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) ... His time was the sixth fastest in school history ... 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 ... finished second among Oakland runners at the Spartan Invitational with an 8K time of 26.44, placing 20th overall ... earned first place among his teammates at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 38th overall with a time of 25:48 for five miles ... 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: A 2006 graduate of Pine River 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 ... all-state in track ... class Valedictorian ... National Honor Society. Personal: 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 ... Younger sister, Lia, is a freshman at Oakland and is a member of the cross country team ... Majoring in Linguistics. |
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