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Illinois State University Athletics

2025-26 Track & Field Roster

Ava Lawless

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Holt, Mo.
  • Highschool Kearney
  • Major Criminal Justice Science

Biography

  • PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS
  • 2026 Outdoor
    • Took ninth in long jump with a mark of 5.18m and fifth in triple jump at a mark of 11.58m at the Joyce Morton-Kief Invite (March 27-28)… Finished 23rd in triple jump at 11.59m at the 2026 Pepsi Florida Relays (April 3-4)… Gathered marks of 5.27m in long jump for eighth place and 11.53m in triple jump for second place at the Badger Challenge (May 1)… Concluded her season with a sixth-place mark of 11.78m in triple jump at the 2026 MVC Outdoor Championships (May 16-17).
  • 2025 Indoor
    • Opened her season with a fourth-place, long-jump mark of 5.37m, and a fifth-place mark of 11.02 in triple jump at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (Jan. 17)… Finished ninth in long jump at 5.34m and fourth in triple jump at 11.44m at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 23-24)… Recorded a mark of 11.71m in triple jump for 11th at the 5th Annual Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb. 6-7)… Earned her second-career victory in triple jump with a mark of 11.62m, along with a sixth-place finish in long jump at a mark of 5.33m at the Illini Last Chance (Feb. 20)… Placed 11th in long jump with a mark of 5.39m and third in triple jump at a mark of 11.99m at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship (March 1-2).
  • 2025 Outdoor
    • Began season with personal-record mark of 14.39 in the 100m hurdles at the Redbird Challenge (March 28-29)....Took second in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump at the Senior Spotlight (May 2)...Finished runner-up in the triple jump at the MVC Championships with a mark of 12.21m, good for 10th-best in ISU history (May 17-18).
  • 2024 Indoor
    • Won the triple jump at the John Coughlan Invite with a personal-record mark of 12.34m, which also ranks second in program history (Dec. 6-7)...Won the pentathlon with personal-record performances in the high jump, shot put, long jump and 800m at the Keck Select (Feb. 7-8)...Took runner-up in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump at the MVC Championships (March 2-3).
  • 2024 Outdoor
    • Took fifth in the triple jump at the Joe Walker Invitational (April 5-6)...Earned fifth in the triple jump at the MVC Championships (May 10-12).
  • 2023 Indoor
    • Opened season with third-place finishes in the triple jump and 60m hurdles at the John Coughlan Invite (Dec. 1-2)...Took third in the long jump and triple jump at the Redbird Tune-Up (Feb. 16)...Earned sixth at the triple jump at the MVC Indoor Track & Field Championship (May 10-12).
  • HIGH SCHOOL
    • Two-time Class 4 Triple Jump Champion… Two-time All-State Class 4 Long Jumper… Twp-time All-State Class 4 in 100m Hurdles…Class 4 Team State Champion… 12-time Class 4 All-District… 36 All-Conference award winner… 2023 MSHSAA Sportsmanship Award… Holds four Kearney High School Track & Field records… Northland CAPS Medical Sciences 2022-23
  • PERSONAL
    • Born on January 4, 2005… Daughter of Katrina and Jess… Sister to Ivory and Heaven Brende… Majoring in Criminal Justice Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Hurdles/Horizontal Jumps
  • 2025-26Junior

    Jumps