Jerry Lawson (runner)

{{Short description|American long-distance runner}}

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Jerry Lawson (born July 2, 1966) is a retired American long-distance runner who held a national record in the marathon.[https://web.archive.org/web/20191220073207/http://www.legacy.usatf.org/groups/RoadRunning/OnTheRoads/OTR04MensTrials.pdf Men's Trials] He won the 1992 Jacksonville Marathon in a course best time of 2:14.33 which thirty years later is still the male record. In 1993, Lawson bettered his marathon time by over three minutes, clocking a (still valid) course record time of 2:10:27 while winning the California International Marathon.{{cite web|url=http://www.runcim.org/data/marhistory.html |title=CIM History |accessdate=2009-05-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116234223/http://www.runcim.org/data/marhistory.html |archivedate=2009-01-16 }} After finishing in second place in the 1996 Chicago Marathon, Lawson set his P.R. of 2:09:35 in the 1997 Chicago Marathon behind winner Khalid Khannouchi.{{cite web|url=https://runsra.org/dam-to-dome-fast-times-course-records/ |title=Sacramento Running History |accessdate=2024-06-16}}

In the mid-1980s, Lawson competed in cross country and track for Mohawk Valley Community College.{{cite web|url=https://runsra.org/dam-to-dome-fast-times-course-records/ |title=Sacramento Running History |accessdate=2024-06-16}}