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Jordan Latimer - Abigale Wilson - 7/28/19

Photo by: Brendan Maloney

Jordan Latimer

Event:
Jumps
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Huber Heights, Ohio
High School:
Wayne

Honors:
MAC Champion: Long Jump (2015 Outdoor, 2017 Outdoor, 2018 Indoor, 2018 Outdoor, 2019 Indoor, 2019 Outdoor)
First-Team All-MAC (Long Jump, 2015 Outdoor, 2017 Outdoor, 2018 Indoor, 2018 Outdoor, 2019 Indoor, 2019 Outdoor)
Second-Team All-MAC (Long Jump, 2015 Indoor)
USTFCCCA First-Team All-American (Long Jump - 2018 Outdoor, 2019 Indoor, 2019 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American (Long Jump - 2015 Indoor, 2018 Indoor)
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-American (Long jump - 2015 Outdoor)

Results

2019 Outdoor: Garnered first-team All-America accolades after placing eighth in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (June 5) with a mark of 25-8.25 (7.83m)...earned his fourth career NCAA Outdoor Championship berth after registering the fifth-best qualifying mark of 25-4 (7.72m) in the long jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 24)...captured fifth consecutive and sixth overall MAC title in the long jump registering a winning mark of 25-7.50 (7.81m) at the MAC Championships (May 10)...posted six top-five performances in the long jump, including earning victories at the MAC Championships (May 10), Beach Invitational (April 20), Northeast Ohio Quad (April 5) and Roadrunner Invitational (March 23) with marks of 25-7.50 (7.81m), 26-3.75 (8.02m), 24-10.50 (7.58m) and 25-10.25 (7.88m)...equaled a career-best mark of 26-3.75 (8.02m) en route to winning the long jump at the Beach Invitational (April 20) and was named the MAC Field Athlete of the Week (April 23) for his performance...finished second at the LSU Invitational (April 27) in the long jump with a mark of 25-5.25 (7.75m)...registered a mark of 25-5.25 (7.75m) to place 11th in the long jump at the Texas Relays (March 30).

2019 Outdoor Accolades: First-team All-America honoree (Outdoor Long Jump)...NCAA Championship qualifier (Outdoor Long Jump)...NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Outdoor Long Jump)...MAC Champion (Outdoor Long Jump)...first-team All-MAC (Outdoor Long Jump)...MAC Field Athlete of the Week (March 26, April 23).

2019 Indoor: Garnered first-team All-America honors in the long jump placing seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 8) with a mark of 25-8 (7.82m)...entered the NCAA Championships seeded eighth in the men's long jump on the strength of his school-record mark of 26-0.25 (7.93m) set at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2)...won the long jump in four of five meets, including earning his fifth Mid-American Conference title registering a mark of 25-4.50 (7.73m) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 22)...twice set the school record in the long jump soaring 26-0 (7.92m) at the Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 25), before besting that mark jumping 26-0.25 (7.93m) at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2)...opened the campaign recording a mark of 25-7.25 (7.80m) at the Jim Green Invitational (Jan. 12)...finished second in the men's invitational long jump at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 8) with a mark of 25-2 (7.67m).

2019 Indoor Accolades: First-team All-America honoree (Indoor Long Jump)...NCAA Qualifier (long jump)...MAC Champion (Indoor Long Jump)...first-team All-MAC (Indoor Long Jump)...MAC Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 5).

2018 Outdoor: Garnered first-team All-America accolades at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the long jump finishing second overall sparked by a career-best jump of 26-3.75 (8.02m)...placed 10th in the long jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Round with a mark of 25-1.25 (7.65m)...won his fourth Mid-American Conference title in the long jump at the MAC Championships (May 11) with a season- and career-best mark of 26-0.75 (7.94m)...won the long jump at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 7), LSU Invitational (April 28) and MAC Championships (May 11) with marks of 24-3 (7.39m), 25-10 (7.87m) and 26-0.75 (7.94m), respectively...jumped 25-8.25 (7.83m) in the long to finish sixth at the Texas Relays (March 31).

2018 Outdoor Accolades: First-team All-America honoree (Outdoor Long Jump)...NCAA Championship qualifier (Outdoor Long Jump)...NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (Outdoor Long Jump)...MAC Champion (Outdoor Long Jump)...first-team All-MAC (Outdoor Long Jump)...named MAC Track Athlete of the Week award winner (April 3).

2018 Indoor: Garnered second-team All-America accolades after placing ninth at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 9) with a mark of 24-10.50 (7.58m)...entered the NCAA Indoor Championships owning the No. 15 mark in the men's long jump soaring a career-best indoor mark of 25-7.50 (7.81m) at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3)...he claimed his third career Mid-American Conference championship and first in the indoor men's long jump with a winning mark of 25-2.50 (7.68m) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23)...additionally, he placed fourth in the men's long jump invitational with a mark of 25-4.50 (7.73m) at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 9)...earned MAC Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 6) accolades after his performance at the Akron Invitational.

2018 Indoor Accolades: Second-Team All-American (Indoor Long Jump)...MAC Champion (Indoor Long Jump)...first-team All-MAC (Indoor Long Jump)...named MAC Track Athlete of the Week award winner (Feb. 6).

2017 Outdoor: Garnered six top-10 efforts in the long jump, including capturing first-team all-league honors at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 12) with a season-best mark of 25-2.25 (7.68m)...finished 31st in the long jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26) with a jump of 23-3.25 (7.09m)...won long jump title at Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) with a mark of 24-5.25 (7.45m), while placing third at the Spec Towns Invitational (April 7) and LSU Alumni Invitational (April 22) with jumps of 24-4.25 (7.42m) and 24-11.25 (7.60m)...finished ninth at Texas Relays in long jump with mark of 24-5.75 (7.46m)...2017 Indoor: Competed in three meets for the Zips in the long jump...won the long jump at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 4) with a season-best mark of 24-10.25 (7.58m)...also soared 24-5 (7.44m) to place third at the Penn State National (Jan. 27).

2015-16: Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor campaign...Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor campaign.

2014-15: Indoor: Finished 10th in the long jump (24-9.75) at the NCAA Championship (March 13) to earn second-team All-America accolades…won the long jump with the second-best jump (25-2.75) at the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 9), a mark that was the second-longest in program history…won the long jump at the Penn State National (Jan. 31), Zips Invitational (Feb. 20) and Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 9)…finished fourth in the heptathlon at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Feb. 28) with a score of 5,246…registered the fourth-highest score (5,394) in program history in the heptathlon finishing third at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7)…named MAC Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 25)...Outdoor: Garnered honorable mention USTFCCCA All-America accolades in the long jump after placing 24th at the NCAA Championship with a jump of 23-2.50...won the long jump at the MAC Championship (May 15) with a leap of 25-2.75...recorded the third-best jump (25-7.50) in program history at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 28) to earn a fifth-place showing...collected six top-five performances in the long jump, including winning the event at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 2) and MAC Championship...finished second in the long jump at the Texas Relays (March 27) and Longhorn Invitational (May 2) with marks of 23-11.50 and 24-8.25...came in second in the high jump at the Bobcat Invitational (March 27) with a career-best jump of 6-6.75...posted six top-10 efforts in the 110-meter hurdles, including placing second at Cal State LA Twilight (April 16) and Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 9) in 14.65 and 14.78...twice ran season- and career-best times of 14.56 in the 110-meter hurdles.

Personal: Majoring in graphic design...son of Lashonn Latimer.