Aasia Laurencin
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 September 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles: 7.97 (Indianapolis, 2025) 100m hurdles: 12.72 (Gainesville, 2024) |
Aasia Laurencin (born 1 September 2002) is a Saint Lucian hurdler.[1]
Early life
[edit]She attended Oak Park High School, and trained at the Motor City Track Club in Michigan. Initially she was a high jumper, before switching to hurdles. She was a 12-time AAU All-American, three-time state champion in the 60m hurdles and an 18-time Michigan All-State honoree.[2]
Career
[edit]She finished sixth at the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 60 metres hurdles, and sixth in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[2][3]
Competing for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 2025, she set the national record for the 60m hurdles twice.[4] She lowered it to 8.04 seconds in February 2025,[5] before running 7.97 seconds at the Big Ten Championships.[6] She finished in sixth place of the 60 metres hurdles in the final of the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held in Virginia Beach, Virginia.[7]
She was named as the sole representative in the Saint Lucian team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she qualified for the semi-finals of the 60 metres hurdles.[8][9]
Personal life
[edit]She is the granddaughter of former St Jude Hospital chief surgeon Denis Laurencin. She attended the University of Texas - Austin before becoming a grad student of sociology at the University of Michigan.[10][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aasia Laurencin". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Jain, Niyatee (28 March 2024). "'I'm gonna show you': How Aasia Laurencin has fought through adversity". Michigan Daily. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Women 100m Hurdles Results - NCAA D1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Aasia Laurencin Set To Represent Saint Lucia At World Indoor Championships". evrimagaxi.org. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Laurencin Gets First National Record". St Lucia Times. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Laurencin Lowers 60m Hurdles Record Again". St Lucia Times. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Results from the NCAA DI Indoor Track and Field Championships". Runners World. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Aasia Laurencin is St Lucia's Sole Participant at World Indoors". SportsMax. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Defending champ Charlton, Nugent sparkle as five Caribbean women through to 60m hurdles semis". SportsMax. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Laurencin To Fly Saint Lucia's Flag at World Indoor Championships". St Lucia Times. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Saint Lucian female athletes
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Saint Lucia
- Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes
- Michigan Wolverines women's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Michigan
- 21st-century Saint Lucian people
- Oak Park High School (Michigan) alumni
- People from Oak Park, Michigan