Academy of Art University Athletics

Continuing to build upon an impressive outdoor debut the previous week, Lauryn James furthered lowered her 200m dash time in the Academy of Art track & field record books while adding another NCAA Division II Outdoor Nationals provisional qualification in a new event to her 2024 resume.

At Cal State San Marcos' Mangrum Invitational on Mar. 22, James ran the second-fastest 200m the nation has seen this season at 23.52 to not only add her second Outdoor Nationals provisional qualification in the event this year, but again post the third-fastest mark in ART U history. The following day's PLNU Track & Field Invitational (Mar. 23) saw the Animation & Visual Effects major drop a 55.71 in her first outdoor 400m of 2024, starting her at 13th in the country as an Outdoor Nationals provisional qualifier.

In addition to her individual success, James twice ran second leg of ART U's 4x100m relay which delivered two Outdoor Nationals provisional qualifications and two first-place finishes over the weekend.