The University of Akron Athletics
2018-19 Akron Track & Field Roster

Tevin Brown
- Position:
- Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Toledo, Ohio
- High School:
- St. John's Jesuit
2019 Outdoor Accolades: MAC Champion (Outdoor 10,000M)...first-team All-MAC (Outdoor 10,000M)...Academic All-MAC honoree.
2019 Indoor: Captured his first-ever Mid-American Conference title winning the 5,000 meters at the MAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 22) running a career-best and second-fastest time in indoor program history crossing the line in 14:35.04...garnered second-team All-MAC honors with a runner-up performance in the 3,000 meters at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23) with a time of 8:27.35...won the 3,000 meters at the Doug Raymond Invitational (Feb. 9) crossing the line in a season-best time of 8:21.36, while placing second in the event in 8:36.62 at the Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 25)...placed first in the mile at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 15) in 4:15.53.
2019 Indoor Accolades: MAC Champion (Indoor 5,000M)...first-team All-MAC (Indoor 5,000M)...second-team All-MAC (Indoor 3,000M)...Academic All-MAC honoree.
2018 Cross Country Accolades: Earned second-team All-MAC accolades...named an academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2018 Outdoor Accolades: Earned Academic All-MAC accolades.
2018 Indoor: Didn’t compete during the indoor campaign...2017 Cross Country: Ran in five races for the Zips, including registering a team-best 25th-place finish at the Penn State National (Oct. 13) crossing the line in 26:04...placed 45th at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Oct. 28)...earned seventh- 20th- and 26th-place performances at the Tommy Evans Invitational (Sept. 7), All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 29) and Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (Sept. 15) posting times of 15:23.1, 25:31.2 and 25:44.4, respectively...garnered Academic All-MAC accolades.
2016-17: Outdoor: Competed in five meets for the Zips...placed second in the 5,000 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational (April 8) and Ashland Alumni Open (April 29) registering times of 15:02.69 and 15:01.32...won the 3,000 meters in 8:39.05 at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 6)...finished third in the 1,500 meters at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) in a time of 3:57.63...ran a season-best time of 3:55.17 in the 3,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays (March 24)...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree...Indoor: Placed fifth and seventh, respectively, in the 3,000 meters at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 20) and Zips Invitational (Feb. 17) with times of 9:07.60 and 8:53.41...finished second in the mile at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17) crossing the line in 4:17.26...recorded season-best time in the 3,000 meters (8:51.86) at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 14)...ran 15:21.93 in the 5,000 meters at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 10)...Cross Country: Ran in five of six races for the Zips, including a pair of 31st-place finishes at the Tommy Evans Invitational (21:42.79) and the MAC Championships (26:21.6)...Akron’s top finisher at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional crossing the line in 32:17.70 (80th)...placed 57th at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational with a time of 26:36.57...crossed line in 26:58 (96th) at Penn State National...named an Academic All-MAC selection.
2015-16: Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor campaign...Indoor: Placed sixth in the mile at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 22) with a time of 4:33.34...Cross Country: Did not compete during the cross country campaign.
Personal: Majoring in special education…son of Vicki Kurtz.