Jordan De Spong Season 2019-20

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Personal Bests
Indoor
600m: 1:21.62 (2/15/19)
800m: 1:52.33 (2/19/16)
Mile: 4:04.93 (2/8/20)
3,000m: 8:13.47o (2/14/20)
Outdoor
800m: 1:50.39 (HS)
1,500m: 3:47.39 (5/6/17)
3,000m: 8:41.12 (5/7/16)
3,000m Steeplechase: 9:26.08 (3/28/19)

Big Ten Championships
2020 (I): Mile - 4:11.68o (9th)
2019 (I): DMR - 9:51.81 (5th)
2018 (I): Mile - 4:19.13o (21st); DMR  - 10:01.35o (10th)

Honors
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018)
Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; Spring 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018, 2019)

2020 (Senior/COVID-19 Pandemic)
Indoor: Finished ninth in the mile at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 4:11.68o...ran a PR time of 8:13.47 at the Iowa State Classic, good for the No. 9 time in program history on any size of track...also had a personal-best in the mile (4:04.93) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational...ran a season-best 800m (1:52.96) at the adidas Classic...won the 3,000m title at the Mark Colligan Memorial and was on the winning DMR team at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.

2019 (Junior)
Indoor: Placed fifth with the distance medley relay team at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 9:51.81...set a PR in the 600m (1:21.62) at the Nebraska Tune-Up and season-bests in the mile (4:05.37) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and 3,000m (8:53.81) at the Mark Colligan Memorial.

Outdoor: Competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic and posted a PR time of 9:26.08.

2018 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Finished 10th in the DMR at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 10:01.35...placed 21st in the mile at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 4:19.13...won the DMR at the Graduate Classic...posted a season-best and won the mile at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite with a time of 4:06.41.

Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 1,500m at the Texas Tech/Corky Crofoot Shootout.

2017 (Redshirt)
Indoor: Redshirted...competed unattached at the Nebraska Tune-Up and ran the mile in 4:16.89.

Outdoor: Redshirted...competed unattached in four meets...won the 1,500m at the Reivers April Fools Classic, the Prairie Wolf Invite and the Nebraska Invitational, the latter with a personal-best 3:47.39...ran the 800 meters in 1:51.94 at the Husker Spring Invitational.

2016 (Freshman)
Indoor: Placed first with the distance medley relay at the Holiday Inn Invitational with a time of 9:59.44...set a personal-best in the 800m (1:52.33) and a season-best in the mile (4:10.99).

Outdoor: Won the 3,000m at the Nebraska Invitational with a time of 8:41.12, a personal best...ran the 1,500m in 3:54.36 to finish 19th at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invitational...ran the 800m in 1:54.02 to place 13th at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invitational.

Before Nebraska
Attended Southland Boys' High School in Invercargill, New Zealand...set best times of 1:50 in the 800m and 3:51 in the 1,500m...finished fifth in the 800m at the 2015 Australian Junior Championships...finished runner-up in the 1,500m and 2,000m steeplechase at the 2013 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships.

Personal
Born April 13, 1996...parents are David De Spong and Helene Rackham...major is accounting/management.