Omar Brown

Omar A. Brown (born 26 December 1975) is a Jamaican hurdler and sprinter. He was 6th in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1999 Pan American Games and won a silver medal for Jamaica at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics by virtue of running on their 4 × 400 m relay team in the semi-finals.

Career Brown attended Vere Technical High School in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica.

Brown ran for the Oklahoma Sooners track and field program and later convinced Michael Blackwood to attend the University of Oklahoma as well. They were both members of the school's 4 × 400 metres relay; the two frequently spoke Jamaican patois to each other and were not understood by other members of the team.

Brown began running for the Sooners as a freshman in 1996. He didn't compete for much of the 1997 NCAA season due to injuries, but finished 3rd at the Big 12 Conference Championships in the 400 m hurdles with a 51.39-second time.

Brown didn't advance to the 1998 Big 12 Conference finals in the indoor 400 m. At the 1998 Big 12 Conference outdoor championships, Brown won the 400 metres hurdles in 48.98 seconds, breaking Gregg Byram's 19-year-old school record. He was voted Trackwire men's national athlete of the week on 30 May for the performance. He went on to run at the 1998 Jamaican Athletics Championships, placing 7th in the 400 m hurdles.

Brown continued competing on the international circuit in 2000, finishing 6th in the 400 m hurdles at the Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo, 7th at the Notturna di Milano, and 5th at the Ericsson GP. Though he didn't advance to the flat 400 m finals at the Jamaican Athletics Championships, Brown was 7th at the national 400 m hurdles finals. At Vere Technical High School, he was classmates with Michael Blackwood; they ran on the school's track and field team and played cricket together (both as bowlers).