Aasia Laurencin

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Aasia Laurencin
Personal information
Born (2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 22)
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]

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Early life

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

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

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

  1. "Aasia Laurencin". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Jain, Niyatee (28 March 2024). "'I'm gonna show you': How Aasia Laurencin has fought through adversity". Michigan Daily. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  3. "Women 100m Hurdles Results - NCAA D1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  4. "Aasia Laurencin Set To Represent Saint Lucia At World Indoor Championships". evrimagaxi.org. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  5. "Laurencin Gets First National Record". St Lucia Times. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  6. "Laurencin Lowers 60m Hurdles Record Again". St Lucia Times. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  7. "Results from the NCAA DI Indoor Track and Field Championships". Runners World. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  8. "Aasia Laurencin is St Lucia's Sole Participant at World Indoors". SportsMax. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  9. "Defending champ Charlton, Nugent sparkle as five Caribbean women through to 60m hurdles semis". SportsMax. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  10. "Laurencin To Fly Saint Lucia's Flag at World Indoor Championships". St Lucia Times. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.