Sophie Martin Season 2022
2021 (FRESHMAN)
Set personal best 6k time of 22:09.2 at the Arutro Barrios Invitational … set career best 5k time of 18:16.1 and scored for the Tigers at the Chile Pepper Festival … made collegiate cross country debut in a 10th place finish in the 5k run at the LSU Cross Country Invitational.
PRIOR TO LSU
Ran cross country and track and field for St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge … Named St. Joseph’s Academy Athlete of the Year for 2021 … Voted St. Joseph’s Academy Senior Class Athlete of the Year for 2021 … Received varsity letters for track from 2018 through 2021 while also being named the track team’s Most Outstanding Runner in 2021 … Received varsity letters for cross country from 2017 through 2020 while also being named the cross country team’s Most Outstanding Runner in 2020 … Nominated as a Star of Stars Athlete in the Baton Rouge area in 2020 … A six-time LHSAA state champion, Martin comes to LSU with personal bests of 5:06.5 in the 1,600 meters and 10:53.43 in the 3,200 meters … Won her first career state title in 2019 at the LHSAA Outdoor State Championships with a 1,600 meter run of 5:13.58 … Ran her PR of 5:06.5 in the 1,600 meters at the Catholic High Tip Off Meet in March of 2021 … Swept all four state titles in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters between the indoor and outdoor season of her senior year in 2021 with times of 5:08.30 (1,600m/outdoor), 11:14.86 (3,200m/outdoor), 11:14.41 (3,200m/indoor), and 5:15.20 (1,600m/indoor) … Her other state title came in 2020 indoors when she won the 1,600 meter race with a time of 5:14.25 … She earned runner up honors on the LHSAA cross country circuit with a three-mile time of 18:37.6 at the 2020 state meet.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Rachel and Brad Martin … has one younger sister, Georgia … Martin is majoring in communication disorders at LSU … Named to National Honor Society from 2018 through 2021 … Received Academic Letters from 2017 through 2021 … Named to the LHSAA 5A Girls All-Academic State Cross Country Team in 2020.