Lawson Repeats as MAC Field Athlete of the Week
2/4/2020 4:52:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Kent State redshirt senior TJ Lawson earned his second Mid-American Conference Men's Field Athlete of the Week honor in a row, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.
Lawson posted the sixth-highest heptathlon score (5,885) in the world this year over the weekend at the Razorback Invitational while competing against a field that produced three of the top-25 collegiate heptathlon scores of all-time. He placed in the top-five in six of the seven events, including first place in the pole vault and runner-up finishes in the shot put and long jump. He set indoor personal-bests in the 60m (7.03), shot put (48'-3.25") and pole vault (15'-9").
The Golden Flashes will compete at the Akron Invitational this weekend (Feb. 7-8).
![Four Kent State track and field athletes pose together on the awards podium wearing light blue Under Armour uniforms and gold MAC Championship medals. Left to right: Chaz Sakala (bib 1196), Sean [last name partially visible] (bib 1157, holding a relay baton), Ryan Gross (bib 1167), and Jacob Stanley (bib 1192). The group smiles for the camera following their relay event at the MAC Outdoor Championships.](https://images.sidearmdev.com/resize?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net%2Fsidearm.nextgen.sites%2Fkentstatesports.com%2Fimages%2F2026%2F5%2F21%2FIMG_2657.jpg&height=340&type=webp)
