| A'Lexus Brannon |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Port Arthur, Texas
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| High School:
Ozen
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| Event:
Jumps/Sprints/Hurdles
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| Experience:
JR/JR
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COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor 100m Hurdles- 13.72 at Big 12 Outdoor Championships prelims (5/4/13)
• Outdoor Long Jump- 6.29m (20-7.75) at Texas Relays (3/29/13)
• Outdoor Triple Jump- 12.25m (40-2.25) at Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/25/12)
• Indoor 60m Hurdles- 8.51 at Big 12 Indoor Championships prelims (2/23/13)
• Indoor Long Jump- 6.30m (20-8) at Arkansas Final Qualifier (3/1/13)
• Indoor Triple Jump- 12.12m (39-9.25) 12.12m at Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/24/12)
UT ALL-TIME PERFORMERS LIST
• Outdoor Long Jump- T8th
• Indoor Long Jump- 7th
AT A GLANCE
Earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team honors in long jump as a junior in 2013 ... nine-time All-Big 12 First Team honoree in long jump and triple jump (five times outdoor, four indoor).
2012-13
Indoor:
Competed in all seven meets for Texas during her junior campaign ... finished 11th with a jump of 19-9.75 (6.04m) in long jump at NCAA Indoors ... earned two All-Big 12 accolades with a fourth-place finish in long jump (20-2.25/6.15m) and a seventh-place finish in the 60m hurdles (8.53) at the conference meet ... qualified for the 60m hurdles final with a personal-best mark of 8.51 ... also leapt a 37-10.75 (11.55m) in the triple jump to claim 10th at the conference meet ... won the long jump competition at the Tyson Invitational with PR mark of 20-5.25 (6.23m) ... was second in long jump (20-0.50/6.11m) and eighth in the 60m hurdles (8.64m) at the Razorback Invitational ... posted a third-place long jump finish (19-00.75/5.81m) and a fourth-place 60m hurdles finish (8.54) at the Leonard Hilton Invitational.
2011-12
Outdoor:
Leaped to a mark of 6.07m (19-11) in the long jump in the NCAA West Prelims for 19th place ... claimed All-Big 12 honors in the triple and long jump at the Big 12 Championships ... also set a personal best and placed sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.25m (40-2.25) at the league meet ... placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 5.90m (19-4.25) ... won the long jump at the Longhorn Invitational with a mark of 6.06m (19-10.75) ... earned a second-place finish in the long jump at the Texas Invitational, posting a mark of 6.07m (19-11) ... recorded a leap of 6.04m (19-9.75) and came in 12th place in the long jump at Texas Relays ... registered a mark of 6.22m (20-5) in the long jump at the TCU Invitational and notched second place ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Indoor:
All-Big 12 honoree with a third-place finish in the long jump (6.01m, 19-8.75) and a fourth-place finish in the triple jump with a career-best mark of 12.12m (39-9.35) at Big 12 Indoors ... matched personal best of 6.20m in the long jump and notched third at the Arkansas Last Chance Meet ... posted a personal best and a third-place finish in the long jump at the Tyson Invitational (6.20m, 20-4.25) ... earned a victory in the long jump at the Houston Invitational with a jump of 6.11m (20-0.5) ... recorded a mark of 5.98m (19-7.5) in long jump for fourth place at the Auburn Indoor Meet ... leaped 6.07m (19-11) in the long jump at the Leonard Hilton Memorial for third place.
2010-11
Outdoor:
Posted a long jump mark of 5.77m (18-11.25) in the NCAA Championships prelims ... recorded All-Big 12 honors with a long jump of 6.22m (20-5) at the Big 12 Championships for a seventh-place finish ... garnered a third-place finish in the long jump at the Victor Lopez Classic with a mark of 6.26m (20-6.5) ... earned seventh in the long jump at Texas Relays with a personal-best, wind-assisted mark of 6.27m (20-7) ... opened up the outdoor season with a personal-best time of 13.88 in the 100m hurdles at the Victor Lopez Classic.
Indoor:
Finished fifth at the Arkansas Last Chance Meet with a long jump mark of 6.21m (20-1) ... placed fifth in the long jump at the Don Kirby Invite with a leap of 5.97m (19-7) ... posted a mark of 5.87m (19-3.25) and placed 13th in the long jump at the Razorback Invite ... leaped 5.65m (18-6.5) in the long jump at the Leonard Hilton Invitational for seventh place.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
2010 USA Today All-USA Track & Field honoree ... 2009-10 Gatorade Texas Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year ... competed in the triple jump at the 2010 U.S. Junior National Championships ... 2009 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic champion in the long jump (19-10.25) ... member of the U.S. Team for the IAAF World Games ... finished eighth in the long jump at the IAAF World Games in Italy (19-4.25) ... was a UIL state champion during her sophomore, junior, and senior years.
PERSONAL
Born A'Lexus Marie Brannon on Jan. 20, 1992 to Dwayne and Tashia Brannon ... sister to Drezden (11) and Dominique (17) ... also goes by Lexx ... named to Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for Fall 2010 and Spring 2012 semesters ...majoring in sport management.
