Gatlin Lawson

position Sprints
class Senior
Hometown Lugoff, S.C.
High school Lugoff Elgin High School

position Sprints
class Senior
Hometown Lugoff, S.C.
High school Lugoff Elgin High School

Academic Highlights
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
2023

Indoor

Competed in three meets during the indoor season, running both the 60m and the 200m sprints … Ran a season-best time of 6.97 in the 60m, finishing seventh in the preliminary round of the Carolina Challenge … Posted a pair of 22.35 times in the 200m sprints, with his best finish coming in at eighth at the Gamecock Opener.

Outdoor

Competed in seven meets for the Gamecocks, running the 100m, 200m, and four different relays … His best finish in the 100m was 17^th at the Weems Baskin Relays with a time of 10.96 (0.7), while his fastest time was a wind-aided personal best of 10.57 (2.7) at the USC Open on April 22 … Turned in a pair of personal bests in the 200m in back-to-back weeks with a wind-legal PR of 22.06 (1.6) at the Tom Jones Memorial, followed by a wind-aided personal best of 21.63w (3.9) at the USC Open … Ran both the 100m and the 200m at the SEC Outdoor Championship … Was part of the fastest 4x100m relay of the season, winning the Weems Baskin Relays with a time of 39.99 as the third leg … Also part of the 4x300m relay squad that won the Weems Baskin Relays with a time of 2:14.75, running the third leg … His lone 4x400m relay appearance was a runner-up finish at the Island Relays Bahamas.

2022

Indoor

Appeared in seven meets for the Gamecocks, competing in the 60m, 200m, 300m and one 4x400m relay … Opened the season with a 300m personal-best time of 34.87 in the Clemson Opener, finishing 17^th overall … Ran Top-10 in the 60m at the South Carolina Invitational with a time of 6.98 … Witnessed a season-best 200m time at the Tiger Paw Invite when he clocked 22.17 … In the very next meet at the UofSC Indoor Open, he registered a season-best 60m time of 6.94 … Ran a sub-7 second 60m sprint on six occasions during the indoor season.

Outdoor

Saw action in just three outdoor meets, running the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay … Set an outdoor personal record at the UofSC Open in the 100m (10.77), while turning in a season best in the 200m (22.31) … Also finished third in the 4×100 at the UofSC Open with a team time of 40.86 … Competed in both the 100m and the 200m at the SEC Outdoor Championship.

2021

Indoor

Ran at six meets for the Gamecocks … Ran in the 60 meters at the SEC Championships and took 16^th in the prelims … Ran his career best in the 60 meters with a time of 6.89 at the Bob Pollock Meet … Earned two top-10 finishes in the 200 meters … Ran his personal-best time of 22.01 at the USC Indoor Open where he finished seventh … Doubled in the 60 meters and 200 meters at the Gamecock Opener, Carolina Challenge, Bob Pollock Meet, South Carolina Invitational and the USC Indoor Open.

Outdoor

Ran at seven meets for Carolina … Ran at the SEC Championships in the 100 meters and finished 27^th … Doubled at the Weems Baskin and Florida Relays in the 100 and 200 meters … Ran a season-best time in the 100 meters at the Gamecock Invitational when he ran a time of 10.63 to finish in eighth place … Ran a season-best time of 22.36 in the 200 meters to finish 33^rd at the Florida Relays … Earned four top-10 finishes in the 100 meters throughout the season.

2020
Indoor

Had a strong first season with the Gamecocks, competing in seven meets for the Garnet and Black … Made his debut at the Clemson Opener where he ran the 60m … Returned to Columbia to run the Gamecock Opener in the 300m, taking 12^th … Ran an indoor 200m season-best at the USC Indoor Open in a time of 22.09 … Ran a season-best time of 6.98 at the USC Indoor Open in the 60m which was the third best on the team during the indoor campaign … Competed at the SEC Championships in the 60m and the 200m.

Outdoor

Cancelled

Pre-South Carolina
High School

Ran the 100m and 200m in high school … Also played football as a wide receiver … Owns a PR of 10.51 in the 100m and 21.56 in the 200m.

Personal

Son of Tammy and Brad Lawson … Has one sibling Tanner … Plans to major in Integrated Information Technology and hopes to go to grad school … Chose South Carolina because he was always a fan of the Gamecocks … Started running track because he always knew he was fast so he tried it out and was successful.

Personal Records
Indoor