2007 Track & Field Roster
Jimmie Jones
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oak Park, Mich.
- High School:
- Detroit Mumford HS
Updated July 19, 2006
* All-American (2005, DMR)
* Big 12 Champion (2005, DMR)
* Two-time Drake Relays Champion
* School Record Holder (DMR)
* USATF Junior All-American (2004)
* Two-time NCAA Regional Qualifier
* Eight-time All-Big 12
* AAU Junior Olympic Runner-Up (2003)
PERSONAL BESTS:
INDOOR
400m, 48.85, MU-KU-KSU Tri,
600yd, 1:10.35, Husker '04,
800m, 1:50.20, ISU Qual '04,
OUTDOOR
400m, 48.84, MO Relays '04,
800m, 1:49.11, Music City '05,
PROGRESSION
400m
2004, 48.84, Mo Relays,
2005i, 48.85, MU-KU-KSU Tri,
600yd
2004i, 1:11.64, Husker Inv,
2005i, 1:10.35, Big 12 Indoor,
800m
2002-HS, 1:52.70, AAU Meet,
2003-HS, 1:51.99, US Jr. Olympics,
2004i, 1:50.20, Cyclone LC,
2004, 1:51.39, Billy Hayes,
2005i, 1:51.09, Iowa State Classic,
2005, 1:49.11, Music City Festival (June),
2006, 1:49.36, Tom Botts Invite,
2006:
Outdoor: NCAA Regional qualifier, finishing 12th, at 800 meters after running career best 1:49.36 at 800 meters at Tom Botts Invitational ... earned All-Big 12 honors with career-high finish at 800 meters with fifth-place showing ... was part of two winning relay teams at the Drake Relays, the DMR and 4x800-meter squads. Indoor: Was 10th at 800 meters at the Big 12 Championships ... winner of 800-meter race at the Missouri Invitational, placed second at the MU-KU-KSU Triangular at 600 yards.
2005:
Outdoor: Was on DMR team that placed third at the Drake Relays ... surged late in the season, running a full-second PR at early-June's Music City Distance Festival, clocking 1:49.11 ... co-winner of team's Derrick Peterson Award for most outstanding male. Indoor: All-American with NCAA's eighth-place DMR team ... Big 12 Champion as part of distance medley relay team, running the second-400m leg, helped team to Big 12 meet record time of 9:47.13 ... helped DMR team break school record a week later at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... placed fifth in the Big 12 indoor 600-yard run (1:10.35), in a race that had the top five finish in one-second of each other ... winner of the 400 meter at the MU-KU-KSU Triangualar ... winnder of the 600-yard run at the Missouri Invitational ... other season bests: 400m, 48.85, MU-KU-KSU Tri; 800m, 1:51.09, Iowa State Classic.
2004:
Outdoor: Finished fourth at the USA Track & Field Junior National Championships in the 800 meters ... placed 14th at conference championships in 800 ... also ran on 4x400 team ... ran for a team's second sesaon-best of 48.84 in the 400 at Missouri Relays ... season bests: 800m, 1:51.39, Billy Hayes Classic (Indiana); 400m, 48.84, Missouri Relays Indoor: Earned Two All-Big 12 honors ... finished seventh in the 800-meter run and was part of seventh place 4x400-relay team ... hit an NCAA provisional qualifying mark at the ISU Qualifier with personal-best time of 1:50.20 ... other season best: 600yd, 1:11.64, Husker Invite.
2003:
Cross Country: Redshirt season.
High School:
All-American in several events over many years ... runner-up at the 2003 AAU Junior Olympics in the 800-meter run ... part of five state champion relay teams (4x400 relay - 2001, 2002, and 2003; 4x800 relay - 2002 and 2002) ... member of the 2002 USA Indoor National 4x400m Relay Championship team ... helped high school's Mustangs to back-to-back MHSAA Division I Track Field championship titles ... named Detroit Free-Pres Scholar Athlete ... high school coach -- Robert Lynch
Personal:
Son of Myra Jones ... majoring in business ... mother, Myra, was a high school all-American ... would like to be a successful businessman in the future ... born May 31, 1985 in Waynesboro, Penn.
PERSONAL BESTS:
PERSONAL BESTS:
INDOOR
400m, 48.85, MU-KU-KSU Tri,
600yd, 1:10.35, Husker '04,
800m, 1:50.20, ISU Qual '04,
OUTDOOR
400m, 48.84, MO Relays '04,
800m, 1:49.11, Music City '05,
PROGRESSION
400m
2004, 48.84, Mo Relays,
2005i, 48.85, MU-KU-KSU Tri,
600yd
2004i, 1:11.64, Husker Inv,
2005i, 1:10.35, Big 12 Indoor,
800m
2002-HS, 1:52.70, AAU Meet,
2003-HS, 1:51.99, US Jr. Olympics,
2004i, 1:50.20, Cyclone LC,
2004, 1:51.39, Billy Hayes,
2005i, 1:51.09, Iowa State Classic,
2005, 1:49.11, Music City Festival (June),
2006, 1:49.36, Tom Botts Invite,
