Yuya Sawada Season 2024

Yuya Sawada’s TFRRSXC profile (for top performances and meet results)

2024 (FRESHMAN)
A valuable contributor to the Tigers in her freshman season, competing in five meets and scoring for LSU at two… opened her season taking third at the LSU Invitational after clocking a 3k PR of 9:35.2… finished fifth at the FSU Invitational with a 5k personal-best time of 17:25.8… recorded a PR in the 6k with 21:09.9 at the SEC Championships, placing her in 112th… finished 76th at the NCAA South Central Regional Championship.

PRIOR TO LSU – Hamamatsu Shiritsu HS
One of the premier U20 distance runners in the world coming out of high school… helped Team Japan to a seventh-place finish in the mixed relay at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships with their team time of 23:18.0… finished sixth at the World U20 Championships in 2022 with a time of 4:12.87 in the 1500 meter… holds personal-best times of 4:12.87 (1500m) and 9:13.12 (3000m) in track & field… finished fifth in the 4k at the 2021 All Japan High School Championships with a time of 13:09.0… took 18th in the 6k at the 2023 All Japan High School Championships with a time of 20:09.0.

PERSONAL
Born on March 1, 2006, in Hamamatsu City, Japan… daughter of Junichi and Hiromi Sawada… plans to pursue a degree in engineering at LSU.