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Kobe Lawrence
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kingston, Jamaica
- High School:
- Calabar
- Previous School:
- Oregon
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- Shot Put: 20.50m (2026)
Outdoor Track
- Shot Put: 20.32m (2026)
- Discus: 56.15m (2025)
NCAA Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2026 - Shot Put - 2nd - 20.50m
Outdoor Track
- 2026 - Shot Put - 4th - 19.87m
- 2025 - Shot Put - 4th - 20.32m
HONORS
- 2026 Outdoor USTFCCCA First Team All-American - Shot Put
- 2026 Indoor USTFCCCA First Team All-American - Shot Put
- 2026 Indoor NCAA Runner-Up - Shot Put
- 2025 Outdoor USTFCCCA First Team All-American - Shot Put
- 2025 Outdoor Big Ten Bronze Medalist - Shot Put
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Spent the first three years of his collegiate career at the University of Oregon
- Collected three First Team All-America honors in the men's shot put, including a national runner-up finish indoors in 2026
- Placed fourth overall at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put with a mark of 19.87 meters (65-2.25)
- Finished fourth in the shot put final at the 2026 Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a toss of 19.66 meters (64-6)
- Posted his lifetime-best throw of 20.50 meters (67-3.25) to finish second at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships
- Claimed All-America status as a true freshman with his fourth-place finish in the shot put at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, heaving an outdoor personal-best mark of 20.32 meters (66-8)
- Also skilled in the discus throw with a personal-best of 56.15 meters (184-3) that ranked 14th in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 outdoor season
- After redshirting his freshman season in 2024, competed at the Jamaica Championships and finished runner-up in the shot put with a mark of 19.58 meters (64-3)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Calabar High School in Kingston, Jamaica, and represented his country on the U20 international stage
- Won silver in the shot put (6kg) at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships and finished 10th in the discus
- Claimed back-to-back titles for Jamaica in the shot put at the CARIFTA Games in 2022 and 2023
- Represented Jamaica at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships with a eighth-place finish in the shot put
- Earned ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships shot put titles in 2021 and 2023
- Two-time Penn Relays high school champion in the shot put in 2022 and 2023
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