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Sophie Martin Season 2025

Position
Distance
Height
5'4
Class
Senior
Hometown
Baton Rouge, La.
High School
St. Joseph's Academy
Experience
3L
Indoor Class
Senior

Sophie Martin’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 6: Indoor 5000 Meters (17:10.51, 2024 BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational)
No. 7: Outdoor 5000 Meters (16:59.84, 2024 SEC Outdoor Championships)
No. 7: Outdoor 3000-Meter Steeplechase (10:46.50, 2024 Battle on the Bayou)
No. 10: Indoor 3000 Meters (9:49.39, 2024 SEC Indoor Championships)

2024 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Competed in seven meets for the Tigers during the indoor season… ended the outdoor season at the SEC Outdoor Championships clocking the No. 7 5000 meter time in LSU PL history of 16:59.84… finished third at the Battle on the Bayou with the No. 7 3000-meter steeplechase time in LSU PL history of 10:46.50… clocked a 1500 meter PR of 4:33.34 at the LSU Alumni Gold to finish fifth overall… took third in the 1500m at the Keyth Talley Invitational with a time of 4:36.29.

2024 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Competed in five meets for the Tigers during the indoor season… recorded the No. 10 time in LSU performance-list history of 9:49.39 in the 3000 meter at the SEC Indoor Championships… clocked the No. 6 5000-meter time in LSU PL history of 17:10.51 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational… opened the season with a PR of 5:05.33 in the mile at the LSU Purple Tiger to place seventh.

2023 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Did not compete.

2023 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Ran a personal-best time in the mile of 5:05.89 at the LSU Purple Tiger to finish eighth.

2022 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Did not compete.

2022 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Competed in four meets during the indoor season… recorded a PR of 10:04.93 in the 3000 to take second at the LSU Twilight… ran a PR of 2:25.04 in the 800 to finish sixth at the LSU Bayou Bengal… also, finished third at the Bayou Bengal in the mile… ran to a seventh-place finish in the mile at the LSU Purple Tiger… took ninth in the mile at the Red Raider Open.

PRIOR TO LSU – St. Joseph’s Academy
Ran cross country and track and field for St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge … named St. Joseph’s Academy Athlete of the Year for 2021 … voted St. Joseph’s Academy Senior Class Athlete of the Year for 2021 … received varsity letters for track from 2018 through 2021 while also being named the track team’s Most Outstanding Runner in 2021 … received varsity letters for cross country from 2017 through 2020 while also being named the cross country team’s Most Outstanding Runner in 2020 … nominated as a Star of Stars Athlete in the Baton Rouge area in 2020 … a six-time LHSAA state champion, Martin comes to LSU with personal bests of 5:06.5 in the 1,600 meters and 10:53.43 in the 3,200 meters … won her first career state title in 2019 at the LHSAA Outdoor State Championships with a 1,600 meter run of 5:13.58 … ran her PR of 5:06.5 in the 1,600 meters at the Catholic High Tip Off Meet in March of 2021 … swept all four state titles in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters between the indoor and outdoor season of her senior year in 2021 with times of 5:08.30 (1,600m/outdoor), 11:14.86 (3,200m/outdoor), 11:14.41 (3,200m/indoor), and 5:15.20 (1,600m/indoor) … her other state title came in 2020 indoors when she won the 1,600 meter race with a time of 5:14.25 … she earned runner up honors on the LHSAA cross country circuit with a three-mile time of 18:37.6 at the 2020 state meet.

PERSONAL
Born on August 8, 2003, in Baton Rouge, LA… daughter of Rachel and Brad Martin… has one sibling – Georgia… plans to pursue a degree in communication disorders at LSU.

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