Kansas Jayhawks
Jaron Hartley - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Jaron Hartley

Position Sprints
Class Senior
Hometown Houston, Texas
High School Houston Westside HS
Position Sprints

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2018 Indoor Second Team All-American (4×400 Relay)
2017 Outdoor Second Team All-American (4×400 Relay)
2017 Indoor Second Team All-American (4×400 Relay)
Indoor School Record (4×400 Relay) – 3:05.57
2016 Outdoor All-America Honorable Mention (4×400 Relay)
2016 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (4×400 Relay)

2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Placed fifth in the 200-meter dash at the season-opening Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24) with a wind-aided time of 21.33 seconds … Won the open section of the 200-meter dash at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a career-best time of 20.90 seconds and was a member of the third-place 4×400-meter relay team that clocked in with a time of 3:09.59 … Helped the 4×100 and 4×400-meter relay teams to second-place finishes in the quadrangular section of the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with times of 40.97 seconds and 3:06.97, respectively … Also finished second in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes with wind-aided times of 10.54 and 21.09 seconds, respectively … Recorded a career-best time of 47.36 seconds in the 400 meters at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team to a seventh-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13).

2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished first with a time of 3:13.90 at the season-opening Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) … Posted a second-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) with a time of 21.72 … Also clocked a 6.88 60-meter dash time at the triangular to finish third … Finished sixth in the 400 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a time of 49.93 … Notched a personal-best time in the 400 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3), finishing fourth in 47.56 and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that recorded the 10th-fastest time in KU indoor history at 3:09.77 to finish second … Part of the 4×400-meter relay team that notched the No. 2 time in KU history at 3:06.76 at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17) … Finished 14th in the 200-meter prelims with a time of 21.66 at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished fourth with a time of 3:11.32 … Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the 4×400 relay with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10).

2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Earned Second Team All-America honors as a part of the 4×400-meter relay team after finishing 16th at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (6/07-10) with a time of 3:07.52 … Finished in first-place as part of the 4×100-meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a time of 40.88 … Posted a fourth-place finish in a season-best individual performance in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.75 at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6).

2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Member of the 4×400-meter relay team that recorded a time of 3:07.87 at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/10-11) good for an 11th place finish and Second Team All-America honors … Finished fifth in the 4×400 relay at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a time of 3:07.97 … Placed second in the 4×400-meter at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/18) with a time of 3:05.57.

2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed 17th with a time of 3:07.31 at the NCAA Championships (6/11) … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a top-10 finish at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/28) where it placed 10th with a time of 3:05.14 … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team to a victory at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a time of 3:05.73 … Placed ninth in the 200 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship after clocking a time of 21.36 … Claimed ninth and set a personal-best 400-meter time at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30), clocking 48.48 … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team win with a time of 40.26 at the Rock Chalk Classic … Runner-up in the 200 meters with a wind-aided time of 21.35 at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team to a first-place finish at the Kansas Relays with a time of 40.26 … Finished 11th in the 100 meters with a time of 10.90 at the Mesa Classic (4/8) … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team in its win at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9) with a time of 3:08.12.

2016 INDOOR (So.)
Placed 13th in 200 meters with a time of 21:93 in the preliminary round of the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) … Placed first in the 400 meters with a time of 49.40 at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a victory at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a time of 3:15.70 … Won the 400 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8), clocking a time of 49.70 … Member of the first-place 4×400-meter relay team at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) with a time of 3:14.83 … Runner-up in the 400 meters with a time of 49.33 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team to a win at the Tyson Invitational (2/13) with a time of 3:10.83 … Earned fourth in the 200-meter dash after finishing the race in 21.42 at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/19).

2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Established himself as one of the Jayhawks’ top sprinters during his first year in Lawrence … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary (5/30) in the 200 meters, where he went on to finish 30th with a wind-aided time of 21.27 … Posted season bests in both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the Big 12 Championship (5/17), finishing 17th in 10.61 and 12th in 20.91, respectively … Member of the 4×100-meter relay that took fifth at the Big 12 Championship in a time of 40.65 … Helped the Jayhawk 4×100-meter relay to a season-best time of 40.50 at the Kansas Relays (4/17), good for a third-place finish.

2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Top 60-meter dash performance of the year came at the Husker Invitational (2/7) where he finished 27th with a time of 6.95 … Turned in a season-best 400-meter clocking of 49.83 at the ISU Classic (2/14), good for a 25th-place finish … Opened his year with a fifth-place finish in the 60 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/6/14) with his time of 6.99 … Helped the KU distance medley relay to a third-place finish at the Bill Easton Classic (1/9) with a time of 10:37.08.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ran track at Westside HS (Houston, Texas) under head coach Douglass Guy … Lettered in both track and basketball … Won MVP Athlete of the Year at Westside HS … During his senior year, earned one victory in the 100 meters, five victories in the 200 meters and three victories in the 400 meters.

PERSONAL
Plans to be a coach following graduation … Currently undecided on a major.