Lolo Jones

  • Home:  Baton Rouge, LA
  • Birthday:  8/5/1982
Event: 100m Hurdles
Height: 5-9
Weight: 130
PRs:  12.56 (2006)
Born: Aug. 5, 1982
Current Residence:  Baton Rouge, La.
High Schools: Theodore Roosevelt HS (Des Moines, Iowa)
College: LSU ‘04
Coach: Dennis Shaver
Agent: Robert Wagner
Club: Asics      

Career Highlights: 2008 World Indoor champion; 2-time ('07, '08) USA Indoor champion; 2008 Indoor Visa champion; 2004 NCAA Indoor 60mH and 60m runner-up; 2003, 2004 NCAA 4x100m champion; 2003 NCAA Indoor 60mH champion; 2002 NCAA Outdoor 100mH and 4 x 100m runner-up

After winning the USA Indoor title in 2007, Jones made her first U.S. team by finishing third at the USA Outdoor Championships, she went on to make the final and placed sixth at the 2007 IAAF World Championships. A recent graduate of LSU, Jones brings impressive foot speed to the 100m hurdles. Jones finished her career at LSU as a three-time national champion and 11-time All-American, where she ranks among the top-three all-time at LSU in both the 60 and 100-meter hurdles.  She also has an NCAA title as part of LSU's 4x100m relay in 2004...In high school, Jones was named Gatorade Midwest Athlete of the year and holds the 100mH record for the state of Iowa (13.40)...is of French, African-American, Native American and Norwegian descent...her given name is Lori...considers speed off the final hurdle one of her greatest strengths...has appeared in an Anheuser Busch ad campaign...says winning titles comes first..."the times will come."

Competition Results:
2008: World Indoor champ (7.80)...USA Indoor champ (7.88)...2nd at Doha (12.65)...Visa Indoor champion...ran PR 7.77 in Spain.
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoors (12.79)... 6th at World Outdoors (12.62)...USA Indoor champion (7.88)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (12.75)...3rd at adidas Track Classic (12.61)...2nd at Doha (12.78)...3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (12.80)...3rd at Paris (12.71)...4th at Rome (12.84)...2nd at Sheffield (12.89)...1st at Rethimno (12.57)...2nd at Monaco (12.78)...1st at Heusden (12.74)...3rd at Stockholm (12.81)...ranked #6 in the world (#3 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 12.57.
2006:  5th at USA Outdoors (12.76)... 1st at Heusden (12.56PR)...6th at World Athletics Final (12.76)...8th at Paris (12.87)...4th at Rome (12.70)...4th in 100m (11.36) and 3rd in 100mh at Athens (12.83)...5th at Lausanne (12.68)...3rd at Stockholm (12.74)...1st at Ostrava (12.72)...ranked #7 in the world (#4 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 12.56.
2005: 4th at USA Outdoors (12.90)...5th in semifinals at USA Outdoors (12.76PR)...1st at Torino Memorial (12.83)...4th at Zagreb (12.87)...4th at adidas Track Classic (12.86)...3rd at Norwich Union (8.00i)...5th at Athens (8.06i)...ranked #5 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 12.76.
2004: NCAA 4x100m champion...4th in 100mH at NCAA Outdoors (12.77)...NCAA Mideast Region Champion (12.83)...SEC champion (12.83)...Penn Relays champion (13.04)...NCAA Indoor 60mH and 60m runner-up (8.00, 7.38)...SEC Indoor 60mH champion (8.08)...1st at LSU Twilight in 60mH (8.10)...ranked #10 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 12.77.