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
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ASUN Individual Titles (5)
2021 Indoor 60 Hurdles
2021 Outdoor 400 Hurdles
2022 Outdoor 110 Hurdles
2022 Outdoor 400 Hurdles
2023 Outdoor 110 Hurdles
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
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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
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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)
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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