Commerce Rotarian and Texas A&M University – Commerce graduate student Joseph Brown finished third in the US Olympic trials in June in Eugene, OR with a throw of 65.79 meters. He was in eighth place prior to his final throw, and made the US Olympic Team by finishing third, ahead of Reggie Jagers III, by a margin of two inches.
Brown, born June 13, 1996, is an American discus thrower from Mansfield, TX. He represented the United States at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago placing fifth overall with a throw of 60.14 meters. He won the NCAA Division II national championship in the discus with a throw of 59.54. meters for Texas A&M University – Commerce in 2019.