2012-13
2013 Indoor: Participated at two meets … Opened with a time of 1:02.67* in the 400 at the Lumberjack Team Challenge, placing 17th … Ran to a 21st-place time of 1:47.49 in the 600 at the New Mexico Invitational.
2013 Outdoor: Did not compete
2011-12
2012 Indoor: Competed at five meets, mostly in the 400-meter dash … Opened at the NAU Lumberjack Invitational with a 13th-place time of 59.18*, and bettered that a week later at the Cherry & Silver Invite, where she placed 14th with a 57.09* time … Posted her best place of the season at the New Mexico Invite, where she finished fourth in the 600 with a 1:39.33 time … Registered a season-best time of 57.60* at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, placing 15th … Took All-MW honors in both relays, as she helped the Lobos’ 4×400 team and DMR team to bronze finishes.
2012 Outdoor: Ran at seven meets in the 200 to the 800 … Clocked a fifth-place, 57.97* time in the 400 at the UTEP Springtime Invite to open the campaign … Ran a 2:25.22* 800 at the UTEP Invitational, placing ninth … Took third in the 400 at the Brutus Hamilton Open and eighth in the 400 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational … Competed in the prelims of the 400 at the MW Outdoor Championships, finishing 16th … Also ran in the 4×400 at the conference meet.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in track and field for coach Jim Ciccarello at La Cueva HS in Albuquerque … Was part of a team that was district champs her sophomore year, metro and district champs her junior year and metro, district and state champs her senior year … Participated in volleyball her freshman and sophomore year … Part of National Honors Society and Spanish Honors Society … Gained an academic letter and was on the honor roll.
PERSONAL
Full name is Michaela Brown … Daughter of Mike Brown, a cartographer, and Donna Chapman, a lawyer … Has three siblings, Keri Brown, Kristen Chapman and Ryan Tesillo … Hobbies include singing and song writing … Favorite athlete is Allyson Felix … Majoring in biochemistry.
PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor
400 meters: 57.60*
600 meters: 1:39.33
Outdoor
200 meters: 25.88*
400 meters: 57.21
800 meters: 2:20.23
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2012, 4×400 & DMR
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol