LSU Gold
Position
Middle Distance
Height
5'7
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Memphis, Tenn.
High School
White Station HS

Event: 800M (IN: 1:51.81, OUT: 1:50.75)

All-SEC

2010
Was an all-conference performer during the indoor season as a member of LSU’s distance medley relay team … Ran the 400-meter leg at the SEC Indoor Championships as the Tigers finished runner-up for eight points in the team standings … Teamed with Jamaal James (1,200 meters), Sadiki White (800 meters) and Alan Sticker (mile) for the sixth-fastest time in school history at 9:51.57 in the conference final … Also scored one point for the Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the 800-meter run at the SEC Indoor Championships, recording a time of 1:55.80 in the conference final … Advanced to the conference final with a new indoor personal best of 1:51.81 in the prelim round … Also ran the 800 meters indoors at the Tyson Invitational (1:53.28) and New Balance Collegiate Invitational (1:56.80) … Finished in 18th place in the 800 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Won the 800-meter title in his outdoor opener at the LSU Tiger Relays with a time of 1:51.96 … Set a new lifetime personal best of 1:50.75 in a fourth-place finish at the Miami Elite Invitational … Also ran the 800 meters outdoors at the LSU Alumni Gold, where he finished in 15th place with a time of 1:56.11 … Ran the leadoff leg on LSU’s 4×800-meter relay squad that won the event crown at the Texas Relays with a time of 7:30.25.

2009
Showed tremendous potential as an 800-meter runner during his true freshman season with the Tigers … Shattered his overall personal best by eight seconds over the course of the 2009 season … Finished the year with a new overall personal best of 1:51.37 set in a 14th-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Also ran an impressive time of 1:51.95 in a 15th-place finish at the Sun Angel Classic … Competed in the 800 meters at the Louisiana Classics (1:55.84) and LSU Tiger Relays (DNF) during the outdoor season … Set a new indoor personal best of 1:52.36 in a 12th-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships … Also saw action in the half mile at the SEC/Big 12 Challenge (1:55.15), New Balance Collegiate Invitational (1:55.24) and Tyson Invitational (1:53.51) during the indoor season.

PRIOR TO LSU
A 400-meter and 800-meter runner at White Station High School in Memphis, Tenn. … Was the runner-up in the 400 meters at the Tennessee 3A Sectional meet during his senior season in 2008 … Placed third in the 800 meters at the Memphis City Championships with a time of 2:03 … Finished his high school career with personal bests of 49.78 in the 400 meters and 1:59.15 in the 800 meters.

PERSONAL
Full name is Garrek Jordan Thompson … Born on May 6, 1990 … Mother is Nina Thompson … A member of the National Honor Society at White Station High School … Majoring in advertising

 

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