LSU Gold
Position
Distance
Height
5'5
Class
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
High School
Francisco Martínez de la Vega HS
Experience
1L
Indoor Class
Freshman

2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 NCAA South Central All-Region Team

2021 LSWA Freshman Runner of the Year

2021 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Scored for the Tigers at four meets: the Chile Pepper Festival, the Arturo Barrios Festival, SEC Championships, and the NCAA South Central Regional … set career best 5k time of 18:10.5 at the Chile Pepper Festival to place 71st … set personal best 6k time of 21:16.1 in a 16th place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional … placed 53rd at the SEC meet with a 6k time of 21:50.2 … took 55th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational with a 6k readout of 21:45.5.

2020 (FRESHMAN)
Redshirted.

Prior to LSU
Brings a personal best of 2:06.09 to LSU in the 800 meter run … competed twice in 2020 and had a season best of 2:08.98 in the 800 meters … PR of 2:06.09 came in 2019 at the Mexican Championships to place third … 2019 U18 Mexican champion in the 800 meters (2:09.13) … claimed gold at the 2019 NACAC U18 Championships in Queretaro in 2019 with a time of 2:10.28 in the 800 meter run … finished fourth at the 2019 U20 Pan American Championships with a readout of 2:08.59 in the 800 meters.

Personal
Full name is Lorena Itzel Rangel Batres … Born on March 21, 2002 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico … Daughter of Sergio Rangel Torres and Lorena E. Batres Romero … Plans to study horticultural science at LSU … Member of the honor roll in high school … Chose to attend LSU because of the opportunities to succeed in both academics and athletics.

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