Florida Atlantic University Athletics
2020-21 Women's XC/Track & Field Roster
Roster

Lyric Schmalz
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Orlando, Fla.
- High School:
- Colonial
- Prev School:
- Jacksonville
- Major:
- MBA Sport Management
- Birthday:
- 4/30
Career Accolades
Indoor
300m - 41.94 at UAB Blazer Invitational (1/10/20)
All-Time Program Top Showings
Indoor
300m - 6th, 41.94 (1/10/20)
60m Hurdles - 3rd, 8.71 (2/22/20)
4X400m Relay - Lambert, Schmalz, Francois and Wasser: 1st, 3:47.20 (2/1/20)
Graduate (2020-21)
Indoor:
Indoor:
- School record holder in 4x400 indoor relay
- 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Indoor
300m - 41.94 at UAB Blazer Invitational (1/10/20)
All-Time Program Top Showings
Indoor
300m - 6th, 41.94 (1/10/20)
60m Hurdles - 3rd, 8.71 (2/22/20)
4X400m Relay - Lambert, Schmalz, Francois and Wasser: 1st, 3:47.20 (2/1/20)
Graduate (2020-21)
Indoor:
- Did not compete in indoor season
- Did not compete in outdoor season
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Indoor:
- Held eighth fastest 60m hurdles time (8.71) in Conference USA\
- Began first meet as an Owl with fourth place in the 60m hurdles finals (8.71) at the UAB Blazer Invitational
- Finished eighth in the prelims (9.10) and finals (9.24) in the 60m hurdles at the UAB Vulcan Invite
- Finished fifth in the 60m hurdles prelims (8.75) and sixth the finals (8.83), as well as contributed to ninth in the 4x400m relay (4:11.86) at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite in Houston
- Tallied 11th in the 60m hurdles prelims (8.83) at the Harvard Crimson Elite
- Contributed to third place and a school record in the 4x400m relay (3:47.20), as well as third place in the 60m hurdles prelims (8.82) and seventh place in the 60m hurdles finals (9.12) at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational at Boston University
- Raced to a fifth-place finish in the prelims of the 60m hurdles (8.71) and finished in eighth in the finals (8.79) at the 2020 Conference USA Championships
- Also contributed to sixth place in the 4x400m relay (3:49.25) at the C-USA Championships
- One of 10 on track & field team to be named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Earned First Team All-ASUN honors in the 4x400-meter relay (3:44.69), Second Team All-ASUN in the 400-meter hurdles (59.46) and Third Team All-ASUN in the 100-meter hurdles (13.99)
- Ran a time of 59.46 in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I East Preliminaries in 2016
- Placed first in the 60-meter hurdles (indoor) at Boston University (8.64)
- Contributed to a second place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2019 ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championships
- College bests include: 55H (8.47), 60H (8.58), 100H (13.83) and 400H (59.46)
- Named to the President's and Dean's List
- Coached by Ron Grigg
- Coached by Dennis Kozab at Colonial High School
- Born on April 30 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
- Lists hometown as Orlando, Fla.
- Daughter of Stephanie Salgado
- Professional goal is to work with kids or specifically NFL Play 60
- Chose FAU because she was looking to transfer and find a new program for a fresh start in a new atmosphere, while being able to grow as a woman even more by accepting new challenges
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