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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Andrew Brown

Runner
TUPELO HS
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:42.15

Class 7A state meet

1st - 15:09.80

Tupelo Invitational
“Andrew Brown’s statement win at the 7A meet makes him hard to ignore. He appears poised to make some real noise throughout the South over the next two years.”
Rich Gonzalez
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-9, 146-pound sophomore raced to the Class 7A state title this past season, clocking a time of 15:42.15 to finish more than 20 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor while leading the Golden Wave to second place as a team. Brown also broke the tape at the Tupelo Invitational in a 5K personal-best 15:09.80 —the state’s fastest time by a prep boy in 2024. He broke 15:45 five times last fall. 

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Academic Achievement

Brown has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his junior year of high school this fall. 

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Exemplary Character

A member of his school’s chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the DECA club and THS Sports Communication, Brown has volunteered locally as part of multiple community service initiatives in association with his Harrisburg Baptist Church youth group. He has also donated his time to the Special Olympics and the Modern Woodmen of American Youth Service Club.