A multi-time All-GLVC athlete in cross country and track & field. Cross Country All-GLVC in consecutive seasons in 2022 and 2023. A GLVC Champion in the distance medley relay in 2023. Among the top-five runners on the team at each postseason cross country event in his
career.
UIS: TFRRS
Collegiate Top Times (Through 2023-24 School Year)
400m- 56.01
800m- 1:53.91
1500m- 3:54.87
Mile- 4:14.96
3,000m- 8:30.86
5,000m- 14:53.15
10,000m- 31:09.10
3,000m Steeplechase- 9:12.87
6k (XC)- 19:45.1
7k (XC)- 22:10.1
8k (XC)- 24:50.9
10k (XC)- 31:31.4
UIS Cross Country:
2023- Competed five times ... finished 17th at the GLVC Championships to earn All-GLVC honors and help UIS to a second-place team finish ... finished 71st as an individual at the Midwest Regional.
2022- Competed in seven meets including the NCAA DII Cross Country Championships ... finished 9th at the GLVC Championship to be named to the All-GLVC team as UIS men's cross country won its first GLVC title ... finished 44th at the Midwest Regional as the team finished 5th. UIS men's cross country earned an at-large bid to the national championship where Jones finished 120th and the team finished sixth.
2021- Competed in five meets … among the team’s top five runners at the GLVC Championships and NCAA Midwest Regional … finished seventh at the Prairie Star Invitational … was 22
nd at the GLVC Championships … was 73
rd at the Midwest Regionals.
2020- Competed in three races … fifth on the team and 35
th overall at the GLVC Championships … seventh overall at the GLVC Triangular, and 35
th at the GLVC East Divisional.
UIS Indoor Track and Field:
2023- Competed in seven meets including the GLVC Indoor Track and Field Championships where he finished 9th in the 3,000m and was part of the GLVC Champion distance medley relay team.
2022- All-GLVC … ran in six competitions … had three individual top-ten finishes … at the GLVC Championships, was 13
th in the 3,000m … also at the conference meet, was a member of the all-conference distance medley relay team which came in second.
2021- Competed at four meets … won the 5,000m at the Bob Eubanks Open … had two other top-five finishes.
UIS Outdoor Track and Field
2024- Top-10 finishes at three meets... ran seven meets... top result was 2nd place finish in GLVC Championship 3000m steeplechase.
2023- Redshirted.
2022- Competed in seven meets … had five individual top-10 finishes … was runner-up in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Jim Vargo Invitational … scored at the GLVC Championships with an eighth-place steeplechase finish.
2021- Competed in four meets … at the GLVC Championships, finished 10
th in the 3,000m steeplechase … also was a member of the 13
th-place 4x400 relay team … won the steeplechase at the Big Blue Alumni Invite … had five top-10 finishes in six races.
UIS Academic Awards:
2023- GLVC Academic All-Conference.
2022- GLVC Academic All-Conference.
2021- GLVC Academic All-Conference.
High School:
High School Top Times
1600m- 4:26.48
3200m- 9:39.39
Two-time all-state cross country runner … finished 24
th at state as a junior, and 15
th in his senior season … four-time state qualifier and team MVP … won the 2018 regional championship … team captain as a senior … in track, earned two all-state honors … as a junior, finished ninth at state in the 1,600m and fifth in the 3,200m … swept the 2019 sectional championships in those two events … a three-time state qualifier … three-time team MVP and team captain … won two conference 3,200m titles, and one 1,600m championship.
Personal:
The son of Laura and Ray Jones … has two siblings, Abigail and Tessa … a Accountancy major.
