Cross Country
2010:
• Was the team[apos]s number one runner in three of four races he ran
• Ran 24:39.20 (8K) to place second at The Summit League Championship, earning first team honors for the third time
• Was 48th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, his third straight top 50 finish
• Earned Academic All-Summit League honors
2009:
• Was the team[apos]s number one runner in all six races he ran
• Ran 25:33.70 to place fifth and earn all-league first team honors at The Summit League Championship
• Placed 26th at the Great Lakes Region to miss all-region honors by one spot
• His time of 31:50.69 was third fastest in school history
• Won the Golden Grizzly Open (Sept. 5) and IPFW Invitational (Sept. 12)
• ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District first team
• Earned Academic All-Summit League honors.
2008:
• Was the team[apos]s number one runner in all six meets that he ran
• Ran 19:59 (4 miles) to win the Tommy Titan Invitational (Sept. 8) and set the meet and school record
• Set the school record in the 8K with a time of 24:28.30 to place third and earn all-league first team honors at The Summit League Championship (Nov. 1)
• Was runner-up at the Golden Grizzly Open (Sept. 1) and Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 3)
• ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District first team
• Earned Academic All-Summit League honors
2007:
• Ran in two races before suffering a season ending injury
• Was runner-up at the Golden Grizzly Open (Sept. 1) and fifth at the Mel Brodt Invitational (Sept. 15)
• Earned Academic All-Summit League honors
2006:
• Finished among the top three on the team in all six races he ran.
• Ran 26:59.17 (8K) to finish 10th and earn all-league second team honors at the Mid-Continent Championship (Oct. 28).
• Finished among the top 10 at the Golden Grizzly Open (Sept. 2) and Falcon Invitational (Oct. 14).
Track and Field
2011 Outdoor:
• Finished 26th in the 10,000 (30:01.56) at the NCAA National Championship Semi-Finals
• Was third in the 5000 at The Summit League Championships (May 14)
• Ran 30:01.49 (school record) to place fifth in the 10,000 at the Drake Relays (Apr. 27)
• Won the 3000 at the Detroit meet (April 9) with a stadium record time of 8:47.97
• Runner-up in the 5000 at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge (April 2)
• Was the fourth leading scorer with 57 points
• Had five top 10 finishes
• Capital One Academic All-District first team
2011 Indoor:
• Was third in the 5000 at The Summit League Championship (March 1)
• Was fifth in the 3000 at the league meet
• Is the fifth leading career scorer indoors with 175.50 points
2010 Outdoor:
• Redshirt
2010 Indoor:
• Was the Summit League champion in the 5000 with a time of 14:57.02
• In addition, he was fourth in the 3000 at the league meet
• Had six top 10 finishes
• Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team
2009 Outdoor:
• Earned all-league honors finishing second in the 10,000 (31:20.07) at The Summit League Championship (May 14), 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
• Was fifth in the 5000 (14:51.19) at the league meet
• Placed fourth in the 5000 at the Stanford Invitational (Mar. 27)
• Ran 14:21.64 to set the school record in the 5000 at the Bucknell Classic (April 10)
• Named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District first team
2009 Indoor:
• Earned all-league honors finishing third in the 5000 at The Summit League Championship (Feb. 28)
• Was sixth in the 3000 at the league meet
• Won the 3000 at the Grand Valley Invitational (Jan. 24)
• Had five top 10 finishes
2008 Outdoor:
• 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:
• 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:
• 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)
High School
• Earned four letters for coaches Cecil Burch and Eric Gebhard
• Helped his team qualify for the Division 3 state championship meet as a senior
• Three-time All-Highland Conference selection
• Three-time all-state selection
Personal:
Parents: Kay and Tim Jones
Siblings: Lia, runs cross country and track at Oakland
• His father and mother were both collegiate athletes at Northern Michigan
• Father was a wrestler, his mother a swimmer
