LSU Gold
Position
Distance
Height
5'3
Class
Senior
Hometown
Bossier City, La.
High School
Parkway HS

Career Records

4x Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Top 10 LSU Marks
No. 3 – 3,000m Steeplechase – 10:19.15

2021 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Represented LSU at the NCAA East Preliminaries … placed 11th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the SEC Championships with a time of 10:22.55 … ran the third fastest 3,000 meter steeplechase time in program history at the LSU Invitational with a readout of 10:19.15 to place second … won gold in the 1,500 meters at the Battle on the Bayou with a personal best time of 4:28.74 … took second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (10:43.24) at the Louisiana Classics … clocked a time of 10:40.79 at the Crimson Tide Invitational to place third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.

2021 INDOOR (SENIOR)
Won gold at the Purple Tiger Invitational in the 800 meter run with a personal best time of 2:17.48 … member of the 4×400 meter relay that finished fourth at the Purple Tiger Invitational … took sixth at the Louisiana Invitational with a readout of 5:17.76 in the mile.

2020 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Winner of the 800 meter run with a personal best time of 2:23.89 at the Purple Tiger Invitational … champion of the mile race at the LSU Twilight with a PR of 4:58.39 … crossed the finish line in fifth place in the mile run with a time of 5:04.03 at the Tyson Invitational … represented LSU at the SEC Championships in the 3,000 meter run and distance medley relay.

2019 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Represented LSU at the SEC Championships in the 5,000 and 1,500 meter runs … clocked a PR of 18:22.55 in the 5,000 meters at the SEC meet to place 33rd .. took second in the 800 meter run at the LSU Invitational with a time of 2:24.21 … ran a PR of 4:38.52 at the LSU Alumni Gold to take fifth in the 1,500 meter run … took sixth in the 800 meter run at the Louisiana Classics with a PR of 2:21.70 … ran to a sixth-place finish at the Miami Hurricane Invitational with a time of 4:43.20 … took eighth in the 1,500 meters (4:51.00) at the Louisiana Classics.

2019 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Finished second in the mile at the Bayou Bengal with a time of 5:20.00 … ran a PR in the mile of 5:15.38 at the LSU Twilight to place third.

LSU Soccer (2016 and 2017)
Played in a total of four matches and recorded two shots … honored for her academic performance with a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2016.

Prior to LSU
A decorated cross country runner and track athlete in her time at Parkway High School … nominated for Louisiana’s Gatorade Girls’ Cross Country Runner of the Year while also being named the Times Best of Northwest Louisiana Preps Cross Country Runner of the Year as a junior in 2014-15 … crowned the Louisiana Class 5A State Champion and Louisiana Individual Composite State Champion in cross country in 2014-15 … a three-year all-state performer in cross country … four times a first-team all-district and all-metro runner and a two-time District MVP in cross country … member of Parkway High School’s Class 5A State Championship team for the 2013-14 season while finishing seventh individually at the state meet that year … was the Class 5A state champion in the 3,200 meters and state silver medalist in the 800 meters during her junior season on the track in 2015 … a former all-state, all-region and all-district performer on the track during her prep career … honored as the Bossier Press Tribune Parish Female Athlete of the Year for 2014-15 … a four-year starter for the soccer team at Parkway as well … scored 72 career goals and dished out 56 assists in her final three years of prep soccer.

Personal
Full name is Sara Elizabeth Funderburk … Born on March 4, 1998 … Parents are Wallace Funderburk and Ashlie Walpole Plunkett … Has an older brother, Zachary, who is a member of the wrestling team at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa … Has a cousin, Seth Lugo, who played college baseball at Centenary College in Shreveport and is currently playing in AAA as a pitcher in the New York Mets organization … An active member of the student body at Parkway High School … An honor student with a 3.93 cumulative grade-point average to rank No. 8 out of 279 students in her class … Member of the National Honor Society, National Beta Club and Mu Alpha Theta while in high school … A Red Jacket Member at Parkway High School as a student ambassador … Served as junior class secretary in 2014-15 and student body secretary in 2015-16 … Also an American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Delegate in 2015 … Enjoys hunting, fishing and horseback riding outside of athletics … is majoring in animal science.

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