LSU Gold
Position
Sprints
Height
5'7
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Lithonia, Ga.
High School
Martin Luther King Jr. HS

Events: 60M (7.26), 100M (11.24w/11.34), 200M (IN: 22.85; OUT: 22.41w/22.60), 400M (IN: 54.01; OUT: 52.94)

Collegiate Record Holder (4×100 Relay)
NCAA Champion
7-time All-American
4-time SEC Champion
9-time All-SEC
2017 SEC Women’s Runner of the Week (April 18)
2014 World Junior Champion (4×100 Relay)

CAREER CAPSULE
Graduated from LSU in August 2017 with a degree in sports administration … One of the team’s most decorated sprinters during her collegiate career from 2014-17 … Third leg of LSU’s record-setting 4×100-meter relay in 2017 that set a school record and tied the collegiate record of 42.12 seconds at the SEC Relays that spring … Crowned an NCAA Champion in the 4×100 relay as a junior in 2016 … Twice an SEC Champion in the sprint relay in 2016 and 2017 … SEC Indoor Champion in both the 200 meters and 4×400-meter relay during her senior season in 2017 … All-American in five different events between the indoor and outdoor seasons … Earned career-best NCAA finishes in the 200 meters of sixth place indoors and fifth place outdoors during her senior season in 2017 … NCAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist in the 4×400-meter relay in her final collegiate race in 2017.

2017
Enjoyed a record-setting senior season with the Lady Tigers in 2017 … Third leg of one of the most prolific 4×100-meter relay teams in the history of NCAA track and field … Helped the Lady Tigers tie the collegiate record with a winning run of 42.12 at the inaugural SEC Relays … Teamed with Mikiah Brisco, Kortnei Johnson and Aleia Hobbs to break their previous school record and third-fastest time in NCAA history of 42.14 in the event set at the Mt. SAC Relays just two weeks before … Crowned an SEC Champion in the sprint relay as the third leg of the team that clocked 42.56 to win the conference title at the University of South Carolina … Followed by running on the team that posted the fourth-fastest time in NCAA history at 43.32 in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Lexington, Kentucky … An All-American in both the 200-meter dash and 4×400-meter relay in her final outdoor season with the Lady Tigers … Fifth-place finisher nationally in the 200-meter final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, clocking a wind-legal 22.85 (+1.1) at Oregon’s Hayward Field … NCAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist as the second leg of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team that placed third nationally to end the outdoor season … Split 51.43 as she teamed with Rachel Misher, Kymber Payne and Travia Jones for the third-fastest time in school history at 3 minutes, 26.99 seconds in the NCAA final … Second leg of the mile relay that ran its second-fasetst time of the season of 3:29.10 for the win at the LSU Alumni Gold and third-fastest time of the year at 3:29.11 in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Prelims … Bagged the 200-meter bronze medal at the SEC Outdoor Championships while clocking 22.82 (+2.8) in qualifying and 23.01 (+0.6) in the final for third place and All-SEC honors … Placed 20th overall in 100-meter qualifying at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Opened her run to the NCAA final in the 200 meters with times of 22.85 (-0.1) in the first round of qualifying and 22.80 (+1.2) in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Clocked an outdoor all-conditions seasonal best of 22.76 (+2.2) for second place in the 200 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold meet … 14th in the invitational 100 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays with a seasonal best of 11.45 (-0.8) … Twice an SEC Indoor Champion in the 200 meters and 4×400-meter relay during the indoor season … Claimed the 200-meter title at the SEC Indoor meet with a run of 22.92 in the conference final … Ran the second leg of LSU’s mile relay team that took home the SEC Indoor title with an indoor seasonal-best time of 3:31.50 … An NCAA Indoor qualifier in each of the 60 meters, 200 meters and 4×400 relay … Added four points with a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter final at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 7.31 … Clocked a PR of 7.26 in the SEC prelims … Earned an All-American sixth-place national finish in the 200 meters with a personal best of 22.85 in the qualifying round and 22.96 in the final at the NCAA Indoor Championships held at Texas A&M’s Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium … Placed 13th in the NCAA prelims of the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.34 … Split 51.58 on the second leg of LSU’s 4×400 relay that placed 12th nationally with a time of 3:32.34 at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Runner-up in the 200 meters at both the Razorback Invitational (23.05) and Tyson Invitational (22.95) during the indoor season … Also placed second in the 60 meters at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic (7.29), third at the Auburn Invitational (7.38) and fourth at the LSU Twilight (7.34) … Ran an indoor PR of 54.01 for third place in her only 400-meter race of the indoor season at the Commodore Invitational.

2016
Crowned an NCAA Champion during the outdoor season while running the third leg of the Lady Tigers’ 4×100-meter relay team that set the Hayward Field stadium record of 42.65 in the national final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon … Teamed with Mikiah Brisco, Kortnei Johnson and Rushell Harvey to win LSU’s 14th NCAA Outdoor title in the women’s 4×100 relay with the 11th-fastest time in collegiate history … Smashed their previous seasonal-best time of 42.77 while also being crowned SEC Outdoor Champions in the event … Also earned All-America honors outdoors after splitting 52.43 on the second leg of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team that placed fourth nationally at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a seasonal-best time of 3:29.82 in the national final … Also lined up in the NCAA semifinals of the 200-meter dash, finishing 15th overall with a run of 23.50 (-0.5) … Made her return to the 200-meter semifinals after running a wind-aided career-best of 22.41 (+3.4) for third place overall in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Jacksonville, Florida … Twice an All-SEC performer in the 200 meters as the SEC Bronze Medalist in the event during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Sprinted to a wind-legal PR of 22.60 (-1.3) for third place in the SEC Outdoor final after qualifying fifth with a prelim time of 22.74 (+1.5) … Cracked LSU’s all-time Top 10 list outdoors as the No. 10-ranked 200-meter sprinter in school history with her wind-legal best of 22.60 … Added a fifth-place individual finish in the 100-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a seasonal-best wind-legal time of 11.40 (-0.2) … Also ran the second leg of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team that placed fifth at the SEC Outdoor meet with a time of 3:31.65, splitting 52.44 … Split 52.65 on the second leg of the team that qualified eighth overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds with a time of 3:29.91 … Finished runner-up in two 200-meter races at the Battle on the Bayou (23.06) and Texas Invitational (22.85) … Ran her fastest career 100 meters under all conditions at the LSU Alumni Gold, placing sixth with a wind-aided 11.24 (+3.5) … Helped the Lady Tigers sweep sprint relay titles at the Texas Relays with winning times of 43.25 in the 4×100 relay and 1:31.30 in the 4×200 relay … Earned All-SEC honors during the indoor season as the SEC Indoor Bronze Medalist in the 200 meters … Clocked an indoor PR of 22.92 for third place in the SEC Indoor final to rank No. 8 in school history … Nearly earned All-SEC honors in the 4×400-meter relay while anchoring the team in 52.47 for fourth place with a time of 3:33.50 in the indoor final … Lined up in the 200 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time in her career, finishing 10th overall with a run of 23.35 in qualifying … Won the 200-meter title at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a time of 23.10 … Also placed third at the Power Five Conference Clash (23.46) and fifth in the invitational event at the Tyson Invitational (23.20) during the indoor season … Ran a seasonal-best time of 7.39 in the 60-meter dash in the qualifying round at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic … Followed the collegiate season by running the 200 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, finishing 24th in qualifying with a time of 23.38 (+2.2).

2015
Emerged as one of the NCAA’s leading 200-meter sprinters in an All-American sophomore season in 2015 … An NCAA finalist in the 200 meters for the first time in her collegiate career at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Crossed the finish line with an All-American eighth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the national meet with a wind-legal time of 22.97 (+1.9) … Qualified for her first career national final after running a personal-best time of 22.76 (+1.8) for the eighth-fastest time of the NCAA semifinals … Ran the third leg on LSU’s 4×100-meter relay team that earned an All-American fifth-place finish nationally with a time of 43.69 in the final … Advanced to the sprint relay final with a time of 43.32 in the semifinal round at the NCAA Championships … Ran the second leg for the Lady Tigers in the national semifinal of the 4×400-meter relay as they clocked 3:34.78 for ninth place nationally … Just missed advancing to the NCAA final of the 4×400 relay by a single place in the semifinal round … Qualified for the national semifinals by running the seventh-fastest time in the 200 meters at 22.94 (+1.5), second-fastest time in the 4×100 relay at 43.14 and sixth-fastest time in the 4×400 relay with a seasonal best of 3:30.74 in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Ran 23.08 (+1.3) for the sixth-fastest time in the first round of qualifying in the 200-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … An All-SEC performer at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Ran the third leg of LSU’s sprint relay team that turned in an All-SEC third-place finish with a seasonal-best time of 42.80 at the conference meet … Bronze-medal-winning time of 42.80 at the SEC Championships tied for the seventh-fastest time in school history in the 4×100-meter relay … Also ran the second leg of LSU’s All-SEC 4×400-meter relay team that won the bronze medal in 3:33.92 … Added a pair of sixth-place finishes in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Posted a wind-aided 11.39 (+2.5) in the preliminary round and 11.45 (+0.9) in the final en route to a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash at the SEC Championships … Ran 23.25 (-1.1) in the prelims and 23.20 (+0.9) in the final for sixth place in the 200 meters at the conference meet … Ran her first personal best in the 200-meter dash during the outdoor season at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout where she won the event title with a wind-legal clocking of 23.00 (+0.0) … Also ran the third leg of LSU’s 4×100-meter relay team that clocked 43.23 for the win and the second leg of their 4×400-meter relay team that posted a time of 3:32.97 for second place at the Jim Click Shootout … Was honored as the Women’s Athlete of the Meet at the Jim Click Shootout for her performance … Won the 100-meter title at the LSU Alumni Gold with a wind-legal PR of 11.34 (+0.1) … Placed sixth in the 100-meter final in her outdoor opener at the Texas Relays with a career-best wind-aided time of 11.27 (+5.1) in the final … Ran the third leg of LSU’s 4×100-meter relay team that took home the title at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 43.88 … Added a relay title in the 4×400-meter relay at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 3:35.18 … An NCAA Championship qualifier in the 200-meter dash in her debut season indoors with the Lady Tigers … Nearly earned a spot in the national final at the NCAA Indoor Championships after running 23.38 for ninth place in the semifinal round at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center … Just missed earning All-SEC honors in the event with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the SEC Indoor Championships … Clocked 23.34 in the preliminary round and 23.40 in the final for fourth place at the SEC Indoor meet … Also scored a point for the Lady Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the 60-meter final at the SEC Indoor Championship with a time of 7.44 … Posted a personal best of 7.32 for the sixth-fastest time in the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash at the conference meet … Won the 200-meter title at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 23.44 … Finished second at the Auburn Indoor Invitational with a time of 24.06 … Earned back-to-back sixth-place finishes at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 23.86 and Tyson Invitational with an indoor PR of 23.30 … Opened her sophomore season by winning the 60-meter title at the LSU Indoor Invitational with her first personal best of the season at 7.34 in the final … Placed third in the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight (7.40) … Finished fifth at the New Mexico Classic (7.38), seventh at the Razorback Invitational (7.40), ninth at the Rod McCravy Memorial (7.43) and 12th at the Tyson Invitational (7.43).

2014
One of the team’s leading sprinters during her true freshman season in 2014 … An NCAA quarterfinalist in the 100-meter dash during the outdoor season … Finished in 15th place overall in the national quarterfinals of the 100 meters with a run of 11.57 (+1.0) at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Advanced to the quarterfinal after running 11.63 (-0.6) in the first round of qualifying … Also lined up in the first round of qualifying in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, clocking 23.82 (+1.1) for 28th place overall … Split 54.4 on the leadoff leg of LSU’s foursome that finished in 15th place with a time of 3:35.79 in the 4×400-meter relay at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Helped lead the Lady Tigers into the NCAA final of the 4×100-meter relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Ran the third leg on the foursome that clocked 43.95 for seventh place overall in the NCAA semifinals … Ran the third leg on the team that did not finish in the national final … Ran the third leg on LSU’s sprint relay team that clocked a seasonal-best time of 43.72 in a runner-up finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Won the 100-meter title at the Battle on the Bayou while running a wind-legal personal best of 11.35 (+1.5) … Also clocked a wind-legal time of 23.19 (+0.2) in a third-place finish in the 200 meters at the Battle on the Bayou … Honored as the SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week with her performance at the Battle on the Bayou … Opened the outdoor season by clocking 11.58 (+0.0) for 10th place in the preliminary rounds of the 100 meters at the Texas Relays … Led off LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team that clocked 3:36.47 for a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico … Also led off LSU’s 4×400-meter relay that scored four points with a fifth-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships, clocking 3:37.29 in the conference final … Ran the leadoff leg for the team that ran a seasonal-best time of 3:34.89 in a sixth-place finish at the Tyson Invitational … Split a seasonal-best time of 53.64 on the second leg of the foursome that finished runner-up at the Texas A&M Triangular with a time of 3:38.22 … Finished in 16th place in the 60 meters (7.47) and 22nd place in the 200 meters (24.17) at the SEC Indoor Championships … Posted a PR of 7.36 in a runner-up finish in the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight … Ran an indoor PR of 23.85 in a fourth-place finish at the Aggie Invitational … Won the 200-meter title at the New Mexico Team Invitational with an altitude-adjusted run of 23.97 … Also lined up in the 200 meters at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (24.03), Texas A&M Triangular (23.90) and Tyson Invitational (23.87) during the indoor season … Ran the 60 meters at the Texas A&M Triangular (7.57), New Mexico Team Invitational (7.55), Aggie Invitational (7.53) and Tyson Invitational (7.56) in her debut season … Followed the collegiate season by running the 200 meters for the United States at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon … Earned her spot on Team USA by winning the silver medal as the runner-up in the 200-meter final at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships also held in Eugene … Clocked a wind-legal PR of 23.02 (+1.3) for second place in the 200-meter final at the USA Junior Championships … Qualified for the USA Junior final with a qualifying run of 23.23 (+1.2) in the preliminary round … Also earned a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter dash at the USA Junior Championships, clocking 11.51 (+0.8) in the preliminary round and 11.55 (+0.9) in the final … Helped lead the United States to a gold medal in the final of the 4×100-meter relay at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Ran the third leg of the team that clocked a world-junior-leading 43.46 in the championship final to win the gold medal … Also earned a fifth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the IAAF World Junior Championships with a wind-aided run of 23.35 (+2.4).

PRIOR TO LSU
Enjoyed an outstanding prep career at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School and Sprint Athletics Track Club … Signed with the Lady Tigers as the nation’s No. 2-ranked sprinter in the 55-meter dash for the 2012-13 indoor season with a PR of 6.94 in a victory at Chicago’s Ted Haydon Holiday Classic … Also set a personal best of 7.47 in the 60-meter dash in 2013 at the Brooks PR Invitational held at the University of Washington in Seattle … Tied as the No. 6-ranked performance nationally among all classes and No. 5-ranked in the Class of 2013 in the 60 meters … Also ended the 2013 indoor season as the nation’s No. 8-ranked senior in the United States in the 200-meter dash with an indoor seasonal best of 24.23 in a fifth-place finish at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York … Enjoyed a stellar senior season in 2013 while winning her second career Georgia Class 5A state title in the 200-meter dash with a winning time of 23.88 (+0.3) in the state final … Ran a wind-legal 11.76 (+1.1) to claim the Class 5A silver medal in the 100 meters in 2013 … Sprinted to a 2013 seasonal best of 23.75 (-0.4) to win the high school 200-meter title at the Atlanta Grand Prix with the No. 9-ranked performance nationally under all conditions in the Class of 2013 … Won a pair of Georgia Class 5A sectional silver medals in the 100 meters (11.76) and 200 meters (24.53) as a high school senior … One of the top sprinters at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Won the bronze medal in the girl’s 200-meter final at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals with a time of 23.96 (-2.5) while running into a strong headwind … Finished in fifth place in the 100-meter final at the New Balance meet with a time of 11.86 (+0.4) … Emerged as one of the nation’s top young talents with a brilliant sophomore season as arguably the nation’s leading sprinter in the Class of 2013 … Crowned the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic 200-meter champion and 100-meter silver medalist in the intermediate girl’s division at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships held at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium … Ran a career-best wind-aided time of 23.60 (+3.4) to win the 200-meter title at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympics … Clocked a wind-legal 11.79 (+0.8) to win the silver medal in the 100-meter final after running a best of 11.78 (+0.5) in the semifinal round at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympics … Was the nation’s No. 1-ranked 200-meter sprinter under all conditions among high school sophomores for the 2011 outdoor season … Wind-aided best of 23.60 also ranked No. 9 nationally under all conditions among all high school sprinters regardless of classification … Captured four Georgia High School Association Class 5A state titles as a sophomore in 2011 … Swept Class 5A state titles in the 100 meters (11.83) and 200 meters (24.09) and led Martin Luther King, Jr. High School to a sweep of state titles in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays during her sophomore season … Was the nation’s No. 1-ranked sprinter indoors in the 200-meter dash among the Class of 2013 as a junior in 2012 after setting an indoor PR of 23.97 at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals held at The Armory in New York … Indoor PR of 23.97 also ranked No. 6 nationally among all classifications for the 2012 indoor season … Ran 24.17 to claim a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals … Anchored Sprint Athletics Track Club to the silver medal in the 4×200-meter relay while earning All-America honors at the New Balance Indoor Nationals … Wrapped up the 2012 indoor season by winning the 55 meters and finishing runner-up in the 200 meters at the USA Track & Field South Zone Indoor Championships held at the Birmingham Crossplex in Alabama … Carried that momentum into the 2012 outdoor season as one of the nation’s leading 200-meter sprinters during her junior campaign … Set a wind-legal PR of 23.65 in winning the Region 2-5A silver medal in the 200 meters to rank No. 12 nationally and No. 4 for the Class of 2013 in the event … Also captured the Region 2-5A championship in the 100-meter dash along with a silver medal in the 200 meters in 2012 … Won the silver medal in the 200 meters and bronze medal in the 100 meters at the Class 5A sectionals in 2012 en route to a berth in the GHSA Class 5A Outdoor State Championships for the second-straight season … Ran the third leg for Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on two state champion relay teams as she helped the team defend its Class 5A crown in both the 4×100 and 4×400 relays as a junior … Ran a 2012 seasonal best of 11.80 in winning the 100 meters at the McEachern Invitational held at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia … Earned a sixth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the 2012 New Balance Outdoor Nationals after running a wind-aided 24.34 in the national final held at North Carolina A&T’s Irwin Belk Track in Greensboro, North Carolina … Also ran for the 100-meter dash at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals to wrap up the 2012 outdoor season.

PERSONAL
Full name is Jada Mackenzie Martin … Born on June 8, 1995 … Parents are James Martin and Monique Atkins … Has two siblings, Justin and Jordan … Maintained a 3.0 grade-point average during her prep career at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School … Majoring in pre-human science and education.

 

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