Sadiki White Season 2009
Event: 800M (IN: 1:49.62; OUT: 1:47.57), 1,500M (3:57.56)
2-time All-SEC
2011
Did not compete for the Tigers during the 2011 season.
2010
One of the NCAA’s premier young talents in the 800-meter run during his freshman season … Shattered indoor and outdoor personal bests in the event in 2010 … Made his debut in the 800 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. … Finished in 20th place overall at the national meet after clocking a time of 1:50.63 in the semifinal round … Qualified for the national meet by setting a new lifetime personal record of 1:47.57 in an eighth-place finish overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Greensboro, N.C. … Time ranked No. 8 on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list in the 800-meter run at the end of the outdoor season … It also ranked No. 3 among freshmen nationwide in 2010… Finished in ninth place at the SEC Outdoor Championships after clocking 1:49.99 in the conference final … Set a then personal best of 1:48.35 in the conference semifinal … Finished runner-up in the 800 meters in his outdoor season debut at the Miami Elite Invitational (1:49.13) … Was a two-time All-SEC performer in the 800 meters and distance medley relay during the indoor campaign … Set a new indoor personal best of 1:49.62 in an All-SEC runner-up finish in the 800 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships … Also met the NCAA provisional qualifying standard at the SEC Indoor meet … His top indoor time of 1:49.62 ranked No. 8 among freshmen in the NCAA in 2010 … Ran the 800-meter leg on LSU’s distance medley relay team that earned all-conference honors with a runner-up finish at the SEC Indoor meet, clocking the sixth-fastest time in school history at 9:51.57 … Set an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:49.92 at the Iowa State NCAA Qualifier.
PRIOR TO LSU
One of the top middle distance recruits in the United States for the Class of 2009 … Came to LSU with an overall personal best of 1 minute, 52.40 seconds in the 800-meter run … Set his overall personal best of 1:52.40 in winning a bronze medal at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at The Armory Track and Field Center in New York in March 2009 … Time ranked No. 4 among all high school athletes in the United States during the 2009 indoor season … Set his outdoor personal best of 1:52.92 to win the 800-meter title in the young men’s division at the 2009 USA Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Also captured the young men’s 1,500-meter title at the 2009 USA Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Won the 1,500 meters in his age group at the 2008 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships while running a personal-best time of 3:57.56 … Was also the bronze medalist in the intermediate boys division of the 800 meters at the 2007 USA Youth Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Lisle, Ill. … Recorded a time of 2:25.99 in the 1,000 meters in the 2009 indoor season to rank No. 8 all-time among high school boys in the United States.
PERSONAL
Full name is Sadiki Jabari White … Born on Feb. 6, 1991 … Son of Newell and Eleith White … Is the youngest of five children … Has four older siblings: Erica, Keisha, Rahsheid and Safiya … Sister, Erica, played college basketball for George Washington and Seton Hall … Currently undecided on a major.