2019-20 Track & Field Roster

Levaughn Battick

  • Position Hurdles
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 160
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kingston, Jamaica
  • Highschool Kingston College

Biography

(personal bests-as of Jan. 1, 2020)
Date Year Event Statistic Meet
Jan. 26 2019 60 Meter Dash 7.35 Texas Tech Classic
Feb. 11 2017 60 Meter Hurdles 8.07 Samford Invitational
May 13 2018 110 Meter Hurdles 14.01 Sun Belt Outdoor Championship
March 17 2018 100 Meter Dash 11.15 Louisiana Classics
March 15 2019 200 Meter Dash 23.25 Louisiana Classics
March 12 2016 4x400 Meter Relay 3:49.38 McNeese Louisiana Challenge

SENIOR (2019): Competed in 15 meets during the season … opened the season with a seventh-place outing at the Ted Nelson Invitational in the 60-meter hurdles (8.29) … came in sixth in the 60-meter hurdles of the Texas Tech Classic (Jan. 26) … crossed the line eighth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.60) at the LSU Bayou Bengal (Feb. 1) … ended the indoor slate with a fourth-place at the Sun Belt Indoor Championship (Feb. 18) as he posted a time of 8.23 in the 60-meter hurdles …  reached the podium in the McNeese Louisiana Challenge (March 9), placing third in the 110-meter hurdles (14.53) … capped off the 110-meter hurdles in the Louisiana Classics (March 16) by placing third (14.58) … came in ninth in the 110-meter hurdles (14.533) at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (March 22) … closed out the Texas Relays (March 29) by placing 25th in the 110-meter hurdles (14.44) and was third in the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (14.36) … closed out the LSU Alumni Gold by finishing ninth in the 110-meter hurdles (14.85) … wrapped up April by finishing fourth in the 110-meter hurdles of the Southern Miss Open (April 26) with a mark of 14.52 … ended the Sun Belt Outdoor Championship (May 10) with a time of 14.37 in the 110-meter hurdles. 

2018 (JUNIOR): Participated in 11 meets over the course of the 2018 campaign, taking part in the 60 meter hurdles, 110 meter hurdles and 200 meter dash events … opened the indoor slate by finishing 11th in the 60 meter hurdles (8.25) at the Texas Tech Classic (Jan. 27) … crossed the line fifth in the 60 meter hurdles at the Sun Belt Indoor Championship (Feb. 19-20) in a time of 8.12 … took part in the 110 meter hurdles at the McNeese Louisiana Challenge (March 10) where he placed second (14.35) … wrapped up the Louisiana Classics (March 17), finishing first in the 110 meter hurdles (14.11) and 29th in both the 100 meter dash (11.15) and 200 meter dash (22.81) … earned a fourth-place finish (14.50) in the 110 meter hurdles at the Bobby Lane Invitational (March 24) … ended March at the Texas Relays (March 31), placing 28th in the 110 meter hurdles in a time of 14.413 … grabbed his first of two first-place finishes in the 110 meter hurdles at the Warhawk Classic (April 14) after posting a time of 14.45 … streaked down the track in 14.40 as he placed first in the 110 meter hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold (April 21) … ended the Southern Miss Open (April 28) with a fifth-place outing in the 110 meter hurdles after posting a time of 14.28 … earned a spot in the NCAA Preliminaries after finishing third in the 110 meter hurdles at the Sun Belt Championship (May 13) in a time of 14.01 … concluded the season at the NCAA Preliminaries (May 25) by finishing 37th in the 110 meter hurdles by virtue of a 14.28 time.

2017 (SOPHOMORE): Took part in seven meets over the course of the season … opened with a third-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the Texas A&M Invitational (Jan. 13) with a mark of 8.24 … closed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Houston Invitational (Jan. 28) after a mark of 8.25 … claimed first place, the first of his career, in the 60-meter hurdles at the Samford Invitational with a time of 8.07 … followed that up with a fifth place (8.23) in the 60-meter hurdles at the Sun Belt Indoor Championship (Feb. 21) … closed out the Louisiana Classics (March 10) with a fourth-place performance (14.55) in the 110-meter hurdles … capped off the UTA Invitational (March 25) by finishing second in the 110-meter hurdles (14.16) … placed 45th in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 26), posting a time of 14.68. 

FRESHMAN (2016): Placed fifth in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles (8.17) of the Sun Belt Championship (Feb. 22) … crossed the line 10th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.28) at the KMS Invitational (Jan. 31) … put together a ninth place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.35 at the season-opening Texas A&M Invitational (Jan. 15) … completed the Samford Open (Feb. 12) in fifth with a mark of 8.25. 

PREP: Honored by Kingston College in 2012-13 for excellent performance on his Caribbean Examiniation Council (CxC) results... a member of a pair of record breaking relay teams at his school... won bronze and silver medals at the Boys and Girls Championships in 2012... Team Captain in 2013-14... helped his team become champions at the 2009 Boys Athletic Championships... trained with the worlds fastest man Usain Bolt

PERSONAL: Full name is Levaughn Antoine Battick... son of Eric Battick and Linnotte Gibbs... has two brothers, Dejeon Battick and Andre Stanley... majoring in aviation.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Hurdles
    6'1" 0 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Hurdles
    6'1" 0 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    Hurdles
    6'1" 160 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    Hurdles
    6'1" 160 lbs
  • 2019-20Senior

    Hurdles
    6'1" 160 lbs