Albion College

Emily Lawrence provides Albion track & field athletes with competitive and coaching experience in almost every event. Under her guidance, Andrew Strzelecki set the indoor school record in the weight throw in 2018. Alyssa Wright set the outdoor school record in the hammer throw (2015) and indoor school record in the weight throw (2016). Lawrence has coached four MIAA track and field champions in the indoor and outdoor seasons. Kejuan Frazier, as a freshman, became a two-time conference champion in the indoor and outdoor shot put in 2018. Lawrence guided Rayshawn Robinson and Andrew Strzelecki to back-to-back conference championships in the javelin in 2017 and 2018. 

While at Texas-Tyler, Lawrence was named the 2013 Men’s South/Southeast Regional Assistant Coach of the Year for her work with throwers. Lawrence helped guide throwers Buck Thompson and Ed Palencia to the 2013 NCAA Track and Field Championships in the discus, shot put, and javelin. That same year, Thompson was named the 2013 Men’s South/Southeast Regional Field Athlete of the Year. Lawrence’s throwers garnered All-American awards in the javelin with a sixth place finish and school record throw of 65.10m at the 2013 national meet. In the 2012 season, Krizmanic’s throwers qualified for the NCAA Championships in the discus and shot put. Lawrence’s thrower finished with All-American awards in the discus, for a fifth place finish at the national meet, and with new school records in the shot put at 16.51 meters, discus at 53.43 meters, and hammer at 56.02 meters. Lawrence has also coached a 2014 national qualifier in the women’s 100 meters, finishing as the top freshman in the country with a new school record time of 12.08 seconds.

Lawrence helped guide Texas-Tyler to both men’s and women’s first-ever American Southwest Conference titles, where the men won back to back titles in 2013 and 2014, and the women won their first ever conference title in 2014. Collectively, Lawrence helped coach 76 new school records, 17 all-conference performances, 12 academic all-conference performances, and 16 ASC champions in various events.

A 2010 graduate of the University of Dayton, and former heptathlete, Lawrence finished in third place and with all-conference honors in the heptathlon at the 2009 and 2010 Atlantic-10 Outdoor Championships. For Dayton, Lawrence holds the third best all-time mark in the heptathlon, and the fourth best mark in the javelin.

Lawrence obtained her Master's in Kinesiology at UT-Tyler in 2012. She holds certifications in strength and conditioning with a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA CSCS), and USTFCCCA Multi-Event specialist certifications.

A native of Tyler, Texas, Lawrence and her husband Derick, the Britons cross country and assistant track & field coach, reside in Albion.

Athlete Honors

-          Two NCAA DIII All-Americans (2012 discus, 2013 javelin)
-          Four NCAA DIII Track and Field National Qualifiers (2012 discus, 2012 shot put, 2013 javelin, 2014 100 meters)
-          One South/Southeast Regional Assistant Coach of the Year award- 2013
-          One South/Southeast Regional Field Event Athlete of the Year award- 2013
-          Two Men’s American Southwest Conference titles (2013, 2014)
-          One Women’s American Southwest Conference title (2014)
-          12 Academic All-Conference
-          76 school records
-          17 All-Conference performances
-          16 ASC individual champions

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