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Jacob Morgan - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Jacob Morgan

Position Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Topeka, Kan.
High School Washburn Rural HS
Position Distance
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Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (RSr.)
Claimed a seventh-place finish in the 10,000-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14) with a time of 30:03.42 … Recorded a season best mark in the 5,000-meter run at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) of 14:19.59, good for first-place.

2016 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Did not compete after injury sidelined him for the season.

2016 INDOOR (Sr.)
Won the 3,000 meters at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) with a time of 8:30.36 … Placed third and set a personal-best 3,000-meter time of 8:26.63 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29).

2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.) 
Ran to all-region and All-Big 12 honors for the second-straight season … Took fifth at the Big 12 Championship (10/31) for the second-straight year after he completed the 8K in 24:21.2 … Ran to a 21st-place finish at the Midwest Regional (11/13) by way of his 30:28.5 10K clocking … Opened his season with a runner-up finish at the Rim Rock Classic (10/3) when he posted an 8K time of 24:09.5 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2015 OUTDOOR (Jr.) 
Competed in four meets during his first outdoor season as a Jayhawk … Moved to No. 2 on KU’s all-time 10,000-meter chart with his 29:02.13 performance at the Stanford Invitational (4/4) where he placed eighth … Won the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/17) when he crossed the finish in an outdoor-best clocking of 14:20.71 … Posted an 11th-place finish and a time of 31:15.21 at the Big 12 Championship (5/17).

2015 INDOOR (Jr.) 
Became the fourth Jayhawk in school history to break the 14-minute barrier in the indoor 5,000 meters, posting a time of 13:57.08 in a 13th-place finish at the ISU Classic (2/14) … Won the 3,000 meters at the Husker Invitational (2/7) with a season-best time of 8:12.56 … Helped the KU scoring effort at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) with his seventh-place finish in the 5,000 meters, posting a time of 14:42.43 … Kicked of his first indoor campaign with a runner-up finish in the 3,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) in a time of 8:19.47.

2014 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.) 
Ran to all-region and all-conference honors in his first season competing for the Jayhawks … Top Jayhawk in six of the seven races in which he competed … Qualified for the NCAA Championships (11/22) where he placed 91st after finishing the 10K in 31:29.4 … Earned all-region honors with his seventh-place finish at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/14) and his 10K clocking of 30:17.6 … Ran to a fifth-place finish and all-conference accolades at the Big 12 Championship (11/1) after leading KU with his 8K time of 24:16.2 … Picked up his first collegiate victory at the Rim Rock Classic, pacing the field with an 8K time of 24:30.5.

AT COLORADO STATE (2012-14)
Finished 25th at the 2013 Mountain West Championship (25:00.07) … Took 34th at the 2014 NCAA Regionals (30:17.80) … Ran to a 117th-place finish at the 2013 NCAA Championships (31:26.0) … Finished 19th at the 2012 Mountain West Conference Championships, clocking in at 25:05.04 … Received Mountain West academic all-conference honors in 2012.

HIGH SCHOOL
Gatorade Kansas State Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2011 … Won both 2010 and 2011 Kansas State 6A Cross Country Championships … Finished fourth and ninth, respectively, at the 2008 and 2009 Kansas State 6A Cross Country Championships … Finished fourth in 1,600-meter run at 2011 Kansas State 6A Track & Field Championships.