Category: Cross Country

Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Three representatives from the LSU cross country program were awarded with end-of-season honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association on Thursday afternoon.

Michaela Rose was the lone Tiger to earn a superlative, taking home the LSWA Women’s Cross-Country Freshman of the Year honor for her first season with the distance crew.

The Virginia native was a Freshman All-SEC Team member after finishing in 22^nd at the SEC Championships, helping lead the team to a seventh-place finish in conference. Rose also helped the Tigers to their highest finish in school history at the NCAA South-Central Regional.

During the season, Rose recorded a personal-best time of 17:16.6 in the 5k at the Florida State Invitational. She also recorded a PR of 20:32.3 in the 6k at the SEC Championships in Oxford.

In addition to Rose’s award, Rose, Lorena Rangel-Batres, and Jackson Martingayle were named to the All-LSWA teams; these selections were based off the quickest 6k and 8k times of the year in competition. A full list of all the award winners can be viewed below.

2022 LSWA Women’s Superlative Honors

Women’s Runner of the Year – Sophie Daigle, Louisiana

Women’s Freshman of the Year – Michaela Rose, LSU

Women’s Newcomer of the Year – Tshwanelo Maruping, New Orleans

Women’s Coach of the Year – Brock Moreaux, New Orleans

2022 LSWA Women’s Cross-Country Team

2022 LSWA Men’s Superlative Honors

Men’s Co-Runner of the Year – Bradley Makuvire, Tulane

Men’s Co-Runner of the Year – Kolyn Saltzman, New Orleans

Men’s Freshman of the Year – Lajaune George, Xavier

Men’s Co-Coach of the Year – Adrian Myers, Tulane; Lon Badeaux, Louisiana

2022 LSWA Men’s Cross Country Team

Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Seniors Thelma Davies and Jackson Martingayle were both named to the 2023 SEC Community Service Team, the league office announced on Thursday afternoon.

The SEC Community Service Team is a yearly team released by the conference in a continuing effort to recognize the accomplishments of student-athletes beyond the field of competition. All league-sponsored sports have had a Community Service Team since 2004, with at-large teams for men’s and women’s sports being chosen from 1999-2003.

Davies has volunteered with the Walls Project, the LSU annual BOOzar, participated in a few Tiger Life service socials, and more.

She will be continuing her season and closing out her LSU career next week at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas. Davies is entered in the women’s 4×100-meter relay as the anchor leg.

Martingayle has volunteered in public schools to assist elementary school students improve their reading. He was also a volunteer intern helping with a summer program where kids in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood can make friends and keep up on their schoolwork. The Virginia Beach native also has logged time as a research volunteer logging hundreds of hours on a climate change receiving communities’ study, as research assistant in LSU’s school of renewable natural resources, and as an undergraduate teaching assistant, helping fellow students with their writing.

Martingayle was most recently named as a CSC Academic All-District Team member yesterday, and was also named the 2022-23 SEC McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year.