Name: Jarrion Lawson

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): Long Jump

Height: 6-2

Weight: 172

DOB: 5/6/1994

Birthplace: Texarkana, Texas

Hometown: Texarkana, Texas

High School: Liberty-Eylau High School (Texarkana, Texas) ‘12

College: University of Arkansas ‘16

Olympic Experience

• Olympian (2016)
• Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 4th (long jump); disqualified (4x100m)

Other Career Highlights

• 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships, 1st (long jump)
• 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 1st (4x100m), 2nd (long jump), 3rd (100m)
• 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships, 2nd (long jump)
• 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships, 1st (long jump)
• 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships, bronze (long jump)

Personal: Son of Carol Lawson...Fifteen-time NCAA All-American...In 2016, set an NCAA career record as the all-time leading scorer in the long jump with 33 point...Was a three-sport athlete in high school, also playing football and basketball...Turned professional in 2016.