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Jimmie Jones
Jimmie Jones

Hometown:
Oak Park, Mich.

High School:
Mumford HS

Height:
5-10

Event:
Middle Distance

Birthdate:
05/31/1985


PERSONAL BESTS

as of October 25, 2007

Indoor
400m 48.85 '05
y600 1:10.35 B12 Ind '05
800m 1:49.87 CycLC '07
4x400 3:10.16 CycLC '07
DMR 9:35.25 Wilson '05
4x800 7:43.95 '05
Outdoor
400m 47.61 MoRel '07
800m 1:49.11 '05
4x400 3:09.83 Big12 '05
DMR 9:41.82 DrakeR '06
4x800 7:20.91 DrakeR '06
y4x440 3:13.50 Big12 '06
SMR 3:19.03 DrakeR '07

POST-SEASON HISTORY

NCAA Indoor Championships
Distance Medley Relay
2005 SO 9:39.43 8
NCAA Mideast Regional
800m Run
2006 JR 1:50.92 12
2007 SR 1:50.75 13
4x400 Relay
2005 SO 3:10.23 11
USATF Junior Championships
800m Run
2004 FR 1:53.04 q
2004 FR 1:51.60 4
Big 12 Championships
800m Run
2004 FR 1:53.72 14
2005 SO 1:52.85 14
2006 JR 1:50.47 5
2006 JR 1:49.97 q
2007 SR 1:51.76 6
2007 SR 1:49.61 q
4x400 Relay
2004 FR 3:13.84 9
2005 SO 3:09.83 7
2007 SR 3:10.71 8
4x440yd Relay
2006 JR 3:13.50 8
Big 12 Indoor Championships
600yd Run
2005 SO 1:10.35 5
800m Run
2004 FR 1:53.23 q
2004 FR 1:51.42 7
2006 JR 1:56.21 10
2007 SR 1:50.25 q
2007 SR 1:50.82 4
4x400 Relay
2004 FR 3:14.08 7
2005 SO 3:14.40 8
2006 SO 3:15.36 9
2007 SR 3:10.23 7
Distance Medley Relay
2005 SO 9:47.13 1

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • All-American (2005, DMR)
  • Big 12 Champion (2005, DMR)
  • School Record Holder (DMR)
  • USATF Junior All-American
  • Three-season NCAA Regional qualifier
  • 12-time All-Big 12
  • Academic All-Big 12

IN THE NEWS

Family fuel
By Ben Kleine of Columbia Missourian written 4/15/2007

YEAR-BY-YEAR

2007:
Outdoor: NCAA Regional qualfiier, finishing 13th, in the 800-meter run for the second-consecutive year, third overall regional apperance (4x400 in 2005) ... ran season's best to qualify for the regional in the heats of the Big 12 Championships, clocking 1:49.61 ... scored for the Tigers for second-straight year at 800 meters in the Big 12s, placing sixth (1:51.76) ... also on eighth-place 4x400-relay team at conference championships ... ran a career-best 47.61 400-meter dash at the Missouri Relays in the middle of a heavy downpour. Indoor: Twice earned All-Big 12 honors, placing fourth, a career-conference best finish, in the 800-meter dash with a 1:50.82 clocking, was also seventh with 4x400-relay team ... ran career-best for an indoor 800 at the Cyclone National Qualifier, running 1:49.87 ... winner of the 600-yard run at the Big 12-Mountain West Challenge in Lincoln, Neb. (1:10.58).

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.