University of Toronto Varsity Blues track and field alumna Alicia Brown helped Canada to a fourth-place finish in the 4x400 relay at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
 
Brown ran the first leg of the race en route to a season's-best time of 3:21.84 as Canada matched their fourth-place finish from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
 

WHAT A RACE

Canada gives an incredible effort to finish 4th in the women's 4x400m relay 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/qWaUSPAqzy

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 7, 2021

"This team ran with so much heart," Brown told CBC after the race. "I'm so proud of these girls. This is opportunity meant a lot to us. I'm proud that we ran as fast as we did today. Our goal was to run a 3:21 and we did that today, just shy of the Canadian record. I think in many ways we exceeded our own expectations. We're a little heartbroken."

"I promise Canada, we're gonna do it"

The women's 4x400m relay team of Alicia Brown, Maddy Price, Kyra Constantine and Sage Watson talk about their 4th place finish in the thrilling final pic.twitter.com/tnvXZFJiUz

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 7, 2021

 
During her Varsity Blues career, Brown was awarded the Dr. Fred Tees Memorial Trophy as Athletic Canada's top Canadian university athlete of the year and was named U of T's T-Holder's female athlete of the year in 2012-13.
 
2012-13 was a breakthrough season for her as she won titles in the 300m at the OUA and U SPORTS championships, while also being named a top eight U SPORTS academic all-Canadian and U of T's top U SPORTS female scholar-athlete.
 
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