The island nation of Jamaica has produced some of the finest track and field athletes in the world. Yesterday, at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City, Khoren Lawson continued the fine tradition of his beloved country in an impressive close to his winter track season. First up for Lawson were the Emerging Elite 60 meter dash prelims where he ran the 6th best time among the 28 competitors, racing to a mark of 7.11 seconds. In the finals he bested runners from 11 other states with a time of 7.16 to finish in 7th place.

1	John Patron	Gray, TN	6.93
2	Derron Lumpkin	Pontiac, MI	7.01
3	Tyler Obryant	Ellenville, NY	7.04
4	Darien Johnson	Rochester, NY	7.06
5	Raeje Dunbar	Arlington, VA	7.07
6	Andrew Buanno	Enfield, CT	7.14
7	Khoren Lawson	Stony Brook, NY	7.16
8	Jarried Redwood	Dix Hills, NY	7.18

Prelims

Final

After this fantastic finish, Lawson’s day was not done as he competed in the Emerging Elite triple jump. In his best showing of the season, he bested his #1 New York State Class C jump of 43′ 11.75″ with a leap of 44′ 3.25″ to finish an incredible 4th out of 17 competitors from seven states. The jump was also a new school record for both indoor and outdoor track and field in the event.

1	Jahari Ross	Rochester, NY	46-00.00
2	Corrinn Harris	Montpelier, VA	45-07.75
3	Cory Cox	Rochester, NY	44-09.75
4	Khoren Lawson	Stony Brook, NY	44-03.25
5	John-Richard Bryant	Forestville, MD	44-01.50

Khoren Lawson, put up an impressive showing at the national championships held in New York City recently.

Lawson set a school record, according to the Stony Brook Bears athletics blog, with a jump of 44’ 3.25” in the triple jump, which was enough to place him fourth overall.

Lawson also qualified for the 60-meter dash final by running a 7.11 in the preliminaries, finishing sixth out of 28 competitors. He ran a 7.16 in the final to place seventh.

~ The Three Village Patch

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