LSU Gold
Position
Sprints
Height
6'3
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Previous School
Central Arizona JC
High School
South Shore HS

Event: 100M (10.72), 200M (IN: 21.18; OUT: 20.73)

CAREER CAPSULE
Lettered for the Tigers both indoors and outdoors during his senior season in 2011 … A key contributor to LSU’s sprint relay teams in his final season with the program … Ran the third leg on LSU’s school-record setting 4×200-meter relay team that won the Texas Relays title in 2011 … Teamed with Keyth Talley, Horatio Williams and Gabriel Mvumvure for a time of 1 minute, 20.45 seconds … Eclipsed the previous school record of 1:20.85 set back in 1995 … Also ran the third leg on LSU’s 4×100-meter relay team that won the Penn Relays title with the second-fastest time in meet history at 38.77 seconds … Finished his collegiate career with personal bests of 20.73 outdoors and 21.18 indoors in the 200-meter dash.

2011
Emerged as one of the top 200-meter sprinters in the Southeastern Conference with his performance in 2011 … Shattered indoor and outdoor personal records in the event … Qualified for his first career SEC final in the 200-meter dash at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Clocked the eighth-fastest time of the preliminary round with a wind-legal personal best of 20.73 … Did not finish the 200-meter final after pulling up with an injury around the final turn … Opened the outdoor season by setting back-to-back PRs with wind-legal times of 21.00 in a fourth-place finish at the LSU Invitational and 20.81 in a third-place finish at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational … Recorded a seasonal-best wind-aided time of 20.55 in a fourth-place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Made his debut as the third leg of LSU’s 4×100-meter relay team in a win at the LSU Alumni Gold, clocking 39.12 in the final … Ran the third leg on LSU’s sprint relay team that captured the Championship of America title at the 117th Penn Relays with a 2011 seasonal best and the second-fastest time in meet history at 38.77 … Helped the team run 39.81 for the third-fastest time of the preliminary round at the Penn Relays … Also ran the third leg on LSU’s 4×200-meter relay teams that swept titles at the Texas Relays (1:20.45) and Penn Relays (1:20.62) during the 2011 season … Teamed with Keyth Talley, Horatio Williams and Gabriel Mvumvure to set the 4×200-meter relay school record at 1:20.45 at the Texas Relays … Took down the 16-year-old school record of 1:20.85 in the 4×200-meter relay that was previously set by a team of Eddie Kennison, Milton Mallard, Byron Logan and Rohsaan Griffin in 1995 … Set an indoor personal record of 21.18 in back-to-back meets at the SEC Indoor Championships and Iowa State National Qualifier … Earned a 10th-place finish in the event at the SEC Indoor Championships after setting an indoor PR of 21.18 in the preliminary round.

2010
Did not compete for the Tigers during the 2010 season.

2009
Competed in eight meets during his first season with the Tigers … Set a new personal best of 10.72 in the 100-meter dash in a fourth-place finish at the Louisiana Classics … Also lined up in the 100 meters at the LSU Tiger Relays (10.76) and LSU Alumni Gold (10.99) … Also earned a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters at the Louisiana Classics with a seasonal-best time of 21.40 … Ran 21.48 in the 200 at the LSU Alumni Gold … Competed in the 60-meter dash during the indoor season … Clocked a seasonal-best time of 7.02 in the 60 meters at the LSU NCAA Indoor Qualifier … Placed 10th in the event a the SEC/Big 12 Challenge with a time of 7.08 … Also ran the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight (7.08) and finals at the LSU NCAA Indoor Qualifier (7.06).

PRIOR TO LSU
Transferred to LSU following a two-year stint at Central Arizona Junior College … Was a two-time National Junior College Athletics Association All-American as a member of the 4×100-meter relay team at Central Arizona … Helped lead his team to the NJCAA Outdoor team championship in 2007 … Came to LSU with wind-legal personal bests of 10.78 in the 100-meter dash and 21.15 in the 200-meter dash … Was a standout sprinter at South Shore High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. … Was crowned the outdoor state champion in the 200 meters during the 2005 season … Also captured the Eastern States crown in the 200 in 2005 … Coached in high school by Phil Zodda.

PERSONAL
Full name is Tristan Gordon Walker … Born on Oct. 24, 1987 … Parents are Gordon and Audrey Walker … Has three siblings: Dwayne, Adrian and Trisha … Trisha is his twin sister … Majoring in sport administration with a concentration in sport commerce.

 

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