Kaylyn Brown, Rachel Glenn on Bowerman Preseason Watch List
FAYETTEVILLE – The 2025 Bowerman women’s preseason watch list includes a pair of Razorbacks – Kaylyn Brown and Rachel Glenn – among the 10 athletes selected while Rosey Effiong is receiving votes for the watch list.
This marks the 12th time in the history of the Bowerman watch list a pair of Arkansas athletes have been named to same watch list with Brown making her career debut after receiving votes as a freshman in 2024.
Brown becomes the 14th Arkansas woman to be named to a Bowerman watch list. Among women’s programs the Razorbacks rank third behind Oregon (18) and Texas A&M (15).
Making her first preseason watch list, Glenn was named to the Bowerman watch list five times in 2024, joined by Razorback teammate Nickisha Pryce a couple of times.
In addition to Brown and Glenn, the 10-person 2025 Bowerman women’s preseason watch list includes JaMeesia Ford (South Carolina), Axelina Johansson (Nebraska), Doris Lemngole (Alabama), Brianna Lyston (LSU), Hilda Olemomoi (Florida), Michaela Rose (LSU), Jaida Ross (Oregon), and Juliette Whittaker (Stanford), the sister of Arkansas sprinter Isabella Whittaker.
Of those 10 selected, seven athletes represent SEC schools.
Thirteen-time first-team All-American Effiong, who is one of eight athletes receiving votes for the Bowerman watch list, has outdoor eligibility remaining with the Razorbacks.
In producing an amazing freshman campaign Brown earned a Track & Field News world top 10 ranking in the 400m for the 2024 season. She ranked No. 8 behind Arkansas teammates Amber Anning and Pryce, who were No. 6 & No. 7, respectively.
Among U.S. sprinters, Brown ranked No. 2 for the season behind Alexis Holmes and ahead of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
Brown, who earned a trio of first-team All-America honors as a freshman, produced sub-50 400m times in seven of her 10 races, claiming SEC and NCAA silver medals outdoors and finished fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Her career best time of 49.13 seconds in the NCAA final equaled the American collegiate record set by Razorback Britton Wilson in 2023.
Competing in the Olympic Games held in Paris, Brown ran on a world record mixed 4 x 400m relay in the semifinals, then collected a silver medal in the final. Brown earned Olympic gold in running on the women’s 4 x 400m in the semifinal.
Glenn, an eight-time first-team All-American, earned a pair of Track & Field News U.S. rankings in the high jump and 400m hurdles for the 2024 season.
She ranked No. 2 in the high jump after winning the NCAA Indoor title by equaling the collegiate record of 6-6.75 (2.00) and placed second in the U.S. Olympic Trials to qualify for her first Olympic Games. She broke the UA high jump record indoors (6-6.75) and outdoors (6-4.25|1.94).
Ranked No. 5 in the 400m hurdles, Glenn finished third in the NCAA Championships and placed fifth in the U.S. Olympic Trials, setting a career best of 53.46, which ranks second on the UA all-time list behind Britton Wilson’s 53.08 from 2022.
Effiong ranked No. 10 in the 400m among American sprinters, placing fifth in the SEC Outdoor and fourth in the NCAA Outdoor finals. Her career best of 49.72 from the NCAA meet made her the fifth Razorback to post a sub-50 time. Indoors, Effiong collected NCAA bronze in the 400m and SEC silver in the 200m.
A key component on Arkansas relays, Effiong has run on four of the five fastest 4 x 100m relays over the past two seasons, including the 42.45 school record set in the 2024 NCAA semifinal.
On the 4 x 400m relay, Effiong has run on eight of the nine fastest outdoor times in UA history, including the stellar 3:17.96 to break the collegiate record by nearly four full seconds to win the team title at the 2024 NCAA Championships.
Indoors, Effiong has raced on eight of the top 10 UA times, including the 3:21.75 collegiate record that captured the 2023 NCAA Indoor team championship.