Joel Brown
	Position: Volunteer Coach - Hurdles/Sprints Experience: 6 Years

A competitor at the international level since the summer of 2004, Brown participated in the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., advancing to the semifinals of the 110 hurdles. In 2005, Brown finished fourth in the 110m hurdles at the USATF championships, while advancing to the IAAF world championships in Helsinki, Finland. At the world championships, he reached the finals of the 110m hurdles and placed sixth. Brown won the 2005 U.S. Indoor 60m hurdle event.

During his senior campaign at Ohio State in 2004, Brown was the NCAA Mideast regional champion in the 110m hurdles. Brown, who held the top 110m hurdles time in the NCAA for most of the 2004 season, is the Ohio State record holder in both the indoor 60m hurdles (7.77) and the outdoor 110m hurdles at (13.39). He was an NCAA Outdoor All-American in 2003 and 2004 and an indoor winner in 2003.

Now competing for Nike, Brown is a native of Baltimore, Md. He won three Maryland state titles in the 110m and 300m hurdles at Woodlawn High School. He held the Maryland state record in the 300m hurdles at the end of his scholastic career and was a national champion in the 60m hurdles. His efforts helped Woodlawn to indoor and outdoor state titles in 1998.

Brown is married to the former Pannsy Henry, who lettered for the Buckeyes from 2002-03 and 2005 and won all-Big Ten honors in 2003. He is the son of John Dorsey and Sharon Brown.