The University of Akron Athletics
2013-14 Track and Field

Bryan Jones
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Canal Fulton, Ohio
- High School:
- Northwest HS
Honors
USTFCCCA All-America (Honorable Mention, Decathlon, 2014 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Academic All-America (2013 Outdoor)
MAC Champion: Decathlon (2012 Outdoor)
Academic All-MAC (2014 Outdoor)
as a Senior (2014): Indoor... placed third in the heptathlon at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7-8) with a two-day total of 5,437 points ... also finished seventh in the event at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28-March 1) with 5,191 points ... Outdoor... NCAA Championship qualifier ... earned USTFCCCA All-America Honorable Mention honors after placing 22nd in the decathlon (June 12) ... finished third in the event at the MAC Championships (May 16) with a two-day point total of 7,371, which ranks fourth-best in school history ... earned Academic All-MAC honors after posting a GPA of 3.56 as a middle level education major.
as a Junior (2013): Indoor... recorded the fifth-highest heptathlon point total in program history to date at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2) ... his 5,308 points were ranked third-highest in the MAC during the season and 45th-best among all Division I athletes ... finished ninth in the heptathlon at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23) with 4,496 points ... Outdoor... named USTFCAAA Academic All-America (3.56, Middle Childhood Education) ... scored in three events at the MAC Championships (May 9-10), including a fourth-place finish in the decathlon with a total of 7,078 points ... also scored in the long jump, placing fourth with a leap of 23-10.75, and took seventh in the javelin (198-03) ... placed eighth at the Texas Relays (March 27-28) with a two-day, decathlon total of 7,107 points ... it was the third-highest total recorded in the MAC.
as a Sophomore (2012): Indoor... placed eighth in the heptathlon (4,615) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) ... Outdoor... MAC Decathlon Champion after tallying a personal-record total of 7,276 points at the league championships (May 12) ... won the long jump (23-11.75), shot put (43-07.00), discus (142-10) and javelin (166-01) during his championship performance ... finished 10th in the decathlon at the Texas Relays (March 28-29) with 6,953 points.
as a Freshman (2011): Outdoor... competed in six outdoor meets ... placed sixth in the decathlon at the MAC Championships with 6,502 ... finished second in the event in his first collegiate competition at the All-Ohio Championships, totalling 6,445 points ... ran the Zips' ninth-fastest time of the outdoor season in the 400m, clocking 53.20 at the All-Ohio Championships.
at Northwest HS: All-Ohio Third Team honoree in the long jump as a senior ... was the district champion, regional runner-up and finished third at state as a senior ... school record holder for the long jump (22-10.75) and 4x200 (1:30.81) ... won his second consecutive conference championship as a senior with a meet-record jump of 22-09.25 ... helped lead his team to a conference championship in 2009 ... also earned All-Ohio Second Team honors as the quarterback on the football team ... set single-season school records for passing yards (3,030) and touchdowns (29).
Personal: Parents are Bryan Jones and Christina Wade ... enjoys fishing, hunting and playing golf.