It is no secret that Jeremiah Lauzon is fast, he just happened to prove it on another stage on the weekend.
The Red Deer teenager posted a blistering time in the 200-metre race at an indoor event in Boston Saturday. He is competing in his rookie season of NCAA Division II collegiate running for the Simon Fraser University Clan track and field team in B.C.
Lauzon, 19, set a new all-time record for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in the 200, with a time of 21.55 seconds, one-one hundredths of a second faster than the previous mark set in 2018. His time was the top non-Division I time and seventh out of 191 competitors at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston Saturday.
The time also broke the provisional standard for the NCAA Championships and is the 10th fastest time in Division II this season.
Big weekend for the #RedDeer product in his first competition. Lauzon set an Great Northwest Athletic Conference record for the indoor 200m race (21.55 seconds) https://t.co/kJDOtzQVYO
— Byron Hackett (@RDAbyronhackett) January 28, 2020
For his efforts, he was named the GNAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week.
In his first collegiate race on Jan. 18, Lauzon picked up a bronze medal in the 200m in Seattle, Washington. His time there was 21.60 seconds. He also posted a personal best in the 60m race, finishing in seven seconds flat.
Lauzon’s next race is the University of Washington Invitational, Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.
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