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2017-18 Track and Field

LaVonte Powell

LaVonte Powell

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Youngstown, Ohio
  • High School:
    Ursuline
  • Events:
    Sprints
  • Major:
    General Studies

Summary

Biography

2017 Outdoor (Junior): Redshirted.

2017 Indoor (Junior): Competed in the 60m dash at the Horizon League Championships...ran a time of 8.22 seconds in the event...competed in the 200m and had a time of 27.14 seconds...had a best time of 8.00 seconds in the 60m dash at the Akron Zips Invitational...ran best time of 26.18 seconds at the SPIRE Division I Invitational.

2016 Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished eighth in the 100-meter dash at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 12.51 seconds...also finished eighth in the 200m dash at the HL meet with a time of 25.84 seconds...ran the third leg of the 4x100m relay team that won the league championship...had a top time of 12.27 seconds in the 100m dash at the Jesse Owens Classic...also had a best performance in the 200m dash at the Jesse Owens Classic with a time of 24.91 seconds.

2016 Indoor (Sophomore): Finished fourth in the 200m dash at the Horizon League Championships with a season-best time of 25.39 seconds...was ninth in the 100m dash with a season-best time of 7.925 seconds...missed advancing to the finals by .003 seconds.

2015 Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 10th in the 100m dash at the Horizon League Championship barely missing finals with a time of 12.9 seconds...placed 12th in the 200m dash at the HL Championships with a season-best time of 26.29 seconds...ran a season-best in the 100m dash at the Slippery Rock Dave Labor Invitational with a time of 12.80 seconds.

2015 Indoor (Freshman): Ran a personal-best in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.24 seconds at the Akron Zips Invitational...had a personal-best in the 200-meter dash at the Akron Zips Invitational with a time of 26.62 seconds...ran a personal-best in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.74 at the Horizon League Championships.

High School: School-record holder in the 400m with a time of 57.58 seconds and 200m with a time of 25.1 seconds...District-record holder with a time of 57.58 in the 400m...five-time team MVP...three-time most scored points...named Outdoor All-Ohio twice and Indoor All-Ohio three times...member of a District Championship team and State Champion in the Indoor 200m and 400m.

Personal: Mother is Nicole Powell...has a brother and a sister...major is general studies...is a 2017-18 recipient of a Lester F. Donnell Scholarship.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2016-17Junior

    Sprints
  • 2017-18Senior

    Distance