Completed Event: Men's Track and Field at NCAA Championships on June 11, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Men's Track and Field
(No Team Score)
at NCAA Championships
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Men's Track and Field Roster
Lawton, Cal
Cal Lawton
- Hometown:
- Eden Prairie, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Eden Prairie H.S.
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL-BEST MARKS: (updated after 2018 TF)
400M OUT: 50.84 (2017 - JR, Lyle Hokanson - 4/21-22)
600M IN: 1:21.19 (2015 - FR, Nebraska Tune-Up - 2/20)
800M IN: 1:51.81 (2016 - SO, Husker Invite - 2/5-6)
800M OUT: 1:51.65 (2017 - JR, Bryan Clay - 4/13-14)
1,500M OUT: 3:56.24 (2017 - JR, Bryan Clay - 4/13-14)
Mile IN: 4:20.99 (2016 - SO, SDSU Holiday - 12/4-5)
4x400M IN: 3:17.95 (2016 - SO, Jim Emmerich - 1/23)
4x400M OUT: 3:13.43 (2017 - JR, Summit League)
4x800M IN: 7:40.80 (2015 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/12-13)
4x800M OUT: 7:34.94 (2016 - SO, Drakes Relays - 4/27-30)
4x1,600M OUT: 16:55.93 (2017 - JR, Drake Relays - 4/26-29)
CROSS COUNTRY
6k XC: 19:51.8 (2015 - R-FR, Bison Open - 9/4)
4-Mile XC: 21:14.5 (2017 - JR, Oz Memorial - 9/8)
8k XC: 25:27.2 (2017 - JR, Pre-National - 10/14)
10k XC: 31:06.5 (2017 - JR, NCAA Midwest - 11/10)
HONORS & AWARDS:
All-Summit League (XC 2017 2nd-Team, ITF 2015, 2016, 2017, OTF 2016, 2017)
Summit League Commissioner’s List of Excellence (‘16XC, ‘17TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘16S*, ‘16F, ‘17S)
*Denotes Distinguished Scholar
RECORDS:
School Record: 4x800M IN - 7:40.80 (2015 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/12-13)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in two events at the Tulsa Duals (3/16-17) ... finished fourth (1:54.39) in the 800m and third as the fourth leg of the 4x400m relay team (3:19.07) ... had the team’s fifth-best mark in the 800m (eighth in the league) and fourth-best 4x400m relay mark on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Redshirted ... competed in two events unattached ... finished runner-up (1:21.89) in the 600m at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16) - just 0.70 seconds from his 2015 PR mark that is ranked fifth-best on the school’s top 10 ... his 2018 unattached mark was 0.03 seconds from the top 10 - had he been attached ... also competed in the 1,000m at the SDSU Classic (2/9-10), placing 17th (2:33.91) - which was 4.06 seconds from the school’s top 10, had he been attached ... had the team’s third-best 600m and 1,000m on the season performance list.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six events ... finished fifth on the team, 116th overall (31:06.5) in his first career 10k at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/10) ... earned second-team All-Summit League honors at the 8k Summit League Championships (10/28), finishing fourth on the team, 11th overall (25:29.18) ... it was his personal-best time at the league championships ... ran his career-best 8k race at the Pre-National Invite (10/14) among numerous ranked teams ... placed fourth among the Jacks, 221st overall (25:27.2) ... ran a personal-best at the SDSU Classic 8k (9/29), finishing fifth for the Jacks and fifth overall (26:07.60).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 14 events ... ran a career-best 50.84 in the 400m at the Lyle Hokanson Classic (4/21-22), placing 14th ... posted a 3:13.43 as the 4x400m relay team placed third at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13) ... ran a career-best 1:51.65 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/13-14), placing 21st ... posted a career-best 3:56.24 in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite, finishing 138th.
INDOOR: Competed in eight events ... ran a season-best 1:52.75 in the 800m at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11), placing sixth ... posted a 1:54.91 in the finals of the 800m in The Summit League Championships (2/24-25), finishing sixth ... won the distance medley, recording 10:10.52 at The Summit League Championships ... ran a 3:21.09 as the second leg in the 4x400m relay at the SDSU Indoor Classic, that finished 10th ... posted 10:10.52 and won the distance medley relay at The Summit League Championships.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in the SDSU Classic (10/1), running 27:19.7 in the 8k and placing 13th.
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Member of 4x400-meter relay team that placed third in The Summit League Outdoor Championships, finishing in 3:16.98 ... ran a season-best 800-meter run of 1:52.47 at the Beach Invitational ... won the 4x400-meter relay at the Lyle Hokanson Classic with a time of 3:21.17 ... placed fifth in the 4x400-meter relay at the Beach Invitational, posting a 3:16.01 ... ran the 400-meter dash in 51.34 at the Lyle Hokanson Classic to finish in seventh place.
INDOOR: Won the 800-meter run at The Summit League Indoor Championships to earn All-Summit League honors ... member of second-place distance medley relay team at The Summit League Indoor Championships ... won the 800-meter run at the Bison Classic, finishing in 1:56.29 ... ran a season-best 800-meters at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, posting a 1:51.81 and placing fourth.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four races as a redshirt freshman … ran a season-best 8k at the SDSU Classic (10/3), finishing in 28th (27:00.88) … ran a 19:51.8 and finished 20th overall in the 6k at the Bison Open (9/4) … finished 123rd in the 8k (27:04.7) and the fourth jackrabbit finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/26).
2014-15:
OUTDOOR: Placed third in the seeded 800-meter run at the Arkansas Spring Invitational, timing in at 1:54.17 ... was part of the second-fastest 4x400 relay of the season, which clocked in at 3:13.56 to place 13th at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
INDOOR: Posted the team's top indoor 800-meter run time (1:52.82) at the SDSU Indoor Invitational to record first collegiate victory ... also anchored the first-place 4x800-meter relay team at the SDSU Indoor Invitational, which posted a time of 7:40.80 ... became the first Jackrabbit to earn Summit League Athlete of the Week honors during the indoor season since 2011 for his performance at the SDSU Indoor Invitational ... ran the team's fastest 600-meter run of the season at the Nebraska Tune-Up, clocking in at 1:21.19 ... placed third in the 800-meter run at The Summit League Indoor Championships, finishing in 1:54.20.
CROSS COUNTRY: Redshirted ... ran unattached at the Roy Griak Invite (9/27), placing 60th with a time in 27:39.8 ... ran unattached at the SDSU Classic (10/4), running a 26:56.96 to place 27th.
BEFORE SDSU: Lettered four times each in cross country and track ... captain of the cross country and track teams senior year ... holds school records in the 800m (1:52.5) and as a member of the 4x800m relay (7:47.61) ... went to state championships three times in both cross country and track ... won the 4x800m relay as a senior, and was second in the open 800m and 4x400m relay ... won the 4x800m relay and finished in seventh in the 800m as a junior ... placed third in the 4x800m relay and fifth in the 4x400m as a sophomore at the 2012 state championships ... captured the Rotary Club Golden Eagle award senior year and the Excel Award junior year ... sister, Laura Lawton, competed for the Jackrabbits cross country and track & field teams from 2011-15.
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