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Jackson Martingayle Season 2023

Position
Distance
Height
5'11
Class
Junior
Hometown
Virginia Beach, Va.
High School
Princess Anne HS

Career Records 

2x Fall SEC Academic Honoree (2020, 2021)
2021 All LSWA Team

SEC Men’s Runner of the Week (Sept. 3, 2019)
2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2021 (JUNIOR)
Scored for the Tigers at all meets … set career best 8k run time of 24:15.3 in a 33rd place finish at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … set personal best 10k time of 32:19.8 in a 42nd place finish at the South Central Regional … received bronze at the LSU Invitational with a 6k readout of 19:12.7 … placed 47th with an 8k time of 25:08.8 at the Chile Pepper Festival … finished 51st at the SEC Championships with an 8k readout of 25:05.1.

2020 (SOPHOMORE)
Scored for LSU at the SEC Cross Country Championships by running a time of 25:17.3 to place 52nd in the 8k event … Recorded a scoring performance in all four meets for the Tigers during the season … Registered a personal record time of 18:28.3 to place 20th in the 6k race at the SEC Preview Meet … Notched his best finish of the season with his 16th place finish in the 8k (24:41.3) at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … Finished in 26th place at the Florida State Invitational with a time of 25:10.7 in the 8k.

2019 (FRESHMAN)
Competed in four out of seven races for the 2019 season … debuted at the McNeese Opener (6k) where he registered his best finish of the season by crossing the finish line in fifth place with a time of 18:33.2 …  earned SEC Men’s Runner of the Week honors after the McNeese Opener becoming the first male runner to win the award in LSU program history … placed 50th at the Joe Piane Invitational (5-Mile) with a time of 25:22.1 … ran a time of 25:00.2 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (8k) to finish in 56th place … finished his freshman season at the SEC Championships (8k) where he finished in 59th place with a time of 24:37.2.

Prior to LSU
Champion at the 2018 VHSL 5A Region A with a 5,000-meter time of 16:11.9 … 2017 VHSL 5A Region A Championship runner up in the 5K with a time of 16:17.7… placed in third at the 2018 Atlantic Coast Invitational by setting a PR in the 5,000-Meter competition with a time of 16:07.0 … finished seventh overall in 5K at the 2018 VHSL 5A State Cross Country Championships with a time of 16:33.0.

Personal
Son of Kevin Martingayle and Lizzie Martingayle … has one brother, Harrison who also ran track at LSU, and one sister, Doria … plans to major in natural resource ecology and management … attended Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Va., where he was the Student Athlete of the Year, Co-President of the Earth Club, and a member of the FBLA All-State team.

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