| Eric Jones |
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HIGHLIGHTS:
• 60 meters - 7.45
• 100 meters - 11.87
• Long Jump - 21' 7'
• High Jump - 6' 0"
• Triple Jump - 49' 3"
2006-07
Indoor T/F: At the Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships, Jones took 14th in both the triple jump and long jump with distances of 13.77 meters and 6.50 meters, respectively...Led the Panthers in jumps at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup, placing eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 14.39 meters...Also competed in the long jump at the Challenge Cup meet, posting a mark of 6.49 meters and earning 17th-place... Set a personal-best distance of 6.57 meters in the long jump at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...At the Penn State National Invitational, Jones earned 12th in the triple jump with a distance of 14.30 meters...Picked up a seventh-place finish in the long jump at the Penn State Open with a distance of 6.21 meters and fourth in the triple jump at 14.43 meters...Placed second at the Akron Quad in the triple jump with a distance of 14.59 meter.
Outdoor T/F: Earned All-Big East honors after finishing third in the triple jump with a distance of 15.03 meters, a personal best, at the Big East Outdoor Track and Field Championships...Placed sixth in the triple jump, reaching a distance of 14.89 meters at the IC4A Championships...Captured 10th in the eastern division of the triple jump with a distance of 14.14 at the Penn Relays...Posted a regional-qualifying mark and personal best at the Morgan State Legacy Meet in the triple jump at 15.01 meters placing third... Placed 14th in the long jump with a distance of 6.50 meters and 15th in the triple jump at the Morgan State Legacy Meet...Finished 15th in the triple jump with a distance of 14.52 meters at the Sea Ray Relays...At the Asics Liberty Invitational, Jones finished first in the triple jump with a distance of 13.83 meters and fourth in the long jump with 6.41 meters...Finished second in the triple jump at the Fred Hardy Invitational with a distance of 13.95 meters.
2005-06
Indoor T/F - Qualified for the Big East Championships, placing 12th in the triple jump...Finished second in the triple jump and eighth in the long jump at the Akron Quad...Placed seventh in the triple jump at the Penn State Open.
Outdoor T/F - Placed eighth at the IC4A Championships and fifth at the Big East Championships in the triple jump...Won the event at both the Liberty Asics Invitational and Slippery Rock Invitational...Placed seventh in the long jump and second in the triple jump at the Nittany Lion Relays.
High School
Led his team to a WPIAL championship for the 2002-03 season...Placed second at the WPIAL Championships and fourth in the state in the triple jump in 2004...Named all-area and all-state...Set school record in the triple jump...Graduated with honors.
Personal
Son of Virgil and Davida Jones...Has one brother...Born July 17, 1987...Majoring in communications.
