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2013-14 Cross Country/Track Roster

William Lawson

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Buffalo, N.Y.
  • High School Bishop Timon St. Jude

Biography

 WILLIAM LAWSON'S MEET-BY-MEET
EVENT 2010 (FR.) 2011 (SO.) 2012 (JR.)
2013 (SR.)
DUQUESNE DUALS (8K) DNC 33:06 (69th) -  
LITTLE THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (5K)
- - 17:59 (22nd) 17:36 (27th) 
LITTLE THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (8K) 30:31 (23rd) 31:07 (26th) -  
NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHAMPIONSHIP (8K) 33:44 (254th) DNC 29:23 (47th)  
BROOKS PAUL SHORT RUN (8K) 32:30 (356th) DNC 27:52 (196th)  29:34 (Open)
UALBANY INVITATIONAL (8K) 29:56 (164th) 30:34 (173rd) -  
FR. LAURENCE O'NEIL INVITATIONAL (8K) - - 28:22 (41st)  
MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP (8K) 30:17 (125th) DNC 27:59 (98th) 28:56 (108th) 
NCAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL (10K)
- DNC DNC  
 CANISIUS ALUMNI CLASSIC (5K)        28:18 (24th)


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CAREER HIGHS
5k: 17:36, Little Three Championship, 8/30/13
8k: 27:52, Brooks Paul Short Run, 9/28/12
10k: n/a

 2013 • SENIOR YEAR
• Used a time of 17:36 to set a new 5k career-best.

2012 • JUNIOR YEAR
• Competed in four races.
• Finished the Little Three Championship in 17:59, setting a new career-best.
• Finished 41st at the Fr. Laurence O’Neil Invitational.
• Set a new 8k career best at the MAAC Championship in 27:59 (Oct. 27).

2011 • SOPHOMORE YEAR
• Ran in three of the Griffs' seven total races.
• At the UAlbany Invitational, he ran an 8K-season best of 30:34 for 173rd overall-finish.
• Did not compete at the MAAC Championship and NCAA Northeast Regional.

2010 • FRESHMAN YEAR
• Competed in five of six races.
• Placed 23rd at the Little Three Championships.
• Set a 6K-career best time of 29:56 at the UAlbany Invitational, placing in 164th place.
• At the MAAC Championships, placed 125th with a time of 30:17, an 8K-career best.

BEFORE CANISIUS
• Was a tri-sport athlete at Bishop Timon St. Jude, competing in cross country for one season, soccer for three, and lacrosse for two.
• Named to the First Team All-Catholic in cross country.

PERSONAL
• Son of William and Laurie Lawson.
• Has a sister, Brittany.
• Born February 7, 1992.
• Majoring in criminal justice.







Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2012-13Junior

    5'10"
  • 2013-14Senior

    5'10"