User:Destineebtracknfield

Destinee Brown is a track and field professional.

Currently unsponsored, she runs for the USA unattached.

History

“I played basketball my whole life and just did track as something to do after basketball season was over in high school. I was naturally fast because I use to race my brothers in the street when I was younger so Track came naturally to me”, she says.

Personal Background

She was born on 6th of July, 1994 in Inglewood,California. She has five brothers and two sisters. She has 4 older brothers names Eric, Aaron, Joshua, and Matthew, an older sister named Scharonna, a younger sister named Faith, and a younger brother named DeJon. “We were all raised by my grandmother named Florine Jones. My mother’s name is Kinbery Jones and my fathers name is Eric Brown”.

Education

Her freshman year, she attended Oak Hills high school in Victorville California. She transferred to Inglewood high school in Inglewood california her sophomore year where she won Ocean league in basketball and in track for the 4x1 relay. She transferred to Westchester High School her junior year in Westchester,California. She did quite well in sports at Westchester where she was a 2 year varsity letter winner in both track and field and basketball. As the years passed by, in 2013, she became her city’s 100m and 200m dash champion. Brown attended Cal state Fullerton as a freshman where she had 13 top finishes in the 2014 season, holding the top 3 times for Cal state Fullerton for the 100m dash. She placed first with a time of 11.64 at the UC Riverside Invitational, which was one of her best coming. She is currently a sophomore student in communication majors at the University of Southern California.Her career bests were in college were 100m--11.43(+2.0) and 200m--(+1.9). And as a professional, her career best was 11.27.

Achievements:

Her achievements are listed as below:

current year:

Destinee Brown is training to make the 2022 Olympic team.

2017:

All-American Destinee Brown completed her senior year of college with her Bachelors degree in Communication

In 2016:

Brown had a season-best 100m time of 11.54 (+2.0) to place ninth at the Pac-12 Championships. She also placed eighth in the 200m with a time of 24.30 (-1.1),had a season-best 200m time in the prelims of 23.90 (+0.0). She was placed 24th in the 100m at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds with a time of 11.72 (+1.8). Destinee ran the leadoff leg on USC's 4x100m relay which set the school record and placed second at the NCAA Championships on June 11 with a time of 42.90. Had an indoor PR of 7.36 in the 60m at the MPSF in the prelims, then went on to run 7.43 to take sixth in the finals. She had an indoor 200m PR of 23.69 at the N.M. Classic.

In 2015:

She had a strong first season at University of Southern California setting PRs of 11.43(+2.0) in the 100m at Mt.SAC on April 17 and 23.63(+1.9) in the 200m in the Pac-12 semifinals on May 16. She scored in both events at Pac-12s scoring sixth in the 100m with a time of 11.66 and eighth in the 200m with a time of 23.83. She advanced to the NCAA West Regional in both events. She won her first 100m race for her University, running 11.73 to take the title at the Trojan Invite on March 21. Brown also competed indoors and placed third in the 200m (23.99) and sixth in the 60m (7.40) at the MPSF Championships. She had PRs of 7.37 and 23.78 during the indoor season.

Trivia:

My mentor is Carmelita Jeter (The fastest woman alive) she also coached my my first year professionally when I ran my personal best of 11.27

“I am an introvert and love alone time, but I also enjoy spending time with friends and family”.