Lauren Jones

Position:
Throws
Height:
5-7
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
James A. Garfield HS
Hometown:
Garrettsville, Ohio

Program Record Holder (Hammer, 228-6 (69.66m), 2022
Placed 18th in Hammer Throw at the 2021 Olympic Trials
2022 USATF Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Discus, Hammer Throw)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships First Team All-American (Discus)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships Second Team All-American (Hammer Throw)
2022 NCAA Outdoor West Prelims Qualifier (Discus, Hammer Throw)
2022 Big 12 Outdoor Championships High Point Winner
2022 Big 12 Outdoor Champion (Hammer Throw)
2022 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Discus, Shot Put)
2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
2021 Big 12 Outdoor Champion (Hammer Throw)
2021 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Shot Put, Discus Throw)
2021 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Discus, Hammer Throw)
2019 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
2018 NCAA West Regional Qualifier (Discus Throw)
2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Hammer Throw, Discus Throw)

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests
Shot Put: 53-4.25 (16.26m), 2021
Weight Throw: 68-8.5 (20.94m), 2021

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests
Shot Put: 54-2 (15.51m), 2021
Discus Throw: 187-11 (57.28m), 2022
Hammer Throw: 228-6 (69.66m), 2022

2022
(Indoor) Placed bronze in weight throw [65-7.5 (20.00m)] seventh in shot put [51-3.5 (15.63m)] at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... Took first in weight throw [67-3.5 (20.51m)], second in shot put [52-5.25 (15.98m)] at the Arkansas Qualifier ... Finished fifth in weight throw [65-3.5 (19.90m)], ninth in shot put [49-7.75 (15.13m)] at the Texas Tech Shootout ... Placed second in weight throw [65-8.25 (20.02m)], sixth in shot put [51-5.75 (15.69m)] at the Husker Invite ... Took first in weight throw with a mark at 63-11 (19.48m), second in shot put with a 50-10.25 (15.50m) at the J.D. Martin Invite ... Took the crown and broke her own meet record in weight throw with a mark of 65-9 (20.04m) at the Arkansas Invite ... Placed second in weight throw with a mark of 66-2.25 (20.17m) and third in shot put 51-7.75 (15.74m) at the K-State Winter Invite.

(Outdoor) Earned first team All-America status in discus (55.45m) for fourth place and second team status in hammer (66.95m) for 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in discus (57.07m) and hammer throw (66.86m) ... Won the hammer throw Big 12 Outdoor title with a mark at 222-1 (67.69), took second in discus with a throw at 185-0 (56.38m) and scored eighth in shot put, marking 50-10 (15.49m) ... Grabbed first in hammer throw at the Arkansas Twilight with a mark at 218-3 (66.52m) to break the meet record ... Took first place in hammer (65.60m) to break the meet record, second in discus (53.16m) and eighth in shot put (15.27m) at the Alumni Muster ... Threw a PR at 187-11 (57.28m) in discus for first place and placed first in hammer, marking 218-8 (66.66m) at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Set a new school record at the Sooner Invitational in hammer throw with a mark at 228-6 (69.66m) ... Finished first in hammer (65.19m) and second in discus (52.49m) at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational ... Placed third in discus (54.72m), fourth in hammer (64.87m) and 11th in shot put (15.61m) at the Texas Relays ... Grabbed first in hammer (66.12m) and discus (52.80m) at the TCU Invitational.

2021
(Indoor) Finished third in weight throw with a mark of 64-5.75 (19.65m), sixth in shot put (51-7.25 (15.73m)) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... Placed second in weight throw with a mark of 66-4.25 (20.22m), fourth in shot put at the Texas Tech Shootout with a 53-4.25 (16.26m) ... Threw a PR of 68-8.5 (20.94m) and placed second in weight throw at the Charlie Thomas Invitational ... Took first in weight throw (65-9.5 (20.05m)), third in shot put with a 51-9.75 (15.79m) at the Texas Tech Red Raider Invitational ... Took the crown in weight throw at the Arkansas Invitational with a mark of 65-2.75 (19.88m) ... Placed first in weight throw (67-3.5 (20.51m)), third in shot put (51-7.75 (15.74m)) at the K-State Winter Invite ...

(Outdoor) Represented the Sooners at the NCAA West Prelims in shot put and threw for 52-6 (16m), discus throw with a distance of 176-1 (53.67m), and hammer throw at 200-3 (61.05m) … Claimed first place and a personal record in the hammer throw with a distance of 217.2 (66.20m), PR’d in shot put with a distance of 54-2 (15.51m) placing sixth, and claimed fourth in discus throw with a distance of 173-9 (52.96m) at the Big 12 Championships … Place second in both the hammer throw and discus throw at the Desert Heat Classic with a personal record in discus throw at 181-6 (55.33m) … Competed at the John Jacobs Invitational in shot put, discus thrown and hammer throw, placing fourth, second and first, respectively … Finished first in both the discus throw and hammer throw at the Sooner Invite … Participated at the North Texas Classic in discus throw placing second at 170-5 (51.94m) and hammer throw placing first with a distance of 202-10 (61.82m) … Threw at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in discus throw and hammer throw, placing fifth and second, respectively … Grabbed first place in both the discus throw and hammer throw at the TCU Invitational.

2020
(Indoor) Competed in shot put with a 49-9.75 (15.18m) and weight throw with a 62-7.25 (19.08m) at the indoor Big 12 Championships, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively … Finished top-10 in the shot put at the Tyson Invitational and took third in weight throw with a mark of 64-6 (19.66m) … Took first in the weight throw at the J.D. Martin Invitational with a throw of 62-10.5 and fourth in the shot put with a mark of 50-8.75 (15.46m) … Took seventh and eighth in shot put and weight throw at the Razorback Invitational with throws of 47-8.5 (14.54m) and 61-4 (18.69m), respectively … Finished fifth in the weight throw at the Mark Colligan Memorial, throwing 59-3.5 (18.07m) … Competed in weight throw at the Vanderbilt Invitational, notching a mark of 59-5.75 (18.13m).

2019
(Indoor) Scored in both events competed in the Big 12 Indoor Championships…Earned a PR 48-8 (14.83m) in shot put at the J.D. Martin Invitational… Completed the indoor season with four second place finishes, including a PR of 59-1.5 (18.02m) in weight throw at the Corky Classic…Scored for the Sooners in 10 events.

(Outdoor) Competed in three events for the Sooners at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, scoring in two events… Earned third place with a hammer throw at 181-2 (55.21m) and sixth place in discus with a throw of 171-7 (52.30m)…Scored for the Sooners in all three events competed in at the John Jacobs Invitational… Took home first place in hammer throw with a recorded throw of 181-3 (55.24m) at The Reveille Meet… Competed in three events at the Roadrunner Invitational, scoring in all three and recording a PR in hammer throw… PR’d with a throw of 197-8 (60.25m), earning first place.

2018
(Indoor) Took 10th and 11th, respectively, in the shot and weight throw at Big 12 Indoors… Placed third in the shot put competition at the J.D. Martin Invitational, throwing 48-1.25 (14.66 meters)… Also threw a PR 55-11.25 in the weight throw at the J.D. Martin to take fourth place.

(Outdoor) NCAA West Regional qualifier in the discus, throwing 139-9 (42.60 meters) at preliminaries… Took sixth in the hammer throw at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a PR mark of 181-7 (55.34 meters)… Also placed eighth and 11th in the discus and shot put at Big 12 Outdoors, respectively… Threw a PR 174-9 (53.26 meters) at Penn Relays… Took second in the John Jacobs Invite discus competition with a throw of 164-6 (50.13 meters)… Placed fourth in the hammer throw at the John Jacobs, her best throw reaching 171-9 (52.36 meters)… Competed in the discus, shot, and hammer at Texas Relays, taking second in the discus with a throw of 164-2 (50.03 meters)…

HIGH SCHOOL
Named Portage County 2017 Athlete of the Year ... Two-time track athlete of the year (2016, 2017) ... Three-time state champion in discus (2015, 2016, 2017) ... Four-time All-State honoree in discus ... Two-time All-State honoree in shot put (2016, 2017) ... Finished second in shot put at the 2016 state track meet ... Placed third in shot put at the 2017 state track meet ... A nine-time state qualifier in three events total: shot put, discus and long jump ... Two-time All-American (2016, 2017) ... A six-sport athlete—also participating in soccer, softball, golf, basketball and volleyball—earning 18 total varsity letters ... Served as president of the National Honors Society, earned an Honors Diploma and was her class valedictorian.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Bruce and Sherry Jones ... Has one sibling ... Plans on majoring in communication.