During the two-year period from 1985-87 Lauren Andrews dominated the collegiate track and field scene to a degree that few Terriers had equaled before or since.
Her crowning achievement came at the 1986 NCAA Championships, when she put the shot 53'-2 1/4" to become the University's first-ever All-American in women's outdoor track and field.
At the regional level, Andrews was a nine-time Greater Boston and New England individual champion, who helped the Terriers to seven team titles during this period.
She began to step into the spotlight during the winter of 1985, when she captured the shot put title at the Greater Boston Championships to help the Terriers to the overall team title. When the action moved outdoors in the spring, she won the shot put at the Greater Boston and New England Championships, and again helped the Terriers to a first-place team finish at each meet.
The following winter Andrews added the 35-LB weight throw to her repertoire and won the event at the 1986 Greater Boston Indoor Championships, before putting the shot farther than the field at the New England Championships. Her efforts again led the Terriers to the overall team title at each meet.
During the 1986 outdoor season, Andrews demonstrated an equal degree of proficiency in the discus, an event she won at the Greater Boston and New England Championships, while defending her shot put title at each meet, and again helping the Terriers to an additional pair of team championships.
Before completing her competitive career, Andrews bettered her statistics in the outdoor shot put and discus (162-8), and the indoor shot put (51-7 1/4) and 20-LB weight (54-1/2).
Complementing her athletic success, Andrews was an outstanding student, who earned the 1987 Sargent College Student-Athlete Award and was a Scarlet Key recipient. In recognition of her all-around accomplishments, Andrews received the Gretchen Schuyler Award at the University's Outstanding Female Student-Athlete in 1987.
