Lenoir-Rhyne’s Alexis Brown was named the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week for meets contested during the fifth week of the outdoor track & field season.

Brown, a freshman sprinter from Mableton, Ga., won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational last week. She posted NCAA provisional marks in both events, winning the 100m with the fastest time in NCAA Division II, 11.34 seconds, and her winning time in the 200m was the second-fastest in NCAA Division II, 23.11 seconds.

This is the second time she has picked up the Women’s Track Athlete of the Week award during this outdoor season. She also won of meets contested during the second week of the season, awarded on March 28.