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2017 Track & Field Roster

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Dontrell Lyons

Dontrell Lyons

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-10 / 155
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Karnes City, Texas
  • Prev School:
    Colby County CC
  • High School:
    Karnes City HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors:
2017 LSWA All-Louisiana (4x400-meter relay)
2016 Southland Conference Indoor Newcomer of the Year
2016 All-Southland Conference (1st Team, Indoor, 400; 1st Team, Indoor, 4x400 Relay)
2016 Southland Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 27)
 
2017 Outdoor: Named to the LSWA All-Louisiana Team as a member of the 4x400 relay which ran the second-fastest time in the state … Was on the 4x100 relay which took fifth in 41.39 at the South Alabama Invitational … Helped the 4x400 relay take second in 3:15.98 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic … Also placed fourth in the 200 in 21.33 Ran the opening leg of the 4x400 relay which ran a 3:07.25 in taking second at the Texas Relays … Time was the second-fastest in school history and currently ranks 23rd in the nation … Led off the 4x400 relay which ran a 3:09.14 in taking first at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational … Also set a personal outdoor best with a third-place time of 47.77 in the 400 … Helped the 4x400 relay come in second in 3:14.90 at the Louisiana Classic. Was also fifth in the 400 in 47.98 … Ran on the winning sprint medley (3:23.84) and the eighth-place 4x400 (3:23.32) relays at the McNeese Cowboy Relays.

2016 Outdoor: Captured the 200 in 21.38 while also helping the 4x400 relay take first in 3:18.81 at the Tulane Twilight Invitational.

2016 Indoor: Made a quick impact after transferring from Colby County CC… Was named the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year and received first-team All-Conference recognition in both the 400 meters and 4x400-meter relay… Captured the Southland Championship in the 400 in 46.80… Also ran opening leg of the champion 4x400 relay which set a meet and school record of 3:08.97… Earned Southland Track Athlete of the Week honors after setting the school record in winning the 400 in 46.32 at the New Mexico Cherry & Silver… Time is No. 1 in the Southland and sixth best in the country and bettered the previous Southeastern mark of 48.40 set by Ashley Riley at the 2015 UAB Vulcan Invitational… Was also second in the 200 in 21.23, the third-best time in the conference and No. 42 in the country while helping the 4x400 relay win in 3:11.64… Was first Southeastern athlete to receive conference weekly track honors since Shannon Grover and Judith Schultheis swept the awards on March 6, 2011… Took first in the 200 in 22.10 and helped the 4x400 set a then-school record in 3:16.09 in winning at the LSU Bayou Bengal… Opened Lion career by capturing the 400 in 48.70 and helping the 4x400 relay place second in 3:18.41 at the LSU Purple Tiger… Placed fifth in the 200 (21.71) while helping the 4x400 relay finish third in 3:23.49 at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Junior

    Sprints
    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2017Senior

    Sprints
    5'10" 155 lbs