2016-17 (M) Track and Field Roster

Jacob Sears

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Raleigh, N.C.
  • High School Panther Creek

Biography

PR's:

Cross Country: 6K – 19:13.30 … 8K – 25:43.50 … 10K – 32:23.80

Indoor: Mile – 4:16.95 ... 3,000m - 8:33.67 … 5,000m – 15:13.40

Outdoor: 1,500m – 3:56.38 … 3,000m – 8:36.69 … 5,000m – 14:36.38 … 3,000-meter steeplechase – 9:07.44


2015-16

Outdoor:

• Finished third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:14.04 and placed ninth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:59.30 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships
• Placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:24.98 at the Hokie Twilight
• Set a personal-best of 9:07.44 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the War Eagle Invitational and placed third
• Ran a PR of 3:56.38 in the 1,500 meters to place 13th at the Charlotte Invitational
• Ran a leg on the DMR team at Florida Relays (10:08.07/7th)
• Crossed the finish line in 16:05.60 in the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays

Prior to Appalachian (William and Mary)

2014-15

Cross Country:

• Clinched W&M's conference title with a 16th-place finish at the CAA Championships, seventh for the team
•  Fifth for the Tribe at the region championships
• Took 93rd at UVA
•  Finished seventh overall at the home meet
•  Ran 15th in his season-debut at Richmond.

2013-14

Cross Country:

• Recorded an individual second-place finish to lead the Tribe to victory at the CNU Invite
•  At the CAA Championships, ran seventh for W&M and 12th overall, claiming the final All-CAA spot.
Indoor:
•  Anchored the Tribe's DMR in the finals of the IC4A Championships
•  Timed 8:42.17 to take the 3,000m at CNU in January
•  Ran 8:33.67 in the 3,000m at the Mason Last Chance meet.
Outdoor
•  Chopped 30 seconds off his lifetime-best in the steeplechase over the course of two weeks and three meets
• Began at the CAA Championships, where he took second in 9:23.86 for All-CAA honors
• Was 15 seconds better than he ran as a freshman
• Went 9:21.07 the following week at the UVA Challenge
•  Ran 9:08.23 at the Wolfpack Last Chance meet in Raleigh
• Season-best of 14:36.38 in the 5,000m at Princeton
•  Ran the 5,000m at the CAA Champonships, placing ninth

2012-13

Outdoor:

• At the CAA Championships, finish fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase and seventh in the 5,000m

High School

• Runner-up at the North Carolina state cross country championships as a senior
• Went on that fall to take 18th at the Foot Locker South Championships
• Earned a pair of all-state honors on the track
• Third in the state at 3200m as a senior, improving on his fourth-place showing in the same event the year before
• Won two conference titles at 3200m and another at 1600m

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Junior

    Distance
  • 2016-17Senior

    Distance