About / the athlete
Student. Athlete.
Believer.
From the hurdles at Conroe High to lane one at Lamar University — the short version of a story still being written.
Hometown
Conroe, Texas
School
Lamar University
Major
B.B.A. Finance ’29
Events
400m · 400H · Relays
The short version.
Bryson Champagne is a Division I sprinter and hurdler for the Lamar Cardinals and a Finance major in Lamar’s Class of 2029. Track wasn’t the original plan — it was supposed to make him better at football. At Conroe High — a 6A school and the second-largest high school in Texas, where his graduating class alone numbered around 1,100 — he ran varsity track from his sophomore year and made varsity football as a junior. Then came the hardest call of his young career: walking away from football after fifteen years in the game to go all-in on track as a senior.
The bet paid off — a school-record 36.68 in the 300m hurdles, a top-25 national ranking, All-National and Texas All-State First Team honors, and a full academic and athletic ride to Lamar. Speed runs in the family: his dad ran college track and his mom played college volleyball, both at Northwestern State — and as the oldest of three, he’s used to setting the pace. Off the track he’s a believer first, and a mentor to kids in his church and community.
“I’ve leaned on Jesus for everything up to this point — all of my success is credited to Him.”
— Bryson
“So I do not run aimlessly…”
1 Corinthians 9:26 ESV
01
Faith
Believer first — everything else is built on that foundation. The full story has its own page.
02
Academics
Finance major on a full academic & athletic ride — 4.1 GPA in high school, honor roll all four years.
03
Athletics
One lap, ten hurdles — the hardest race on the track, run for the Lamar Cardinals.
Year one in Beaumont.
Year one at Lamar tested more than his legs. He’ll tell you honestly: his freshman year stretched him mentally and spiritually away from the track. On it, he built confidence meet by meet and ran with heart — a win in his collegiate debut, finishing as the 32nd-ranked US college freshman in the 400m hurdles, and a team that felt like family fast.
The journey.
’21–’25
Conroe High School
300mH 36.68 — school record, breaking the old mark of 38.1 · 23rd US · 100m 10.84
2025
Signs with Lamar
MileSplit All-National & Texas All-State First Team; full academic + athletic ride
’26 IN
Debut win
400m title at the Leonard Hilton Memorial — 49.97
’26 OUT
32nd US freshman
51.68 in the 400m hurdles at the Alumni Muster