Jalen St. Fort

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
South Orange, NJ
High School:
Staples HS

St. Fort's TFRRS Page

2024-25 Track Season: Competed in 11 meets between indoor and outdoor seasons including the American Outdoor Championships… Ran a personal best to finish fifth in the 1000m (2:32.06) at the 2024 Birmingham Indoor Icebreaker… Finished fourth in the mile (4:27.01) at the LSU Twilight… Set a persona record in the 800m (1:52.65) at the AAC Outdoor Championships.

2023-24 Track Season: Competed in 10 meets between indoor and outdoor seasons including the American Outdoor Championships… Placed third in the 800m (1:55.81) at the LSU Twilight… Set personal records in the 400m (51.00) and the 1500m (4:03.92) at the Louisiana Classic… Helped Tulane finish fourth in the 4x400m (3:19.27) at the 41st Victor Lopez Classic… Aided the Wave to take second in the 4x400m (3:20.00) and sixth in the 4x800m (7:38.49) at the 114th Drake Relays.

2022-23 Track Season: Competed in eight meets between indoor and outdoor season…Placed fourth in the 800m at the BSC Indoors (1:54.73), eighth in the 4x400m at the Samford Invite (3:29.95) and 10th in the 4x400m at the East Coast Relays (3:30.44)…Competed and finished 13th in the 800m (1:53.43), eighth in the 4x100m relay (49.94) and eighth in the 4x400m relay (3:21.38).

Cross Country 2022: Competed in two meets for Tulane.

Before Tulane: Was a four-year letter winner at Staples High School under Laddie Lawrence…Was a State Champion in the 2022 in the 800m and the 4x800m…Was a State Champion in the 4x800m in 2021…All-State in track and field in both 2022 and 2021…Named Most Outstanding Track and Field Athlete in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022…Was First Team All Country four times during outdoor seasons, three times during indoor and once in cross country…Was an Honor Roll Student at Staples H.S. all four years.

Personal: Son of Nekia Lewis and James St. Fort…Has three younger brothers, Cameron Cunningham, Javn St. Fort and Jrue St. Fort …Enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching and talking sports in his free times…When he graduates from Tulane, would like to work for a major league sports team or corporation in either a broadcasting/communications or public relations role.