Stephen Jones

Position:
Distance
Height:
6-3
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Troy, Ohio
High School/Previous School:
Troy HS

School Record Holder (3000m Steeplechase) - 8:41.27
School Record Holder (Cross Country 8K) - 23:51.98

2017 Indoor All-SEC Freshman Team (3000m)
2019 Outdoor Second-Team All-SEC (3000m Steeplechase)
2019 SEC Community Service Team
2019 Cross Country All-Region Team

2020 Outdoor Season

Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Season

Did not compete.

2019 Cross Country Season

Took home the UAB Blazer Classic (10/18) title while setting a school record in the 8K with a time of 23:51.98 ... Shattered his personal-best at the NCAA South Region Championship (11/15) with a time of 30:33.5 for an 11^th-place finish, becoming the second Bulldog to earn a bid to the men's NCAA Cross Country Championship in school history and sixth men's All-Region selection ... Posted the highest finish by a Bulldog in the men's NCAA Cross Country Championship (11/23) in school history, crossing the line 80^th in 31:46.5.

2019 Outdoor Season

USA: Broke his own school record in the steeplechase at the Sunset Tour (7/9), placing fifth in 8:41.27 … Ran the 3000m steeplechase at the USATF Championships (7/25) in 8:55.55.

Mississippi State: Finished second in his first career 3000m steeplechase, running 9:06.18, at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (3/22) … Clocked a then-personal-best 14:08.73 in the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays (3/29) where he also ran on the 4x1500m relay team that placed second with the third-fastest time in school history at 15:47.53 … Finished seventh in the 1500m at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/11), running 3:53.68 … Posted a then-SEC-leading time in the 3000m steeplechase to finish third at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/18), crossing the line in a personal-best 8:53.23 … Became the first MSU man to score in multiple individual events at the SEC Championships, excluding relays, since Nathan Arnett and Emanuel Mayers both picked up points in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles in 2012 … Was the 3000m steeplechase runner up at the SEC Championships (5/10), crossing the line in 8:53.32 while running down the eventual third-place finisher after the final hurdle … Scored in the 5000m as well with a seventh-place run in a personal-best 14:08.67 … Broke the oldest, untied championship-event school record in State’s archives when he ran a personal-best 8:42.68 in the 3000m steeplechase to finish ninth at the NCAA East Prelims (5/24) … Also qualified for the Prelims and competed in the 5000m … Closed his collegiate season in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA Championships (6/5).

2019 Indoor Season

Did not compete.

2018 Cross Country Season

Was the first Bulldog to cross the finish in the Arturo Barrios Invitational 8K, finishing 27^th with a mark of 25:06.6.

2018 Outdoor Season

Opened the season with a seventh-place finish and then-personal-best 3:53.38 in the 1500m at the Bulldog Relays (3/23)… Ran a personal-best 14:16.50 in the 5000m to qualify for regionals at the Florida Relays (3/29) where he finished third … Turned in a personal-best 3:52.33 in the 1500m to place 10^th at the Tennessee Relays (4/12) … Finished the 5000m in 14:19.10 at the Penn Relays (4/26) … Ran the 5000m at the SEC Championships (5/11) … Competed in the 5000m at the NCAA East Prelims (5/26) where he clocked in at 14:47.29.

2018 Indoor Season

Was on the winning distance medley relay team that finished in 10:10.86 at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/12) … Finished 11^th in the 3000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20) … Ran the mile in a personal-best 4:10.28 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (2/3) … Finished seventh with a personal-best 8:14.96 in the 3000m at the Music City Classic (2/9) … Time also ranks third in indoor school history … Ran the 3000m at the SEC Championships (2/24) and placed 10^th in 8:15.06.

2017 Cross Country Season

Ran the Golden Eagle Duals 6K (9/2) in 19:58.8 … Finished second at the Falcon Classic (9/16) … Ran three 8Ks on the season with a season-best 24:28.6 at the Paul Short Gold (9/29) … Ran the 10K in 32:11.2 at the South Region Championships (11/10).

2017 Outdoor Season

Finished third at the Bulldog Relays (3/17), running the 1500m in a personal-best 3:55.63 … Placed fourth in the 5000m at the Florida Relays (3/30), finishing in 14:27.18 … Finished eighth in the 1500m at the SEC Relays (4/28) with a time of 4:01.16.

2017 Indoor Season

Placed fourth in the mile at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/13) … Ran a personal-best 8:25.24 in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge (2/10), grabbing an 11th place finish … Earned a spot on the All-SEC Freshman Team in the 3000m at the SEC Championships (2/24), finishing as the conference’s top rookie with a time of 8:31.84.

2016 Cross Country Season

Made his debut at the Memphis Twilight (9/3) where he finished 35th with a time of 20:39.78 … Was the Bulldogs leader once again at the Crimson Classic (10/14), finishing 64th with a time of 26:05.2 … The Bulldogs’ highest finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/24), placing 152nd with a time of 27:26 ... Finished 66th and second for the Bulldogs at the Commodore Classic (9/17) with a time of 26:05.7 ... Competed in five events during his freshman campaign, and was the Bulldogs’ highest finished at the South Region Championship 10K with a time of 32:26.4.

Before the Bulldogs

Ran for Troy High School … Won the 2015 Greater Western Ohio Conference cross country championship with a school-record time of 15:17.39 … Three-time qualifier for the state meet in both cross country and track and was an All-Ohio selection … Finished third in the 3200m at the state meet as a senior where he broke the school record in 9:01.94 … Twice won the conference championship in the 3200m … Named Greater Western Ohio Conference Runner of the Year three times … Also broke school records in the 800m (1:53.89) and 1600m (4:17.98) … Team won conference crown four times … Track team was district champion twice … Was a member of the Key Club.

Personal

Born Stephen Christian Jones on May 1, 1998 to Audwin and Mary Jones … Has a sister, Alayna … Majoring in business information systems.

Collegiate Bests:

Indoor

Mile - 4:10.28 (Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White - 2/3/2018)
3000m - 8:14.96 (Music City Challenge - 2/10/2018)

Outdoor

1500m - 3:52.44 (Tennessee Relays - 4/13/2018)
3000m Steeplechase - 8:41.27 (Sunset Tour - 7/9/2019)
5000m - 14:08.76 (SEC Championships - 5/11/2019)

Cross Country

6K - 19:58.8 (Golden Eagle Duals - 9/2/2017)
4 Mile - 20:39.8 (Memphis Twilight Classic - 9/3/2016)
8K - 23:51.98 (UAB Blazer Classic - 10/18/2019)
8.067K - 26:05.2 (Crimson Classic - 10/16/2015)
10K - 30:33.5 (NCAA South Region Championship - 11/15/2019)

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