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2011-12 Men's Cross Country Roster

Chris Jacob

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 169
  • Class Senior

Biography


AS A SENIOR (2010-11)
Consistently improved as the season progressed, breaking his personal best times in each of his final four races of the season...Had his best 5K time of the season at the Miami Elite Invitational, clocking in at 17:04...Set his career-best 8K time at the SSC Championship with a top-25 time of 26:48.9...Finshed his season by setting his personal 10K record with a time of 34:48.5.

AS A JUNIOR (2009-10)
Competed in the 8K at the Sunshine State Conference Championships (10/24/2009) with a time of 28:27.35... Posted a personal best 17:01.40 in the 5K at the flrunners.com Inivitational (10/2/2009)... Also competed in track and field.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2008-09)
CROSS COUNTRY: First season competing in cross country at NSU...Ran a personal-best 8K time of 28:13.40 at the FLRunners.com Invitational presented by Nike (10/4/08), finishing 29th out of 96 runners...TRACK: Broke own program record in the 800 meters by three seconds at the Miami Elite (4/11/09), crossing the finish line in a time of 1:53.86 and placing sixth...Ran a season-best 52.50 at the Hurricane Invitational (3/20-21/09) in only 400-meter race of the season...Clocked 4:22.22 and placed 13th at the FAU Twilight Inivitational (3/14/09) in first-career race in the 1,500 meters...Was the second leg on both of NSU's 4x800-meter relays...Helped the 4x800-meter relay team run a school record time of 8:15.38 at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance (2/21/09)...Part of the 4x800-meter relay that had a race-winning time of 8:23.15 at FSU Relays (3/26-28/09)...Registered a 122'4" (37.30m) mark in the javelin and placed seventh at the Hurricane Invitational.

AS A FRESHMAN (2008)
TRACK: Recorded a season-best time of 1:56.19 in the 800 meters at the Hurricane Invitational (3/22/08)...Also had Top-10 finishes in the 800 meters at the FAU Invitational (3/15/08)...Ran 51.48 in the 400 meters at the FAU Invitational (3/15/08).

CAREER,
Earned five All-Conference and two All-District Titles...Placed fifth at the state cross country meet as a senior and 11th as a sophomore...Member of Barron Collier's conference and district championship teams...Accumulated nine varsity letters during his high school career.

PERSONAL
Born in Naples Fla...Computer information systems major...Career goal is to become an All-American...Hobbies include basketball and video games...Son of Rodger and Penny Jacob...Has two siblings, Carly and Courtney.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Junior

    6'2" 165 lbs
  • 2010-11Senior

    6'0" 169 lbs
  • 2011-12Senior

    6'0" 169 lbs