Jackson Martingayle Season 2024
2x Fall SEC Academic Honoree (2020, 2021)
2021 All LSWA Team
SEC Men’s Runner of the Week (Sept. 3, 2019)
2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2021 (JUNIOR)
Scored for the Tigers at all meets … set career best 8k run time of 24:15.3 in a 33rd place finish at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … set personal best 10k time of 32:19.8 in a 42nd place finish at the South Central Regional … received bronze at the LSU Invitational with a 6k readout of 19:12.7 … placed 47th with an 8k time of 25:08.8 at the Chile Pepper Festival … finished 51st at the SEC Championships with an 8k readout of 25:05.1.
2020 (SOPHOMORE)
Scored for LSU at the SEC Cross Country Championships by running a time of 25:17.3 to place 52nd in the 8k event … Recorded a scoring performance in all four meets for the Tigers during the season … Registered a personal record time of 18:28.3 to place 20th in the 6k race at the SEC Preview Meet … Notched his best finish of the season with his 16th place finish in the 8k (24:41.3) at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … Finished in 26th place at the Florida State Invitational with a time of 25:10.7 in the 8k.
2019 (FRESHMAN)
Competed in four out of seven races for the 2019 season … debuted at the McNeese Opener (6k) where he registered his best finish of the season by crossing the finish line in fifth place with a time of 18:33.2 … earned SEC Men’s Runner of the Week honors after the McNeese Opener becoming the first male runner to win the award in LSU program history … placed 50th at the Joe Piane Invitational (5-Mile) with a time of 25:22.1 … ran a time of 25:00.2 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (8k) to finish in 56th place … finished his freshman season at the SEC Championships (8k) where he finished in 59th place with a time of 24:37.2.
Prior to LSU
Champion at the 2018 VHSL 5A Region A with a 5,000-meter time of 16:11.9 … 2017 VHSL 5A Region A Championship runner up in the 5K with a time of 16:17.7… placed in third at the 2018 Atlantic Coast Invitational by setting a PR in the 5,000-Meter competition with a time of 16:07.0 … finished seventh overall in 5K at the 2018 VHSL 5A State Cross Country Championships with a time of 16:33.0.
Personal
Son of Kevin Martingayle and Lizzie Martingayle … has one brother, Harrison who also ran track at LSU, and one sister, Doria … plans to major in natural resource ecology and management … attended Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Va., where he was the Student Athlete of the Year, Co-President of the Earth Club, and a member of the FBLA All-State team.