James Browne (athlete)

James Browne (born September 15, 1966) is a retired long jumper, who finished in 17th position at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, as a representative of Antigua, where he grew up as a soccer player. A five-time NCAA Division II national champion representing the Abilene Christian University, Browne was one of only two three-time triple jump champions at the Division II outdoor championships. He was one of the last Division II athletes to advance for competition at the Division I championships. He placed 11th in the Division I outdoor triple jump in 1990 in Durham, NC, as a senior.

Browne's Division II national titles for the Wildcats came in the triple jump at the national indoor meet in 1988 and 1990 and the national outdoor meet in 1988, 1989 and 1990. He still holds the ACU school record in the triple jump at 54 feet, 3.75 inches set in 1990 as a senior when he received his third "Kirk Goodwin Memorial Award" as ACU's outstanding field event athlete. He was a member of coach Don Hood's 1988 team that won both NCAA Division II men's indoor and outdoor national championships. That year the Wildcats became the first school ever to sweep all four men's and women's indoor and outdoor titles in one year.

Browne was also a Kansas and Drake Relays champion and five-time Lone Star Conference champion. He still ranks seventh on the Division II all-time performer list in the triple jump. He was inducted into the "NCAA Division II Track and Field Hall of Fame" in May 2005 and was named to "ACU's all-Century Men's Track and Field Team" in January 2006.

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