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Andrew Jones

Distance/Cross Country
Position
Senior
Class
Gainesville, Ga.
Hometown
North Hall
High School
Andrew Jones - Cross Country - Virginia Cavaliers

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All-Southeast Region
2024 Cross Country

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2024 Cross Country
• Ran a 10k personal best(30:27.3) at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, finishing 17th and helping the team secure a win in Rock Hill, S.C.
• Placed 31st at the ACC Cross Country Championships in 23:11.2, taking a whopping 37.6 seconds off his 8k personal best 
• Finished 19th at the Panorama Farms Invitational in a personal best of 23:48.8 over 8k, dropping 23 seconds off previous time
• Took home second place at the Spider Alumni Open, helping the team to a perfect score of 15

2024 Outdoor
• Competed in the 5000m (14:32.22) and 10,000m (30:35.12) at the ACC Outdoor Championships
• Placed sixth in the 10,000m at the Virginia Challenge with a personal best of 29:05.56
• Ran sub-14 over 5000 meters at Raleigh Relays for a personal best of 13:56.08
• Recorded a second-place finish at the Virginia Opener 1500m clocking 3:51.44
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll

2024 Indoor 
• Finished second in the 3000 meters at the Liberty Kickoff running a PB time of 8:07.16

2023 Cross Country
• Placed 12th at the Spider Alumni Open running an 18:13.8 6k race
• Competed at the Virginia Invitational and the XC23 Pre-National at Panorama Farms

2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Won the 5k at the Virginia Grand Prix (14:13.30)
• Posted a PB in the 10k at the Virginia Challenge (23:43.90)
• Finished 10th in the 10k at the ACC Championships (30:32.95)

2023 Indoor
• Placed second in the 5000m at the Penn State National running 14.21.40
• Ran a personal-best time of 8:09.35 in the 3000m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational to place fifth
• Finished 13th in the 5000m at the ACC Championships with a personal-best time of 14:08.23

2022 Cross Country
• Ran at the Virginia Invitational (9/16/22)
• Competed at the Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational (10/15/22)

2021 Cross Country
• First collegiate competition was at Joe Piane Invitational (5m/26:11.3)

Background
• 2019 Georgia High School Association 3A state champion
• 2020 Georgia High School Association 3A runner-up

Personal
• Son of Christy and Jay Jones
• Has two sisters, AbbieGrace and Allie
• Majoring in Kinesiology