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Sophie Martin Season 2024

Position
Distance
Height
5'4
Class
Senior
Hometown
Baton Rouge, La.
High School
St. Joseph's Academy
Experience
3L

Sophie Martin’s TFRRSXC profile (for top performances and meet results)

2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2023 (JUNIOR)
Scored for LSU in two of five meets competed in during 2023… recorded her highest finish of the season in 14th at the LSU Invitational… helped the Tigers tie their highest-program team finish in NCAA Regional history of third with a time of 21:56.6 to take 47th individually… finished 34th in the 5k at the FSU Invitational.

2022 (SOPHOMORE)
Recorded her second career top-10 finish with a personal-best time of 13:58.0 in the 4k at the UNO Opener… ran a personal-best time of 18:05.2 in the 5k at the FSU Invitational… clocked a personal-best time of 21:26.8 in the 6k at the SEC Championships.

2021 (FRESHMAN)
Set personal best 6k time of 22:09.2 at the Arturo 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 – St. Joseph’s Academy
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
Born on August 8, 2003… daughter of Rachel and Brad Martin… has one younger sister, Georgia… plans to major in communication disorders at LSU.

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