.jpg) Lawson during 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-05-06)May 6, 1994 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 meters 200 meters Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Arkansas Razorbacks | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jarrion Lawson (/ˈjæriən/JARR-ee-ən; born May 6, 1994)[2] is an Americansprinter andlong jumper. He placed third in the men's long jump at the2012 World Junior Championships. Competing for theArkansas Razorbacks, he won five individualNCAA championship titles and one relay title between 2014 and 2016; he won three events (the100 meters,200 meters and long jump) at the2016 NCAA outdoor championships, a triple previously accomplished only byJesse Owens.
Lawson took up track and his father is Claude Woodberry of Texarkana and field at a young age, but was not initially a particularly promising age group athlete; he made his breakthrough during hisfreshman andsophomore years atLiberty-Eylau High School inTexarkana, Texas. In addition to track, he played on Liberty-Eylau'sfootball andbasketball teams.[3] In June 2012, shortly after graduating from Liberty-Eylau, he won both thelong jump and thetriple jump at the national junior championships and was selected to represent the United States in both events at theIAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona.[4][5] Lawson won bronze in the long jump in Barcelona, jumping 7.64 m (25 ft3⁄4 in) on his best attempt; in the triple jump he was eliminated in the qualifying round.[5]
After graduating from high school Lawson attended theUniversity of Arkansas and represented theArkansas 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.[5][6] Outdoors, he won the long jump at the West Regional, but was only 14th at theNCAA meet.[5] 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.[5][7]
Lawson won his first individual NCAA title as a sophomore at the2014 indoor meet, jumping a personal best8.39 m (27 ft6+1⁄4 in) at the altitude ofAlbuquerque; he won by more than a foot.[5] Outdoors, he failed to qualify for the NCAA meet individually, but placed second behindJeff Henderson at thenational championships two weeks later.[5] In 2015 Lawson became an individual-event doubler again, as he started running the individual100 meters; he broke the Arkansas school record in the NCAA championship semi-finals with 10.04 (+1.7 m/s), and placed third with awind-aided 9.90 (+2.7 m/s) in the final. The Razorbacks won the 4 × 100 m relay.[5][7] In the long jump, he jumped a season best8.27 m (27 ft1+1⁄2 in) at the NCAA indoor championships and a personal outdoor best8.34 m (27 ft4+1⁄4 in) at the outdoor championships, but lost to Florida'sMarquis Dendy both times.[5]
Lawson regained the NCAA indoor long jump title as asenior in 2016, winning with a last-round jump of 7.95 m (26 ft 1 in); in addition, he placed fifth in the60 meters with a personal best 6.60 seconds.[8] Outdoors, Lawson took up the200 meters for the first time; at theSEC outdoor championships he won the long jump, placed fourth in the 100 meters and was sixth in the 200 meters.[5][7] His 200-meter times dropped from meet to meet, and he placed second in his heat with a personal best 20.17 (+1.5 m/s) at the West Regionals; he qualified for the NCAA championships in all three events.[5]
At the2016 NCAA outdoor championships inEugene Lawson won the 100 meters, the 200 meters and the long jump, a triple previously achieved only byJesse Owens eighty years earlier. His individual meet score of 31.5 points, including partial credit for Arkansas' third place in the 4 × 100 m relay, was also the best since Owens.[9][10][note 1] In the long jump, Lawson took the lead in round four and secured first place with his fifth-round leap of8.15 m (26 ft8+3⁄4 in).[10] He narrowly defeated Tennessee's Christian Coleman in both sprints, running 10.22 (-2.3 m/s) in the 100 meters and 20.19 (-0.2 m/s) in the longer race; LSU'sNethaneel Mitchell-Blake led the 200-meter semi-finals ahead of Lawson, but lost his chances after suffering a cramp in the relay.[10][11]
Lawson turned professional after the 2016 collegiate season and signed an endorsement deal withASICS.[12] At the2016 United States Olympic Trials he broke his personal best in the long jump, jumping8.58 m (28 ft1+3⁄4 in); he placed a close second behind Jeff Henderson and qualified for theOlympics inRio de Janeiro.[13] He also qualified for the Trials final in the 100 meters, but placed seventh in 10.07 (+1.6 m/s) and failed to make the team in that event.[14]
In March 2020, theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that Lawson bore "no fault or negligence" for an anti-doping rule violation relating to a positive test fortrenbolone which had been carried out in June 2018.[15] He had initially been issued with a four-year ban by theIAAF in June 2019 for the violation,[16] however Lawson successfully appealed to CAS who accepted his explanation that the source for the trenbolone was contanimated meat.[17]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Notes |
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| 2012 | USATF Junior Championships | Robert C. Haugh Complex Bloomington, Indiana | 1st | Long Jump | 7.77 m (25 ft5+3⁄4 in) | +2.5 | [18] |
| 1st | Triple Jump | 15.64 m (51 ft3+1⁄2 in) | +0.5 | ||||
| 2014 | U.S. Championships | Sacramento, California | 2nd | Long Jump | 8.13 m (26 ft 8 in) | +2.6 | [19] |
| 2015 | U.S. Championships | Hayward Field Eugene, Oregon | 5th | Long Jump | 8.36 m (27 ft 5 in) | +2.4 | [20] |
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| 2016 | U.S. Olympic Trials | Hayward Field Eugene, Oregon | 7th | 100 m | 10.07 | +1.6 | [21] |
| 11th | 200 m | 20.50 | +0.4 | ||||
| 2nd | Long Jump | 8.58 m (28 ft1+3⁄4 in) | +1.8 | ||||
| 2017 | U.S. Championships | Sacramento, California | 11th | 100 m | 10.24 | −1.6 | [22] |
| 1st | Long Jump | 8.49 m (27 ft10+1⁄4 in) | +3.7 | ||||
| 2018 | U.S. Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1st | Long Jump | 8.38 m (27 ft5+3⁄4 in) | n/a | A,SB[23] |
| U.S. Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | 20th | 100 m | 10.24 | +1.4 | [24][25] | |
| 20th | 200 m | 21.27 | +0.3 | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships | Spokane, Washington | 1st | Long Jump | 8.19 m (26 ft10+1⁄4 in) | n/a | |
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| Preceded by | The Bowerman (men's winner) 2016 | Succeeded by |
