Jarrion Lawson

Jarrion Lawson ( ; born May 6, 1994) is an American sprinter and long jumper. He placed third in the men's long jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships. Competing for the Arkansas Razorbacks, he won five individual NCAA championship titles and one relay title between 2014 and 2016; he won three events (the 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump) at the 2016 NCAA outdoor championships, a triple previously accomplished only by Jesse Owens.

Career Lawson took up track and his father is Claude Woodberry of Texarkana and field at a young age, but was not initially a particularly promising age group athlete; he made his breakthrough during his freshman and sophomore years at Liberty-Eylau High School in Texarkana, Texas. In addition to track, he played on Liberty-Eylau's football and basketball teams. In June 2012, shortly after graduating from Liberty-Eylau, he won both the long jump and the triple jump at the national junior championships and was selected to represent the United States in both events at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona. Lawson won bronze in the long jump in Barcelona, jumping on his best attempt; in the triple jump he was eliminated in the qualifying round. Outdoors, he won the long jump at the West Regional, but was only 14th at the NCAA meet.

Lawson won his first individual NCAA title as a sophomore at the 2014 indoor meet, jumping a personal best at the altitude of Albuquerque; he won by more than a foot. Outdoors, Lawson took up the 200 meters for the first time; at the SEC outdoor championships he won the long jump, placed fourth in the 100 meters and was sixth in the 200 meters. In the long jump, Lawson took the lead in round four and secured first place with his fifth-round leap of .

Professional career Lawson turned professional after the 2016 collegiate season and signed an endorsement deal with ASICS. At the 2016 United States Olympic Trials he broke his personal best in the long jump, jumping ; he placed a close second behind Jeff Henderson and qualified for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also qualified for the Trials final in the 100 meters, but placed seventh in 10.07 (+1.6 m/s) and failed to make the team in that event.

In March 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that Lawson bore "no fault or negligence" for an anti-doping rule violation relating to a positive test for trenbolone which had been carried out in June 2018. He had initially been issued with a four-year ban by the IAAF in June 2019 for the violation, however Lawson successfully appealed to CAS who accepted his explanation that the source for the trenbolone was contanimated meat.

2012 USATF Junior Championships Robert C. Haugh Complex Bloomington, Indiana 1st Long Jump +2.5 1st Triple Jump +0.5 2014 U.S. Championships Sacramento, California 2nd Long Jump +2.6 2015 U.S. Championships Hayward FieldEugene, Oregon 5th Long Jump +2.4 Representing ASICS2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Hayward FieldEugene, Oregon 7th 100 m 10.07 +1.6 11th 200 m 20.50 +0.42nd Long Jump +1.8 2017 U.S. Championships Sacramento, California 11th 100 m 10.24 −1.6 1st Long Jump +3.7 2018 U.S. Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 1st Long Jump n/a , U.S. Championships Des Moines, Iowa 20th 100 m 10.24 +1.4 20th 200 m 21.27 +0.3 20222022 USA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsSpokane, Washington1stLong Jumpn/a