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Garrett Hamilton Season 2024

Position
Distance
Height
6'0
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Chesapeake, Va.
High School
Grassfield HS

Career Records

2x Fall SEC Academic Honoree (2020, 2021)

2021 (SENIOR)
Scored for the Tigers at three meets … set career best 8k time of 25:17.9 in a 98th place finish at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … set career best 10k time of 34:22.4 in a 116th place finish at the South Central Regional … finished 16th in the 6k race at the LSU Invitational with a readout of 20:19.5 … placed 88th with a 8k time of 26:02.2 at the SEC Championships … finished 117th in the 8k race at the Chile Pepper Festival with a time of 25:59.0.

2020 (JUNIOR)
Registered a PR of 26:54.5 in the 8k run to place 98th at the SEC Cross Country Championships … Participated in all four meets for the Tigers this season … Had his best finish of the season in the season debut meet, the SEC Preview Meet, where he placed 44th with a time of 20:09.6 … Placed 49th with a time of 25:57.5 in the 8k race at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … Crossed the finish line in 80th place at the Florida State Invitational, running a time of 26:36.8 in the 8k.

2019 (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in five of seven total meets for the 2019 season … placed 15th at the McNeese Opener (5k) where he ran through the finishing chute with a time of 19:40.2 … registered his best finish of the season, a seventh place showing, with a PR of 21:44.0 at the Nicholls Invitational (4-Mile) … followed with a personal best time of 15:52.3 at the LSU Invitational (5k) to finish 14th … crossed the finish line in 151st place at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (8k), running a time of 26:18.0 … ended his sophomore season with a 91st place finish and a PR of 25:28.1 at the SEC Championships (8k).

2018 (FRESHMAN)
Competed in four of six total meets for the 2018 season … Placed 30th for the Tigers at the LSU Invitational (4 mile), running a time of 22:21.60, which was his best finish for the season … Competing for the first time in the SEC Cross Country Championships (8k) he placed 103rd in the meet with an 8k time of 26:50.4 … Placed 131st in the NCAA South Central Regional (8k/35:46.1) … finished 174th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational where he clocked an 8k time of 27:43.7.

Prior to LSU 
Competed at Grassfield High School in Virginia … ran PR of 1:56.96 in the 800 meter run during his senior year at the 2018 Dogwood Classic to place 12th … won the 2018 Southeastern district title in the 1,600 meter run with a readout of 4:44.27 … finished fifth at the 2018 VHSL 6A State Indoor Championships in the 1,000 meter run (2:35.39) … ran PR of 4:32.57 at the 2017 CNU High School Captain’s Classic to place third.

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