Danielle Jones Season 2015-16

• Danielle Jones Photo Gallery 2015-16

Personal Bests
Indoor
Triple Jump: 39-7 3/4 (12.03) (1/16/16)
Long Jump - 16-10 3/4 (5.15) (1/15/16)
60m - 8.06 (1/22/16)
High Jump - 5-5 (1.65) (1/23/16)
Outdoor
Triple Jump: 42-3 1/2 (12.89) (5/30/15)
Long Jump: 18-7 1/4 (5.67)w (4/23/16)

NCAA Championships
2015 (O): TJ - 41-3 (18th)

Big Ten Championships
2016 (O): TJ - 41-2 1/2 (12.56) (7th)
2016 (I): TJ - 39-7 3/4 (12.08) (9th)
2015 (O): TJ - 37-9 1/2 (13th)
2015 (I): TJ - 39-1 (12th)

Honors
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention (TJ - 2015 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2015, 2016)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2016)
Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2014, 2015; Spring 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016)

2016 (Junior)
Indoor: Placed ninth in the triple jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a season-best mark of 39-7 3/4 (12.08)...set an indoor long jump PR of 16-10 3/4 (5.15) at the Holiday Inn Invitational...competed twice in the high jump and cleared 5-5 (1.65) at the Mark Colligan Memorial...finished third in the triple jump at the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic.

Outdoor: Competed at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the triple jump and finished 30th with a mark of 40-9 1/2 (12.43)...at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, placed seventh in the triple jump with season-best 41-2 1/2 (12.56)...posted a wind-aided personal best in the long jump of 18-7 1/4 (5.67) at the Kansas Relays, finishing sixth...set a wind-legal long jump season best of 18-5 3/4 (5.63) at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invitational.

2015 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Competed in four meets...set an indoor season best in the triple jump of 39-1 (11.91) to finish 12th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time in the triple jump with a PR of 42-3 1/2 (12.89) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round to finish seventh...placed 13th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a triple jump of 37-9 1/2 (11.52)...finished second at the Nebraska Invitational in the triple jump (40-9 3/4 (12.44)).

2014 (Freshman)
Indoor: Competed in five meets for the Huskers during the 2014 indoor season...notched a season-best distance of 37-9 1/2 (11.52) in the triple jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial to finish sixth...best finish came at the Nebraska Tune-Up, a fifth-place showing. Outdoor: Set a season best in the triple jump with a leap of 39-3 (11.96) at the Musco Twilight...tallied a jump of 38-4 1/4 (11.69) at the Nebraska Quad...named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring.

2013 (Redshirt)
Redshirted the 2013 season...competing unattached, recorded a triple jump of 36-6 3/4 (11.14) at the Nebraska Tune-Up...earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring of 2013.

Before Nebraska (Omaha North)
Joined the Huskers from Omaha North High School...recorded prep bests of 1:01.88 in the 400 meters, 16.60 in the 100-meter hurdles, 46.29 in the 300-meter hurdles, 5-2 in the high jump and 37-3 in the triple jump...finished second in the triple jump at the 2012 Nebraska Class A State Track and Field Championships with a jump of 37-3...finished third in the triple jump at the 2011 Nebraska Class A State Track and Field Championships, posting a mark of 36-5 1/4.

Personal
Born Nov. 10, 1993...mother is Daphne...majored in criminology and criminal justice...earned her bachelor's degree from Nebraska in December of 2016.