Jarrion Lawson
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 United States
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May 6, 1994 Texarkana, Texas |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||
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100 meters 200 meters Long jump |
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| College team | Arkansas Razorbacks | ||||||||||||
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Jarrion Lawson (born May 6, 1994) is an American sprinter and long jumper. He placed third in the men's long jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships. Competing for the Arkansas Razorbacks, he won five individual NCAA championship titles and one relay title between 2014 and 2016; he won three events (the 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump) at the 2016 NCAA outdoor championships, a triple previously accomplished only by Jesse Owens.
Lawson took up track and field at a young age, but was not initially a particularly promising age group athlete; he made his breakthrough during his freshman and sophomore years at Liberty-Eylau High School in Texarkana, Texas. In addition to track, he played on Liberty-Eylau's football and basketball teams. In June 2012, shortly after graduating from Liberty-Eylau, he won both the long jump and the triple jump at the national junior championships and was selected to represent the United States in both events at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona. Lawson won bronze in the long jump in Barcelona, jumping 7.64 m (25 ft 3⁄4 in) on his best attempt; in the triple jump he was eliminated in the qualifying round.
After graduating from high school Lawson attended the University of Arkansas and represented the Arkansas Razorbacks in collegiate competition. As a freshman, he placed fourth in the long jump with a personal best 7.92 m (26 ft 0 in) at the 2013 NCAA indoor championships and helped the Razorbacks win the indoor team title. Outdoors, he won the long jump at the West Regional, but was only 14th at the NCAA meet. He had to drop triple jumping due to knee problems, but started dabbling in the sprints instead; at the NCAA championships he ran the second leg on the Razorbacks' 4 × 100 m relay team, which placed fifth.
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