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2017 Track & Field Roster

Randy Bergeron / Southeastern Louisiana University

Lekesha Jelks

Lekesha Jelks

  • Position:
    Mid Distance
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Killen, Texas
  • Prev School:
    Texas A&M
  • Highschool:
    Shoemaker HS

Summary

Biography

2015 Southland Conference Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll
2015 Southland Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll
 
2017 Outdoor: Ran the third leg on the sixth-place 4x400 relay (3:49.10) at the Southland Conference Championships … Ran a career-best in taking 12th in 57.59 in the “B” section of the 400-meter dash at the LSU Alumni Gold … Also helped the 4x400 relay take eighth in a season-best 3:45.91 … Helped the 4x400 relay finish first in 3:57.79 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic … Was also ninth in the 400 in 58.29 … Ran the second leg of the winning 4x400 relay (3:48.32) at the Louisiana Classic … Was also 16th in the 400 (58.15) … Helped the 4x400 relay take second (3:53.13) while setting a PR in taking 18th in the 100 in 12.57 at the McNeese Cowboy Relays … Ran a career-best 1:36.50 in finishing third in the 600 in 1:36.50 at the Tulane Early Bird Twilight.

2017 Indoor: Ran the third leg of the fifth-place 4x400 relay (3:50.88) at the Southland Championships … Helped the 4x400 relay (3:52.99) place second at the LSU Bayou Bengal … Helped the 4x400 relay take first in 4:01.05 at the McNeese Invite #1 … Also came in sixth in a personal-best 7.37 in the 55 meters … Set a personal indoor best in finishing sixth in 1:38.69 in the 600 at the LSU Purple Tiger … That mark broke the old school record of 1:41.25 … Also helped the 4x400 relay come in third in 4:01.48.

2016 Outdoor: Helped the 4x400 relay take fourth in a stadium-record 3:44.97 at the Southland Championships… Was fourth in the ‘B’ section of the 800 in 2:17.35 at the LSU Alumni Gold… Took the 800 in a personal-best 2:17.29 at the Lion Invitational… Helped the 4x400 relay win in 3:52.07 while also running a 2:21.91 in finishing second in the 800 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic… Ran the third leg for the winning 4x400 relay (3:44.17) at the Bobcat Relays… Placed 25th in the 200 in 26.02 at the Louisiana Classics… Helped the 4x400 relay finish fourth at the Alabama Relays in 3:45.88… Anchored the winning 4x400 relay (3:48.64) while also taking third in the 400 in 58.03 at the Tulane Twilight.

2016 Indoor: Ran in the 800 preliminaries at the Southland Championships… Broke the Lady Lions’ 800 record for the second time in 2016, finishing 11th in 2:19.14 at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational … Also ran the opening leg for the 4x400 that broke the school record in placing second in 3:47.27 … Was third in the 800 (2:32.29) at the McNeese State Indoor… Set the then-record of 2:20.04 in placing sixth in the 800 at the LSU Bayou Bengal… Also helped the 4x800 relay place fifth (10:07.25) and the 4x400 come in 11th (4:10.80).

2015 Cross Country: Took 28th at 3K UNO Opener in 19:11.5… Placed 57th in 3.1-mile LSU Invitational (28:14.7)… Came in 50th in 5K McNeese Cowboy Stampede (27:01.6).
 
Previous School: Was a member of the track and field team at Texas A&M University.
 
High School: Played volleyball and was a member of the track and field team at Shoemaker High School in Killeen, Texas.
 
Personal: Born in Fort Hood, Texas … Daughter of Derichleen and Kimberly Jelks… Has a sister, Kanisha…Majoring in Health Education and Promotion.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Junior

    Mid Distance
    5'5"
  • 2017Senior

    Mid Distance
    5'5"