2022-2023 Track and Field Roster

Felix Lawrence
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Hurdles
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Portsmouth, Dominica
- Prev School:
- Freehold Township High School
TFRRS Profile
World Athletics Profile
ASUN Individual Titles (5)
2021 Indoor 60 Hurdles
2021 Outdoor 400 Hurdles
2022 Outdoor 110 Hurdles
2022 Outdoor 400 Hurdles
2023 Outdoor 110 Hurdles
All-ASUN Honors (12)
2020 Indoor 4 x 400 - 1st
2021 Indoor 60 Hurdles - 1st
2021 Outdoor 110 Hurdles - 3rd
2021 Outdoor 400 Hurdles - 1st
2022 Indoor 60 Hurdles - 3rd
2022 Indoor 4 x 400 - 1st
2022 Outdoor 110 Hurdles - 1st
2022 Outdoor 400 Hurdles - 1st
2023 Indoor 60 Hurdles - 2nd
2023 Outdoor 110 Hurdles - 1st
2023 Outdoor 400 Hurdles - 2nd
2023 Outdoor 4 x 400 - 1st
2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Raced the 400 hurdles at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet
• Won two events at the ASUN Championship (110 hurdles and 4 x 400 relay) and placed second in the 400 hurdles (season-best 51.83)
• His personal-best 110 hurdles clocking of 14.08 (wind-aided) at the Virginia Quadrangular ranks No. 3 in program history.
• ASUN Men's Track Athlete of the Week on May 10 after winning the Liberty Twilight Qualifier 400 hurdles
2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• ASUN 60 hurdles runner-up and anchored the Flames to fourth place in the 4 x 400 relay
• Ran a season-best 7.99 twice in the 60 hurdles (Don Kirby Elite Invitational and ASUN prelims)
• Served as the anchor leg on the Flames’ shuttle hurdles relay, which ran a program and facility-record 32.04 at the Liberty Open
• VaSID Second Team All-State (hurdles)
2022 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Returned to the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round in the 400 hurdles for the second consecutive season
• Swept the ASUN 110 and 400 hurdles titles, becoming the first Flame in 24 years to win both hurdles events at the same conference meet
• Achieved personal-best times in both hurdles events in Charlottesville, including a winning 14.21 110 hurdles clocking at the season-opening Virginia Open and a 51.59 400 hurdles effort at the Virginia Grand Prix. His 400 hurdles time was the fastest by a Flame in seven years.
• ASUN Men's Track Athlete of the Week on March 23
• VaSID First Team All-State (hurdles)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Anchored the Flames to victory in the ASUN 4 x 400 relay after placing third in the 60 hurdles final
• Twice clocked a season-best 8.09 in the 60 hurdles and won the event at the Liberty Kickoff
2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round qualifier in the 400 hurdles as a freshman
• ASUN 400 hurdles champion and placed third in the 110 hurdles final
• ASUN Men’s Freshman of the Week on April 21 after clocking a personal-best 400 hurdles time of 52.11 at the Virginia Challenge (No. 2 freshman time in program history)
• VaSID Co-State Track Rookie of the Year
• VaSID Second Team All-State (hurdles)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2021 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• ASUN 60 hurdles champion with a season-best 7.99 clocking, while placing fifth in the 400
• Liberty Elite Invitational 400 champion
• VaSID Second Team All-State (hurdles)
2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
2020 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• ASUN 4 x 400 relay champion, while placing seventh in the 60 hurdles and eighth in the 400
• VaSID second team all-state (4 x 400 relay)
• Lowered his 60 hurdles time from 8.21 in his first collegiate race at the Virginia Tech Invitational to 7.95 (No. 2 in Liberty history) in the ASUN prelims
• ASUN Freshman of the Week on Feb. 19 after splitting 47.91 seconds on the Flames' season-best 4 x 400 relay effort (3:12.28), placing third in the 60 hurdles (8.00) and posting a season-best 400 time of 48.80 during the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
Prep
• Graduated from Freehold Township High School
• 2019 New Jersey Group 4 state champion in the 110 hurdles and runner-up in the 400 hurdles
• Top marks were 7.98 (55 hurdles), school-record 14.04 (110 hurdles) and school-record 52.12 (400 hurdles)
Personal
• Son of Felix and Patricia Lawrence
• Born in Puerto Rico and has lived in Dominica for much of his life
• Birthday is June 26
• Aviation major