2008 Indoor Track: Competed in three meets in three different events...Scored at the Southland Conference Indoor Championship (2/22) with a leap of 6.87 meters (22’6-1/2") to finish eighth in the long jump with a school-record leap...mark was ninth-best in the SLC in 2008...had a season-best mark of 13.77m (45’2-1/4") in the triple jump...ran the 60-meter dash once with a time of 0:07.29...2008 Outdoor Track: Participated in four meets before injury sidelined him...redshirted season but not before finishing third in the long jump at the Texas Invitational (3/22) with a leap of 6.76m (22’2-1/4")...2007 Indoor Track: Posted a career-best jump of 6.62m (21’8-3/4") at the Southland Conference Indoor Championship (2/17) to place seventh...sixth in the one meet he participated in the triple jump with a mark of 12.84m (42’1-1/2") at the Houston Invite(2/10)...2007 Outdoor Track: Set an Islander school record with a jump of 7.13m (23’4-3/4") to place fourth at the Southland Conference meet (5/4)...third at the Javelina Relays (2/24) 6.62m (21’8-3/4") and first at the Border Olympics (3/3) 6.59m (21’7-1/2")...had the team’s best mark in the triple jump with a leap of 13.58m (44’7") at the Javelina Relays...had a season-best time of 11.48 in the 100m at the Border Olympics (3/3) making him the third-fastest Islander in the event...2006 Indoor Track: Had best jump of the season by an Islander indoors covering 6.34m (20’9-3/4") at RunSport All-Comers Meet (2/11)...competed in the 400-m dash twice with a top time of 52.37 at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Meet (1/20/06)...2006 Outdoor Track: Competed in the 100-, 200-, and 400-meter dashes for the Islanders as well as the long jump...had the team’s best jump with a leap of 6.66m (21’10-1/4") at the Islander Invite (4/15)...posted sixth-fastest time of year in the 200 at the Rice Twilight (4/29) with a time of 22.44...2005 Indoor Track: Competed in the 200-meter dash at two events with a season-best time of 23.51...fourth in the long jump with a leap of 6.29m (20’7-3/4") at the Leonard Hilton Memorial (1/21)...2005 Outdoor Track: Set the school record in the long jump with a leap of 6.86m (22’6-1/4") at the Bayou Classic (4/21)...part of 4x100 relay that finished second at the Independent Championship in a school-record time of 41.70...second in the long jump with a mark of 6.84m (22’5-1/4") at the Rice Twilight (4/30)...had three of the Islanders TAMUCC’s five-best times in the 200...had a best time of 22.27 of Angela Proctor Open (3/19).

In High School: Ran for Remy Rodriguez at Miller High School...won the district in the 200 and triple jump...had a personal-best jump of 23’1" in the long jump and clocked a 21.5 in the 200...lettered in football.

Personal: Born Lazrik Pettis in Corpus Christi on Mar. 20, 1986...son of Losetine Arthur Pettis...has five siblings ? Arthur, Jr., Zachary, Toneise, Troneal and Zaniesha...criminal justice major.