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2025 YSU Cross Country Roster

Anthony Romo
Robert Hayes

Tobias Jones

Tobias Jones

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Grove City, Pa.
  • Highschool:
    Grove City

Summary

Biography

2024 (Senior): Competed in six races during the season…First Team All-Horizon League selection…Finished sixth at the Horizon League Championships with an 8K time of 24:34 (11/2)…Finished 54th at the NCAA Great Lakes Championships, running a season-best 10K time of 30:34 (11/15)…Ran a season-best 6K time of 18:45 at the Tommy Evans Invitational, finishing 14th individually (8/30)…Clocked a season-best 8K time of 23:41 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/18)…Clocked an 8K time of 23:57 at the Joe Piane Invitational Blue Race (10/4)…Ran an 8K time of 26:04 at the Roy Griak Invitational Gold Race (9/20)…Was named a Horizon League All-Academic Team member.

2023 (Junior): Competed in four races on the season…Finished 24th at the Horizon League Championships with the 14th-fastest 8k-time in program history, 24:58.6 (10/28)…Competed at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational, clocking an 8k time of 27:23.4 (10/13)…Was YSU’s fifth-fastest runner in the Blue Race at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, running a time of 25:20.0 (9/29)…Was the Penguins second-fastest finisher at the season-opening Penn State Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational, clocking a 5.2-mile time of 26:39.9 for 35th-place (9/8).

2022 (Sophomore): Made two appearances… Finished 30th at the Horizon League Championships with a season-best 8k time of 26:05.4 (10/29)…Logged a 5.2 mile time of 27:29.3 at the Penn State National Open (10/14).

2021 Freshman (at Saint Francis (Pa.)): Holds a personal-best time of 15:22.86 in the 5k and 26:23.9 in the 8k...Owns the fastest 1600m time of any incoming athlete in YSU program history.

High School: On the track, set the Grove City Area record in the indoor 3000m...Was named 3200m District 10 Outdoor Champion...Finished ninth in the 3200m at the 2019 PIAA T&F State Championships.

Personal: Is a 2024-25 recipient of the Joseph F. Malmisur Athletic Scholarship. 

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