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Jennifer Bennett Season 2020

Position
Distance
Height
5'4
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Baton Rouge, La.
High School
St. Joseph's Academy

Career Record

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.

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