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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2019 Track & Field Roster

Jordan Lawrence

  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Franklin HS
  • Hometown Elk Grove, Calif.
  • Prev School Franklin HS

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

8,000m - 27:52.3 - Warner Pacific XC Classic (10/13/18)

Outdoor:

800m - 1:57.52 - Prep (PSU Best: 1:59.57 - OSU High Performance Meet, 4/27/19)
1,500m - 4:20.47 - Jay Hammer Invitational (4/13/19)
1,600m - 4:33.7 - Prep (2016)
3,200m - 10:01.84 - Prep (2016)
 

2019 OUTDOOR:

Won his section of the 800 meters in a new collegiate-best 1:59.57 at the OSU High Performance meet (4/26-27)...Ran his first 1,500-meter race as a Viking at the Jay Hammer Invitational (4/13), finishing in 4:20.47...Made his outdoor debut at the John Knight Twilight (4/5), finishing the 800 meters in 2:00.96.
 

2019 INDOOR:

Did not compete during the season.
 

2018 CROSS COUNTRY:

Set an 8k personal best with his finish in 27:52.3 at the Warner Pacific XC Classic (10/13).
 

Date

Meet (Distance)

PSU Finish

Overall Finish

Time

9/29 Charles Bowles Invitational (8k) 14th 151st 28:59.3
10/13 Warner Pacific XC Classic (8k) 6th 59th 27:52.3
10/20 Beaver Classic (8k) 5th 16th 28:15.1
 

FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL:

Sectional qualifier in cross country during all four years of high school…Track and cross country senior award recipient for the 2017-18 school year…Named Most Improved Distance Runner for his track and cross country teams during his junior year…Wildcat Award winner, 2015-16…Two-time team award recipient…Named Frosh/Soph MVP of his track and cross country team as a freshman in 2014-15…Four-year letterwinner in both track and cross country…Named a Scholar Athlete during all four years of high school.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Son of Michael and Monay Lawrence…Has a brother, Michael Lawrence Jr…Played saxophone in the jazz, marching and concert bands in high school, and played marimba in the drumline…Ran for the Pacific United track club for nine years…Plans on majoring in biochemistry with a minor in music.
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