Jack McDonald
| Career Highlights |
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| 2018 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team |
| 2017 Track & Field Academic All-Big 12 Second Team |
| 2017 Cross Country Academic All-Big 12 First Team |
| 2014-15 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team |
2018 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Placed ninth in the 5,000-meter run at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a time of 14:59.95 … Took eighth in the 5,000 meters at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/5) with a time of 15:59.51.
2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
Earned Academic All-Big 12 Honors … Competed in the Bob Timmons Dual Classic where he finished sixth in the 6K race with a time of 19:20.9.
2017 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished in first place at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:45.64 … Won the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22), clocking a time of 14:47.41 … Recorded a personal-best time in the 5,000-meter run at the Emporia State Relays (4/1) at 14:42.09, good for third place.
2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Recorded a personal-best time in the 3,000-meter run at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) with a time of 8:38.71, good for fifth-place … Finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run at the Rod McCravy Memorial (1/20-21), clocking in at 15:08.60.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (R-So.)
Ran in three meets during his second season competing for the Jayhawks … Finished 62nd in his first outing at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) where he posted an 8K time of 27:29.7 … Opened his season with a 19th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) after he crossed the 6K finish in 20:56.7 … Took 34th at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) when he posted an 8K time of 25:47.1.
2016 OUTDOOR (R-Fr.)
Set a personal-best 5,000-meter time of 15:30.04 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30), good enough for 10th place … Finished sixth in the 5,000 meters at the ESU Relays (4/2) with a time of 15:37.74.
2016 INDOOR (So.)
Runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 9:10.63 … Placed fifth at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a 3,000-meter clocking of 9:04.40 … Claimed seventh in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:54.18 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29).
2015 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Utilized redshirt season.
2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Participated in three meets during his first indoor campaign … Top 3,000-meter clocking came in a third-place finish at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30), posting a time of 8:48.26 … Ran one 5,000-meter race, finishing 60th in the event at the ISU Classic (2/14) in 15:57.78.
2014 CROSS COUNRTY (Fr.)
Saw action in two meets for the Jayhawks in his debut season … Opened the year with a 22nd-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/30) after finishing with a 6K time of 21:01.80 … Finished 91st in the open race at the ISU Pre-National Invitational (10/18) with his 8K time of 28:30.8.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned letters in track, cross country and tennis at Shawnee Mission East High School … Ran track for head coach Tricia Beaham, who led the team to a regional runner-up finish in 2014 … Regional runner-up in the 3,200 meters in 2014 … Medaled at the Sunflower League Cross Country Meet in 2013.
PERSONAL
Son of Steve and Georgann McDonald … Has two siblings, Sam and Audrey … Father, Steve, attended KU … Grandfather, Larry McDonald, played football and baseball at the University of Idaho … Majoring in supply chain management and aspires to work in the business sector after graduation.
