2026 Track & Field Roster

DeMarko Lawler

  • Position Jumps
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Dacula, Ga.
  • Highschool Mill Creek HS

Biography

2025 – Freshman (Louisiana Tech)
  • Competed in nine events
  • Recorded a jump of 6.90m in the long jump and 14.35m in the triple jump in his first collegiate action at the Rod McCravy Memorial
  • Set a PR of 7.09 in the 60m at the LSU Purple Tiger
  • Finished seventh in the long jump at 7.21m at the Stan Scott Invite & Multis
  • Recorded a fifth place finish at the Tyson Invitational in the triple jump at 14.87m
  • Set PRs in the long jump at 7.43m and triple jump at 15.24m at the CUSA Indoor Championship to finish third and fourth
  • Finished second in the long jump at 7.14m and set a PR of 10.90 in the 100m at the Clyde Hart Classic
  • Recorded a ninth-place finish in the long jump at 7.07m at the Florida Relays
  • Finished eighth in the long jump at 7.09m at the Arkansas Spring Invitational
  • Finished ninth in the triple jump at 14.06m at the LSU Alumni Gold
  • Set a PR of 15.28 in the triple jump to finish fourth and had a distance of 7.19 in the long jump at the CUSA Outdoor Championships

Mill Creek HS 
  • 3x All-State and All-County
  • Holds the Mill Creek record in the triple jump at 47'8.75'' and the 4x100
  • Mill Creek Stadium record in the long jump, 24'2''
  • 2x triple jump county champion
  • 2024 Gwinnett Boys Field Athlete of the Year
  • Also lettered in football
  • Won the 2023 GHSA Football State Championship
  • Named 2023 All-Region at defensive back
PERSONAL
  • Son of Tameka and Demarko Lawler Sr.
  • Born on Sept. 11, 2005 in Winter Haven, Fla.
  • Has two siblings, Jaiden and Serenity Lawler
  • Enjoys music, chess, sudoku, drawing and anime