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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Jordan Johnson

Jordan Johnson

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Yonkers, NY
  • Highschool:
    Hackley School

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2024-25: Indoor: Tremendous indoor campaign, capped off with USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America honors in the weight throw...Competed in eight meets...Qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships in the weight throw and finished 12th with a 18.44m toss...Finished the season ranked 13th in the weight throw on the NCAA Division III Indoor Qualifying List...USTFCCCA All-Region in the weight throw...Won both the weight throw (1st, 18.70m) and shot put (1st, 15.23m) at Indoor Liberty Leagues, netting a pair of First-Team All-Liberty League honors, as well as Liberty League Men's Field Performer of the Meet honors...Broke both school records in the weight throw and shot put at Liberty Leagues, smashing the weight throw record for the second of three times indoors...Crushed the weight throw record again the following week with a second-place performance (18.91m) at the All-Atlantic Region Championships...Also competed in the shot put at the AARTFC meet, placing 14th (14.33m)...Four-time Liberty League Men's Field Performer of the Week...Tallied seven first-place finishes and 11 top-10 results...Opened the year with two top-three finishes at the Nazareth Alumni Opener, winning the weight throw with a school-record toss (18.65m) en route to Liberty League Performer of the Week honors...Won the weight throw in six-straight meets and never finished outside the top-two until the NCAA Championships...Team Captain.

Outdoor: Capped off an outstanding and record-breaking senior season with eight All-America, All-Region and All-Liberty League honors...Qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in both the hammer throw and javelin...Earned First-Team All-America honors with a sixth-place result (60.90m) in the hammer throw and finished 21st (53.33m) in the javelin...Ranked on the NCAA Division III Outdoor Performance List in three events: 8th in the hammer throw, 19th in the javelin and 40th in the discus...Three-time USTFCCCA All-Region selection in the discus, hammer throw and javelin, topping the Niagara Region in both the hammer and javelin...Named the Liberty League Men's Outdoor Field Performer of the Year...Earned Liberty League Men's Field Performer of the Meet after finishing in the top-three of all four throwing events, including event wins in the discus, hammer and javelin...First-Team All-Liberty League in the discus (1st, 46.46m), hammer throw (1st, 61.16m) and javelin (1st, 62.09m)...Honorable Mention All-Liberty League in the shot put (3rd, 13.54m)...Broke both the school and Liberty League Championship records in both the hammer throw and javelin at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships, breaking the hammer throw record for the second time during the outdoor season...Four-time Liberty League Men's Field Performer of the Week...Finished outside the top 10 just once across 10 meets, notching 17 top-three results...Tallied nine event wins...Opened the year with an event win in the hammer throw at the Bill Q Invitational...Won the discus competition at the Colonial Relays...Swept the discus, hammer throw and javelin toss at the Rochester Spring Twilight, setting a new school record in the hammer throw (58.33m) and notching a new personal-best mark in the discus (48.95m)...Added another event win in the hammer throw at the Cardinal Last Chance Meet.

At UR 2023-24: Indoor: Another strong season as a junior...Finished the season ranked #33 in Division III in the weight throw with a career-best mark of 17.75 meters set at the Liberty League Championships in a winning effort...Earned All-Liberty League 1st Team honors at the conference meet and also finished 9th in the shot put (13.12m)...Ended 4th at the All-Atlantic Region Championships in the weight throw (17.49m)...All-Niagara Region performer during the weight throw season...Named Liberty League Field Performer of the Week on Feb. 12 following a weight throw win at the RIT February Friday Invitational...Piled up nine total top-10's during eight meet appearances and ended up on top of the podium six times.

Outdoor: Showed versatility in throwing events by appearing at seven meets while competing a total of 22 times during the outdoor season...Had phenomenal Liberty League Championships, securing wins in both the discus (45.53m) and hammer throw (55.41m) while setting two new personal-bests in the process...Added scoring placements in the shot put (5th, 13.73m) and javelin (6th, 54.16m) at Liberty League's...Was 1st Team All-Liberty League in the discus and hammer throw...Ended season ranked #43 on the Division III Performance List...Competed at the AARTFC Championships in the hammer and discus, finishing 9th and 22nd, respectively...Had 19 total top-10 results, including five wins...Had three top-6 results, including a javelin win at the Towson Invitational on Mar. 26, the Brockport Multi & Invitational on Apr. 14 and Geneseo Quad Meet and Multi on Apr. 21. 

At UR 2022-23: Indoor: Competed in both indoor throwing events in eight meets for the Yellowjackets during the indoor campaign, earning USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the weight throw...Ranked 49th in NCAA Division III in the weight throw during the regular season with a 17.08m throw...Set the 17.08m mark, a personal best, at the 2022-23 Liberty League Indoor Championships, finishing second in the weight throw to earn Second-Team All-Liberty League honors...Also scored for Rochester in the shot put at Liberty Leagues, finishing fifth with a 13.98m throw...Earned 11 Top-10 results...Finished ninth in the weight throw at the AARTFC with a throw of 16.88m...Took home first-place in the weight throw with a 16.65m throw at the Nazareth Conference Challenge Cup on Jan. 28...Also finished 5th in the shot put with a PR of 14.15m at the Conference Challenge Cup...Tallied two Top-10 finishes at both the Nazareth Alumni Invite and the Brockport Multi.

Outdoor: Appeared in eight outdoor meets...USTFCCCA All-Region in the javelin throw, ranking 37th (57.49m) in the event during the regular season...Placed first in the javelin with a new personal-best 57.49m throw at the 2023 Liberty League Outdoor Championships, earning First-Team All-Liberty League Honors...Scored for Rochester in the discus (7th, 41.98m) at Liberty Leagues, while also competing in the shot put (14th, 12.68m)...Qualified for and competed in both the hammer throw (17th, 48.91m) and javelin (22nd, 42.43m) at the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Championships...Landed 15 Top-10 throws, 13 of which were Top-5s...Set a pair of new PRs at the St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic on April 29, finishing fourth in both the discus (44.85m) and hammer throw (52.48m)...Secured three Top-3 finishes at the Brockport Multi & Invitational on April 14-15 in the discus (3rd, 39.77m), hammer throw (2nd, 50.89m) and javelin (3rd, 47.39m)...Added two more third-place results at the RIT Invite on April 8, finishing third in the hammer (50.82m) and javelin (43.98m)...Opened the year with two Top-10s in the hammer (4th, 48.51m) and javelin (7th, 44.40m) at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational.

At UR 2021-22: Indoor: Appeared in seven meets during first season representing Rochester...Qualified for the Liberty League Championships in the weight throw and finished 7th with a season-best mark of 14.63 meters, helping the Yellowjackets claim their first ever conference title...Four top-15 results on the season, including a pair of 11th place finishes in the weight throw during his first two collegiate meets.

Outdoor: Solid season outdoors during rookie campaign...Competed in all four throwing events at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships...Finished 12th in the discus and hammer throw, 14th in the javelin and 18th in the shot put...Overall, competed in six meets and had five top-10 results...Was 3rd in the javelin at the UR Alumni Invitational with a toss of 44.67 meters after ending 5th a week earlier in the same event at the Geneseo Quad Meet & Multi...Season-best distance of 50.11 meters in the javelin at the Rochester Spring Classic on Apr. 8, placing 3rd.

HS: Attended the Hackley School in Yonkers, NY...Participated in football and outdoor track and field for the Hornets.

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