LSU Gold
Position
Throws
Height
6'3
Class
Senior
Hometown
Baton Rouge, La.
High School
Parkview Baptist HS

Tzuriel Pedigo’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

2x NCAA National Champion
3x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
1x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
2x Second Team All-SEC
2023 NCAA Outdoor Champion (Javelin Throw)
2022-23 LSWA Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
2021-22 LSWA Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 NCAA Outdoor Champion (Javelin Throw)
2020-21 SEC Newcomer Field Athlete of the Year
SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week 1x (03/21/23)
SEC Men’s Newcomer of the Week 1x (04/27/21)

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 1: Outdoor Javelin Throw (79.79m, 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships)

2024 OUTDOOR (SENIOR)
Competed solely in javelin throw, competing in seven meets his final season… closed his career taking 12th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a season-best throw of 70.40 meters (231’ 0”)… finished 11th at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a throw of 65.16 meters (213’ 9”)… opened the season taking seventh at the Hurricane Invitational with a throw of 65.52 meters (214’ 11”)… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (JT).

2024 INDOOR (SENIOR)
Did not compete.

2023 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Continued to show why he is the greatest javelin thrower in LSU history, and one of the top Americans in the event… finished his 2023 campaign as a finalist at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene… closed the collegiate season resetting his LSU record with 79.79 meters (261′ 9”) to take gold at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in javelin, taking first at the meet… took silver at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a throw of 78.34 meters (257’ 0”)… opened the season with a first-place finish in javelin at the Hurricane Invitational… finished fourth at the Texas Relays… NCAA National Champion (JT)… USATF Outdoor Championships Finalist (JT)… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (JT)… LSWA Men’s Field Athlete of the Year… Second Team All-SEC (JT)… SEC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week 1x (03/21).

2023 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Did not compete.

2022 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Finished the season as a finalist at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene… took bronze in javelin with a throw of 78.90 meters (258’ 10”) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in javelin, finishing second overall… took bronze at the SEC Outdoor Championships… opened the season with a first-place finish at the Baldy Castillo Invitational… finished first at the LSU Joe May Invitational… recorded a fourth-place finish at the Texas Relays… took second at the LSU Invitational… USATF Outdoor Championships Finalist (JT)… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (JT)… LSWA Men’s Field Athlete of the Year… Second Team All-SEC (JT).

2022 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Did not compete.

2021 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Competed solely in the javelin throw … won the NCAA title on his sixth and final throw of the event with a personal best throw of 252’ 7” (76.98m) … the mark of 252’ 7” was an LSU school record … placed fourth in the SEC Championships with a mark of 232’ 7” (70.89m) … won first title of his collegiate career with a throw of 207’ 8” (63.29m) at the Louisiana Classics … won gold with a throw of 235’ 2” (71.67m) at the Crimson Tide Invitational … silver medalist at the LSU Alumni Gold with a heave of 239’ 10” (73.10m).

2021 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Did not compete.

2020 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Did not compete.

PRIOR TO LSU – Parkview Baptist HS
Competed at Parkview Baptist High School … 2019 U20 Pan Am champion in the javelin with a heave of 76.95 meters … placed sixth at the 2019 USA Championships in the javelin (73.44 meters) … garnered silver at the 2019 U20 USA Championships with a heave of 76.14 meters in the javelin … claimed silver at the 2018 IAAF U20 World Championships in Finland with a javelin throw of 73.76 meters … earned a second-place showing in the javelin at the 2018 U20 USA Championships (70.48 meters) … 2018 Texas Relays champion in the javelin (71.60 meters) … 2018 USATF National Junior Olympic winner in the javelin (227’ 5.25”) … won the 2018 New Balance outdoor national title in the javelin throw with a toss of 226’ 8” … won titles in the javelin in 2018 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic (217’ 5”), Texas Relays (234’ 11”), Oregon Relays (229’ 0”), and Penn Relays (238’ 6”) … placed second at the 2017 LHSAA State Championships in the javelin with a mark of 188’ 9.75” … placed sixth with a shot put of 49’ 8.75” at the 2018 LHSAA State Championships … won 12 event titles in the javelin during his junior season in 2017 … runner-up in the shot put at the 2017 LHSAA Indoor State Championships with a mark of 52’ 2.75” … placed second in the javelin throw at the 2016 LHSAA State Championships in the javelin throw with a mark of 170’ 7”.

PERSONAL
Born on January 9, 2000, in Baton Rouge, LA… plans to pursue a degree in Spanish at LSU.

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