Tonyallen Joebrown
TONYALLEN 1986-1988 | 4x400 ANCHOR IN 1986 Tony Allen is one of several athletes who were both track and football greats at TCU. He had a smooth running style that helped him establish school records in the 200 meters (20.10) in 1987 and the indoor 400 meters (46.67) in 1988. Allen is forever etched in the Southwest Conference record books for his efforts in the indoor 400 meters. Allen anchored the Frogs to a national collegiate dual-meet 4x400 meter relay mark when the team clocked a 3:02.74 at UCLA in 1986. He earned all-America honors on TCU’s 4x400 meter relay unit, which finished third at the NCAA Championships in 1988. JOEBROWN 2004-2008 | 2008 ALL-AMERICAN Brown closed out his career as a Flyin’ Frog by being named the 2007-08 Mountain West Conference Male Student-Athlete of the Year. A walk-on to the Horned Frogs’ track and field team as a freshman in 2004- 05, Brown won the men’s javelin title at the 2008 MWC Outdoor Track and Field Championship, while also earning All-American honors with a 10th- place finish in the javelin at the 2008 NCAA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In recognition of his academic and athletic accomplishments, he was selected as the 2008 Dutch Meyer Male Scholar Athlete of the Year and was honored with the 2008 Chancellor’s Award, two of the highest academic accolades presented to a TCU student-athlete. Overall, the Overland Park, Kan., native, had an outstanding senior season in the men’s javelin, collecting All-America honors by tossing the javelin 211 LEWISBANDA feet, 9 inches to place 10th overall.
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