Ella Chesnut Season 2026
Ella Chesnut’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)
2025 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic Award
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022-23 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 2: Outdoor 5000 Meters (16:11.49, 2024 Bryan Clay Invitational)
No. 2: Outdoor 10,000 Meters (32:46.56, 2024 Raleigh Relays)
No. 3: Indoor 5000 Meters (16:08.34, 2024 Boston Valentine Invitational)
No. 6: Indoor 3000 Meters (9:23.97, 2024 Razorback Invitational)
No. 7: Outdoor 3000-Meter Steeplechase (10:34.02, 2023 Texas Relays)
No. 7: Outdoor 3000 Meters (9:35.27, 2024 Hurricane Invitational)
2026 INDOOR (SENIOR)
Competed in five meets during the indoor season… closed the year finishing 27th in the 5000 meter and 35th in the 3000 meter at the SEC Indoor Championships… took second in the mile with a time of 4:56.47 at the LSU Twilight… opened the year with a fourth-place finish at the LSU Bayou Bengal with a time of 5:00.02 in the mile.
2025 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Closed the 2025 season finishing 11th in the 10,000 meter with a time of 35:31.30 at the SEC Outdoor Championships… clocked a personal-best time of 4:30.00 in the 1500 meter to finish 10th at the LSU Invitational… opened her outdoor season clocking 16:28.81 in the 5000 meter at the LSU Battle on the Bayou to finish third… finished seventh in the 1500 meter with a time of 16:28.81 at the Battle at the Beach.
2025 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Closed out her junior indoor season placing top 20 in the 3000 meter and 5000 meter at the SEC Indoor Championships… opened the season clocking a personal-best time of 4:53.00 in the mile to finish third at the LSU Purple Tiger.
2024 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Qualified for the NCAA East First Round for the 10,000 meter, finishing 27th with a time of 33:49.47… took 12th in the 10,000m and 13th in the 5000m at the SEC Outdoor Championships… recorded an LSU-record time of 32:46.56 in the 10,000m to finish eighth at the Raleigh Relays… took third in the 1500 meter with a personal-best time of 4:31.55 at the LSU Invitational… opened the season with a fifth-place finish in the 3000 meter with a time of 9:35.27 at the Hurricane Invitational.
2024 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Closed out her second indoor season with a seventh-place finish in the 5000 meter with a time of 16:09.49 at the SEC Indoor Championships… recorded an LSU-record time of 16:08.34 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational to finish 32nd… ran the No. 3 in LSU history of 9:23.97 for the 3000 meter to finish ninth at the Razorback Invitational… opened the season with a personal-best time of 4:55.39 in the one mile at the LSU Purple Tiger.
2023 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Ran the third fastest 5000m in LSU performance list history at the Bryan Clay Invitational with 16:26.87… recorded the fifth-fastest 3000-meter steeplechase time in LSU performance list history with 10:34.02 to take fourth at the Texas relays… started the season off with a first-place finish in the 2000m steeplechase at the Hurricane Invitational… took third with a PR of 4:32.14 in the 1500 at the LSU Battle on the Bayou.
2023 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Competed in three meets during the indoor season… set a PR of 5:12.34 in the mile at the LSU Purple Tiger to take ninth… finished with a 3000-meter PR of 9:56.19 at the Boston David Hemery Valentine Invite.
PRIOR TO LSU – Vandebilt Catholic HS
Competed for Vandebilt Catholic HS… took home the 2021 Louisiana Class 4A State title, winning the 1600, 3200, and 4×800-meter relay… won the state 4A cross country title in 2021, taking 19th place as an individual… held a PR of 10:49 in the 3200m and 5:12 in the one mile.
PERSONAL
Born on August 6th, 2004, in Houma, LA… daughter of Alain and Stacey Chesnut… has three siblings, Charlotte, Grace, and Jack… plans to pursue a degree in accounting at LSU.