New Orleans, La. - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior Lauren Jarrett of La Crosse (Logan) has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet honors for her efforts at the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Outdoor Championships, the organization announced Wednesday. 

 

Each year, the USTFCCCA honors the Outstanding Performers of the Championships at both the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Winners are determined using a formula that adds together team points scored, plus meet records (five additional points), Division III seasonal bests (three additional points) and facility records (one point). Relay points, if applicable, are split equally among the four team members. 

Jarrett totaled 33.75 points for the Eagles at this year's national championships as UWL placed third. She won both the 100 (11.30) and 200 (23.44) meter dash (20 points) titles and anchored the winning 4x100-meter relay (2.5 points). Jarrett equaled the meet record in the 200-meter dash and the Eagles' 4x100-meter relay set a championship record (6.25 points). She set seasonal-bests in the 200-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay (3.75 points) and set a pair of facility records at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio in the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay (1.25 points). 

She set an NCAA III Championship record in the 100-meter dash to capture her second straight title. Jarrett became the first sprinter to win back-to-back national titles in the 100-meter dash since 2014-15. She broke her own school record in the 200-meter dash while tying the NCAA III Championship record to win her second consecutive crown. Jarrett is the first student-athlete to win two consecutive titles in the 200-meter dash since 2017-18. 

She was joined by Julie Yang, Anika Reiland and Makenna Zak in winning the 4x100-meter relay this year with an NCAA Division III record time of 45.20. Jarrett, Reiland and Zak were also on the champion 4x100-meter relay last season.

Selected the 2025 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet, Jarrett won the 100 (11.49) and 200 (23.85) meter dash for the second straight season. She was also a member of UWL's first-place 4x100-meter relay at this year's outdoor league championships.

Named the 2025 USTFCCCA Outstanding Indoor Track Performer of the Meet, Jarrett is the third athlete in NCAA Division III history to sweep the award in the same season. She joins Carly Fehler of UW-Eau Claire (2015) and Wadeline Jonathas of the University of Massachusetts-Boston (2018) in sweeping both honors.