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Howard Lao
Howard Lao

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Portland, Ore.

High School:
Cleveland

Position:
Sprints

Experience:
SQ

04/16/2012

Track And Field Captain's Blog - Apr. 16

Jordan Carlson and James Alaka with their second update of the sprinters.

02/03/2012

Track And Field Captain's Blog - Feb. 3

The Husky sprint captains send in an update before competing this weekend in Idaho.

01/26/2012

UW Invitational Kicks Indoor Season To High Gear

The top heats on the track run from 2:45 to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.

01/14/2012

Preview Looks Promising For Husky Track

Washington wins 4x800-meter relays as indoor season hits the ground running.

01/05/2012

Season Preview: Sprinters

The men's team returns a handful of All-Americans while the women are led by a school-record-holding senior.

2011: Ran the short hurdles for the Huskies in his first season, completing a full season indoors and out ... outdoors, had a wind-aided best in the 110-meter hurdles of 15.00 seconds at the Oregon Relays, placing fifth ... fifth in the 110m hurdles at the UW-WSU dual in 15.52 into a stiff headwind ... won the 110m hurdles race at the Ken Shannon Invite, in a time of 15.21 seconds ... best 100m dash time was 11.17 at the Oregon Relays ... indoors, top 60m hurdles time was 8.46 seconds at the Husky Classic, placing 14th ... had a solid 60-meter dash of 7.08 seconds in the UW Final Qualifier.

High School and Personal: Born in Clackamas, Oregon ... mother is Jinke Kuang and father is Jia Liang Lao ... father was a swimmer and won the 1980 Guangzhou, China city championship ... won the Oregon 5A State Championship in the 110-meter hurdles as a senior, clocking a personal-best time of 14.32 seconds ... followed that up with a high hurdles win at the BorderDuel Track Classic ... also took fourth at state in the 100-meter dash as a senior and was fifth in the 300-meter hurdles ... won district titles in the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles and was second in the 100m dash as a senior ... won 110m hurdle district title all four years ... third at state in the 100m hurdles as a junior and fourth in the 300m hurdles in a PR of 40.61 seconds ... named 2010 Portland Interscholastic League Athlete of the Meet ... won the 2010 Junior Olympic Regional 110m hurdles title and went on to place seventh at Nationals in Sacramento ... also lettered in soccer in 2010 ... a four-time scholar athlete, graduated with a 3.4 GPA.

Collegiate Best Marks
60m.......7.08
100m.......11.17
60m Hurdles.......8.46
110m Hurdles.......15.52 / 15.00w

Go Huskies!