A’Lexus Brannon
Ozen High School
Impact Statement
Brannon is one of the best jumpers in Texas history, as she won 4 state titles in the Long Jump and 3 in the Triple Jump.
Biography
The University of Texas recruit ended her career as one of the top jumpers in Texas high school history. She won her fourth 4A state title in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 3 inches, winning the event by nearly 2½ feet with the nation’s longest jump this season. She followed that with another national-best jump, a personal best 42 feet, ¾ inch in the triple jump, her third state title in that event, to extend the status she already held as the national leader and giving her seven gold medals in state competition.
Brannon was the long jump champion in the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Outdoor Championships last year, with a leap of 19-10¼, and finished fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 39-6½, and has competed in both events and the 100-meter hurdles in national events. In the International Association of Athletics Federations World Youth Championships, Brannon finished eighth in the long jump and 15th in the triple jump in 2009.
At the University of Texas Brannon competed in both the Indoor and Outdoor seasons. Over her career she was a nine time All-Big 12 honoree in the long jump and triple jump. In 2013 she was named as an USTFCCCA Second Team All-American.
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