2023-24 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster
Jones, Jace

Jace Jones
- Position:
- Cross Country/Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Montevallo, Ala.
- High School:
- Thompson HS
Bio
2023-24
IndoorÂ
- Placed second (4:14.47) in the men's mile (Samford Invitational)
Cross Country
- Clocked a 92nd place finish(22:22.22) at Memphis TwilightÂ
2022-23
Outdoor
- Clocked three top-10 finishes across four regular-season meets
- Eighth - Florida Relays (1,500m) and LSU Invitational (1,500m); 10th - Crimson Tide Invitational (800m)
Indoor
- Competed at the SEC Championships, finishing sixth as a member of the distance medley relay
- Represented Alabama in three regular-season meets, highlighted by a third-place finish in the 1,000m at the Commodore Challenge
2021-22
Outdoor
- Placed 4th in the 1500 (3:50.09) at the Maroon and White Invitational
- Ran a career-best 3:45.56 at the Crimson Tide Invitational
Indoor
- Medaled at the SEC Championships as part of the Crimson Tide's distance medley relay, which took third with a time of 9:34.74
- Ran a career-best 8:09.75 in the 3,000 meters at the SEC Championships
- Took third in the 800-meter at the Music City Challenge with a career-best time of 1:51.42
- Posted a career-best 4:06.12 in the mile at the Charlie Thomas Invitational, taking fourth
Cross Country
- Ran as part of the Crimson Tide's squad at the SEC Championships, posting a 27:26.0 over a rain-soaked course
2020-21
Outdoor
- Ran a career-best time of 15:43.01 in the 5,000-meter run at the SEC ChampionshipsÂ
- Competed in the 5,000-meter run and the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the SEC ChampionshipsÂ
- Recorded a time of 9:52.76 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at SECs
- Achieved ninth place in the 1,500-meter run at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a time of 3:50.05
- Opened the season with a fifth place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase event at the Pepsi Florida Relays with a time of 9:32.33
Indoor
- Awarded silver in the distance medley relay (9:31.77) and participated in the preliminary race for the one mile run (4:13.14) at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships
- Traveled to the Tyson Invitational to compete in the mile run with a time of 4:10.89
- Finished in second place in the distance medley (10:03.87) at the South Carolina Invitational
- Finished in second place in the distance medley at the Carolina Challenge with a time of 10:06.27
- Opened the season with a second place finish in the one mile run (4:17.37) and a fifth place finish in the 4x400-meter relay (3:27.51)Â at the Vanderbilt Invitational
Cross Country
- Placed in the top-35 for the 8k race at the Florida State Invitational with a time of 25:17.9.
- Opened the 2020 Cross Country season and his collegiate career with a top-30 finish (26:28.9) in the 8k race at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic.
Prep Highlights
- Local product ranks No. 1 in the state of Alabama and fourth nationally in the 1600m clocking a time of 4:13.89
- Posted top-five times in the cotton state in the indoor 3200m and 800m
- Mile Champion of the 2019 Mobile Challenge of Champions
- Posted seven top-five finishes in the 2018 cross country season, including a victory at the 2018 Shelby County Championship
- Finished his career at Thompson hanging a school record in the cross country 5000m
- Held indoor and outdoor school records in 800m, 1600m, 3200m, one-mile and the 4x800m relay
- Coached by Chris Schmidt at Thompson
Personal
- Birthday is July 18, 2001
SEC Cross Country Championships:
Friday, November 01
Harvey Glance Tide and Tigers Dual Meet: Coach Waters
Friday, January 12
SEC Cross Country Championships Recap: Coach Waters
Saturday, October 28
Southern Showcase Recap: Coach Waters
Friday, September 15