Natasha Kaiser-Brown Named SEC Legend
1/6/2020 11:04:00 AM | Women's Track and Field, Track & Field
Former Mizzou Track & Field standout and current Associate Head Coach to be honored at 2020 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Track and Field alum and current Associate Head Coach Natasha (Kaiser) Brown was named to the Southeastern Conference 2020 Class of Women's Legends on Monday, announced by the conference office. Brown and representatives from each of the 14 SEC institutions will be honored at the 2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament, which will be held March 4-8 in Greenville, S.C.
As a member of the Mizzou Track and Field team from 1985-89, Brown, formerly Natasha Kaiser, became one of the most decorated student-athletes in school history. Brown won the 400m dash Indoor National Championship in 1989 with a time of 51.92 seconds, which still stands as a school record and stood as the collegiate record at the time of the race.
In all, Brown held eight indoor and outdoor program records. Brown earned NCAA All-American honors in the 400m dash six times while donning the black and gold, placing in the top-eight four times during the outdoor season (1986-89) and twice during the indoor season (1988-89).
Brown also won five individual Big 8 conference titles as a Tiger, capturing the 1986 200m and 400m outdoor titles, the 1988 300-yard dash indoor title, and the 1989 200m and 4x400m relay titles. In 1989, Brown was named the Big Eight Female Athlete of the Year. Mizzou's top team-award, the Natasha Kaiser-Brown Award, is given annually to the most outstanding performer on the women's team.
After her career as a Tiger, Brown was a member of 16 U.S. national teams, highlighted by a silver medal performance as a member of the 4x400m relay team at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. Brown made her second Olympics appearance four years later at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, also as a member of the U.S. 4x400m relay team.
Following a silver medal performance in the 400m dash at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Brown was ranked second in the world in the 400m dash. She was also a member of the 4x400m relay team which won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships with a Championship record time of 3:16:71, the second-fastest time ever by an American team at the time. At the 1997 World Indoor Championships, Brown ran a leg on the 4x400m relay team which set an American indoor record of 3:27.66 en route to the silver medal.
The Des Moines, Iowa native has been an Associate Head Coach for the Tigers since the fall of 2016 after 16 years as the Head Coach of the University of Drake track and field and cross country programs. Brown is joined at Mizzou by her husband, Brian, who is the Associate Athletics Director for Integrated Healthcare and Inclusion. Natasha and Brian have three children, a daughter, Elle, and two sons, Quinton and Kristian. Elle currently plays for the women's basketball team at Mizzou.
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