Jennifer Bennett Season 2020
2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Ran a personal best time of 11:13.55 in the 3000 meter run to place sixth at the LSU Twilight … placed sixth in the 3k with a time of 11:14.07 at the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational.
2019 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Took third at the Battle on the Bayou with a PR of 11:42.14 in the 3,000 meter run … used a PR of 20:12.20 in the 5,000 meters to place 14th at the LSU Alumni Gold … finished 15th in the 1,500 meter run with a PR of 5:18.80.
2019 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Ran a PR of 5:39.50 at the LSU Twilight in the mile for a seventh-place finish … finished 23rd in the mile (5:57.88) at the Bayou Bengal.
Prior to LSU
Competed at St. Joseph’s Academy … member of three state championship cross country squads in 2014, 2016 and 2017 … earned top-15 finishes at all four state cross country meets during her career with her best finish coming in 2016, a sixth-place showing at the state meet in the three-mile run (19:24.2) … career-best 3,200 meter time is 11:56.55 that she clocked at the Elder Outreach Dutchtown Invitational in 2017 … placed fourth at the 2018 LHSAA Indoor DI State Championships in the 3,200 meter run with a readout of 12:18.52 … four-time Baton Rouge all-metro team … track and cross country MVP in 2017 … trained under Charlie Daigle and Mark LaHaye.
Personal
Daughter of Debbie and Stephen Bennett … has one sister, Heather … majoring in animal science … member of the all-academic track and field team in high school … her grandfather, Pete Boudreaux, and great grandfather, Frank Bennett, ran track at LSU … chose LSU because of the family legacy of attending LSU and being a third-generation Tiger is a huge deal to her.