Zack Jones Class: Senior Hometown: Tustin, Mich. High School: Pine River Height: 5-7 Event: Cross Country/Distance

2009 Cross Country
^ First Golden Grizzly across the finish line in every race he competed in during 2009 season
^ Finished first overall at Golden Grizzly Open (9/5) with time of 18:38 in 6K
^ Finished first overall at IPFW Invitational (9/12) with time of 25:26.69 in 8K
^ Earned fourth overall finish at Falcon invitational (10/17) with time of 24:39.3 in 8K.
^ Won Summit League Athlete of the week award three times: 9/, 9/12, and 10/17
^ Earned All-League First Team with fifth place finish at The Summit League Championship (10/31) with time of 25:33.70.
^ Missed out on All-Region by one place finishing 26th overall at NCAA Great Lakes Regional with time of 31:50.65 in 10K event.
^ 10K time at NCAA Regional was third best time in school history and best finish at a Regional by Golden Grizzly since 2004

2009 Outdoor Track:
^ Earned all-league honors for his second-place and school record finish in the 10K (31:20.07) at The Summit League Championship. culminating the first time in school history where a student-athlete has earned all-league honors in three different sports, all in the same academic year.
^ Narrowly missed making all-league honors in the 5K (14:51.19), finishing in fifth-place.
^ Was one of two Golden Grizzlies to compete at the Stanford Invitational (3/27), where he finished in fourth-place.
^ Had two additional top-two finishes, including setting the school record in the 5K (14:21.64) at the Bucknell Outdoor Classic (4/10).

2009 Indoor Track:
^ Earned all-league honors for his third-place finish in the 5200* run at The Summit League Championship.
^ Scored for the Golden Grizzlies in the 3K with a sixth-place finish.
^ Had two additional top-three finishes.
*Due to an official's error, the 5K was ran as a 5200.

2008 Cross Country:
^ Had a very strong performance for the Golden Grizzlies in the 2008 season
^ Finished second overall at the Golden Grizzly Open (Aug. 30) with a 6K time of 18:52
^ Earned a first-place finish at the Tommy Titan Invitational (Sept. 6) with a record-breaking time of 19:59 in the four-mile race
^ His finish marked only the third time in the meet's 22-year history where someone had finished the race in under 20 minutes
^ His performance earned him Summit League Cross Country Athlete of the Week accolades for the week of Sept. 9
^ Finished in second-place overall at the Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 3) with a time of 24:54 in the five-mile race
^ Was the first OU runner to finish at the Pre-Nationals Meet (Oct. 18) by crossing the line in 74th with an 8,000 meter time of 24:41.3 against some of the toughest competition in the country
^ Helped Oakland to a second-place finish at the Summit League Championship, where they finished just six points shy of champion Southern Utah
^ Finished third overall at the Summit League Championship with an 8K time of 24:28.3, breaking his own school record in the event.His performance earned him an all-league first team selection
^ Finished in the top-50 at the Great Lakes Regional Championship with a 10K time of 32:31.1, good for 48th place.

2008 Outdoor Track:
^ Finished among the top 10 five times
^ Finished fifth in the 5000 at The Summit League Championships (May 17)
^ Won the 5000 at the EMU Invitational (Apr. 19)
^ Fourth leading scorer with 65 points.

2008 Indoor Track:
^ Finished among the top 10 six times
^ Placed fourth in the 5000 and eighth in the 3000 at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 29)
^ His time of 15:00.41 in the 5000 broke the school record
^ He won the 3000 at the Don Wright Team Challenge (Jan. 19)
^ Ran 8:23.44 at the EMU Classic (Feb. 16) to break the school record in the 3000.

2007 Outdoor Track:
^ Ran 14:31.97 to set the school record in the 5000 at the MSU Spartan Invitational
^ He was fifth overall but the first collegiate runner to cross the finish line
^ Finished third at the Mid-Continent Championships (May 14).

2007 Cross Country:
^ Finished second at the Golden Grizzly Open (Sept. 1)
^ Ran 25:21.49 (8K) to place fifth at the Mel Brodt Invitational (Sept. 15)
^ Suffered a season ending injury shortly after the Mel Brodt Invitational.

2006 Cross Country:
^ Competed in six scored meets for the Golden Grizzlies as a freshman
^ Second team All-Conference
^ Placed second among Oakland runners and third overall at the Golden Grizzly Open with a four mile time of 20:58.5 ^ Took the top spot among Oakland runners once again at the Falcon Invitational and ran his season-best 8K time of 25:58.14, placing him eighth overall in the meet
^ Placed tenth overall and third among OU runners at the Mid-Con Championships with an 8K time of 26.59.17
^ Oakland's top finisher at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a 10K time of 33:06.56 to place 80th overall
^ Academic All-Conference.

High School:
^ Four-time varsity letterwinner in cross country for coaches Cecil Burch and Eric Gebhard
^ All-conference and all-state his final three seasons
^ Finished in the top-10 in Division III at the state meet twice
^ Best 5K time of 15:54 set as a senior
^ Also lettered in track and wrestling
^ Earned all-state in track

Academic Achievements:
^ Class Valedictorian
^ Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal:
Parents: Son of Kay and Tim Jones
^ His father and mother were both collegiate athletes at Northern Michigan ... father was a wrestler, his mother a swimmer
^ Brothers/Sisters: Lia and Luke
^ Younger sister, Lia, is a sophomore at Oakland and is a member of the cross countryand track teams

Major:
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