LSU Gold
Position
Distance
Height
5'10
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Canton, Ga.
High School
Cherokee HS

Events: 1,500M (4:04.87), Mile (4:26.54), 3,000M (IN: 8:37.13; OUT: 8:48.15), 5,000M (IN: 14:47.23; OUT: 15:10.28), 10,000M (30:33.11)

CAREER CAPSULE
Ended his collegiate career as one of the school’s leading 10,000-meter runners … Clocked his personal best of 30 minutes, 33.11 seconds in an eighth-place finish at the 2015 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Ranked No. 10 in the event in school history on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list … Was a three-time selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Graduated from LSU in May 2015 with his degree in history.

2015
Emerged as one of the SEC’s leading distance runners during his senior season after scoring one point for the Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Raced to a personal best of 30:33.11 for eighth-place at the conference meet held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Became the No. 10-ranked 10,000-meter runner in school history with his performance at the SEC meet … Also ran the 5,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Won the 10k at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou with a time of 31:26.24 … Opened the outdoor season by running 31:59.62 for second place in his first 10k race of the season … Clocked an outdoor personal record of 15:10.28 in a runner-up finish in the 5,000 meters at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale … Also placed second in the 5k at the LSU Alumni Gold meet during the outdoor season with a time of 15:20.47 … Won the 5,000 meters in his season-opening race indoors with a lifetime PR of 14:47.23 at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Finished third at the LSU High Performance Meet (8:37.13) and second at the LSU Twilight (8:39.43) in the 3,000 meters … Honored for his academic performance with a third-straight selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Graduated from LSU following the 2015 spring semester with his degree in history.

2014
Lettered for the first time in his collegiate career after running the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships held in Lexington, Kentucky … Clocked an outdoor personal best of 15:12.52 in a 32nd-place finish in the 5k at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Did not finish the 10k at the conference meet … Ran a pair of outdoor personal bests at the Battle on the Bayou, clocking 4:04.87 for eighth place in the 1,500 meters and 8:48.15 for 12th place in the 3,000 meters … Followed with a pair of third-place finishes in the 1,500 meters (4:09.56) and 3,000 meters (8:48.81) at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational … Opened the outdoor season by running 8:55.66 for fourth place in the 3,000 meters at Louisiana Tech’s Jim Mize Invitational … Also ran the 1,500 meters (4:13.76) and 3,000 meters (9:06.15) at the Tulane Team Challenge … Competed in three meets during the 2014 indoor season … Ran lifetime personal bests of 8:46.66 for 14th place in the 3k and 15:10.85 for fourth place in the 5k while running in the college division at the Tyson Invitational … Ran a personal best of 4:26.54 converted to a banked track in a third-place finish in the mile at the LSU Twilight … Was a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight season.

2013
Competed in six meets for the Tigers during the 2013 season … Won the 3,000 meters in his first indoor race of the season with a winning time of 8:58.58 … Placed sixth in the mile at the LSU Invitational during the indoor season with a time of 4:39.25 … Opened the outdoor season by running the 800 meters (2:11.66) and 1,500 meters (4:20.35) at the Louisiana Classics … Finished in seventh place in the 5,000 meters at the LSU Relays with a time of 15:49.73 … Also claimed a seventh-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the Battle on the Bayou with a lifetime PR of 8:52.15 … Ended his 2013 season by running a personal record of 15:37.96 for sixth place at the LSU Alumni Gold held at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Earned a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for his outstanding performance in the classroom.

2012
Did not compete for the Tigers in his true freshman season in 2012.

PRIOR TO LSU
Set personal bests of 9:54 in the 3,200 meters and 16:25 in the 5,000 meters during his prep career at Cherokee High School … Was a three-time all-county performer in cross country … Finished in fifth place at his regional meet in 2009 … Earned a personal-best finish of 31st place in the Georgia state cross country championships during his junior season of high school … Was the third-place finisher at his county meet as a sophomore and junior.

PERSONAL
Full name is Travis Robert Pope … Born on April 18, 1993 … Parents are Robert and Beth Pope … Has three sisters, Amy, Emily and April … A member of the National Honor Society during his prep career at Cherokee High School in Canton, Ga. … Graduated from LSU in May 2015 with his degree in history.

 

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