Liberty University
Don Kirby Elite Invitational
Williams, Lawrence Stand Out in Hurdles in Albuquerque
2/11/2023 10:53:08 PM | Track and Field
Liberty’s 60-meter hurdling duo of Jasmine Williams (personal-best 8.29) and Felix Lawrence (season-best 7.99) excelled in their respective events on Saturday, the final day of the Don Kirby Elite Invitational at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
First-year Lady Flame Williams shattered her previous best of 8.46 from January 13 at Virginia Tech during Saturday’s women’s 60 hurdles prelims. She now ranks No. 2 all-time at Liberty and No. 3 on the ASUN Conference all-time ledger.
The Liberty and ASUN 60 hurdles record holder (Indea Cartwright) also competed in the prelims for the Lady Flames on Saturday, clocking 8.36.
Lawrence’s 7.99 effort came in the men’s 60 hurdles prelims, leaving him just 0.02 seconds away from qualifying for the final. He improved upon his previous season best of 8.09 and became the second Flame to break 8.00 this weekend.
Teammate Prosper Ekporere clocked 7.93 in his Flames debut, Friday at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational.
Quinten Clay was the Flames’ top field event performer on day two in New Mexico. His first-round triple jump mark of 49-2.5 was good for a 14th-place finish.
Up Next
Liberty will now prepare to host the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championships, Feb. 24-25 at the Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex. Both Liberty squads will look to defend their conference titles from 2022. The men’s team has won 25 straight indoor track & field conference championships dating back to 1998, including 21 in the Big South and four in the ASUN.
Featured in Main Photo: Jasmine Williams
