Jeffrey Parker Season 2006
Major: Communication Studies
Events: 800M (IN: 1:54.06; OUT: 1:54.94), 1,500M (3:48.52), Mile (4:11.37), XC
Career
Wore the purple and gold for two seasons after transferring to LSU from Northwestern State University prior to the 2006 season … Competed in the middle distances for the Tigers … Clocked indoor and outdoor PRs in the 800 meters during his junior season … Boasts personal best times of 1:54.06 indoors and 1:54.94 outdoors … Finished his career with personal bests of 3:48.52 in the 1,500 meters and 4:11.37 in the mile … Competed in the mile twice at the SEC Indoor Championships … Scored at the indoor conference meet for the first time in his career with an eighth-place finish in the event during his senior season … Finished 12th in the 1,500 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2007.
2007
Competed in the middle distances during his senior season at LSU … Ran the 800 meters and the mile during the indoor season … Qualified for the final in the mile at the SEC Indoor Championships … Scored at the conference meet for the first time in his career as he placed eighth in the event with a new personal best time of 4:11.37 … Also ran the mile at the Lobo Invitational (4:15.36), New Balance Collegiate Invitational (4:15.17) and Tyson Invitational (4:16.83) … Earned a pair of third-place finishes in the 800 meters at the Purple Tiger Classic (2:00.93) and LSU Twilight Invitational (1:57.32) … Placed 20th in the 800 at the Tyson Invitational with an indoor seasonal best time of 1:56.92 … Concentrated primarily in the 1,500 meters during the outdoor season … Crossed the finish line in 12th place in the 1,500 at the SEC Outdoor Championships (3:58.00) … Won the event title at the LSU Tiger Relays with a time of 3:51.50 … Placed fifth in the event at the LSU Alumni Gold with a personal best time of 3:48.52 … Ran the 800 meters once during the outdoor season, finishing sixth at the LSU Tiger Classic (1:59.94).
2006
A middle distance runner in his first season with the Tigers … During the indoor season posted a personal best of 4:12.71 in the mile at the SEC Championships … Clocked 4:13.47 at the UNM Lobo Invitational … Won the Purple Tiger Invitational in 4:17.42 … Top 800 time was a 1:54.06 showing at the Bayou Bengal Invitational … During the outdoor campaign, shattered his PR in the 1,500 meters, clocking 3:55.24 at the LSU Alumni Gold … Ran 3:57.42 at the Miami Elite Invitational … Posted a season-best of 1:54.94 in the 800 meters.
PRIOR TO LSU
Participated in track and cross country at Northwestern State University … Posted personal records of 1:54 in the 800 meters and 3:57 in the 1,500 meters.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered one year in track and two years in cross country at Belaire High School … Was the 2003 Louisiana state runner up in the 1,600 meters … Had top marks of 2:01 in the 800 meters and 4:32 in the 1,600 meters … Also lettered in soccer for two seasons.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jeffrey Dwayne Parker … Born Nov. 26, 1985 … Son of John and Renee Parker … Has a younger brother, Julian, and a younger sister, Janelle.