All-America honors. Overall, it was a disappointing day and a tough one for our men but our program has come far in five years and we had people competing across all the disciplines in this meet. It’s been a pretty special year for us in a lot of ways, just a tough final day for our men’s team today.”  Weather was a factor all weekend for all the athletes and "The Ducks" really used that home field advantage it seemed.

Brown’s time of 13.81 seconds equaled his fourth-best effort in the event this season as he joins Ron Bramlett (2000-01-02) and Keith Talley (1985-86) as the only All-Americans in the event in Tide history. Talley (1986) and Bramlett (2002) are the only Alabama hurdlers to win national championships in the high hurdles.