2015 Track and Field
Roster
Jake McKown
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Greer, S.C.
2014-15 Indoor: Logged three top-10 finishes in the 400-meter dash after competing in six of seven indoor meets…Recorded a best finish of 3rd at the App State Indoor Open after running a time of 51.95…Added two 8th place finishes at the season-opening UNCG Six-Way Meet and A-Sun Indoor Championships… Teamed with Patrick Jamison, Kyle Jones and Cameron Pratt to win the 4x400-meter relay at the App State Indoor Open…Was a member of the distance medley relay and 4x400-meter relay teams that finished 4th at the A-Sun Championships…Also competed in the 200-meter dash at the Buccaneer Track & Field Invitational.
2014 Outdoor: Broke the school record in the 400-meter hurdles after a time of 55.18 at the A-Sun Championships…Competed in both track and field events including the 400-meter dash, 400-meter hurdles, long jump and shot put…Recorded two top-5 finishes highlighted by a 4th-place showing in the 400-meter dash (51.52) at the season-opening CCU Invitational…Finished 5th in the shot put with a mark of 10.65-meters at the Aggie Last Chance…Collected three finishes of 9th or better in the 400-meter hurdles…Placed 10th in the long jump (5.77-meters) at the Carolina’s Cup…Set new personal-bests in all four events.
2013-14 Indoor: Finished 10th or better three times in the long jump and shot put…Finished 6th in the long jump at the UNCG Spartans Team Challenge while turning in a time of 11.07 in the 60-meter hurdles…Was 8th in the shot put (10.78-meters) and 9th in the long jump at the Mountaineer Open…Had a season-best leap of 6.01-meters in the long jump at the Appalachian Invitational…Ran the 55-meter hurdles in 9.70 at the Mountaineer Open…Recorded times of 7.76 in the 60-meter dash and 24.76 in the 200-meter dash at the Niswonger Invitational.
2013 Outdoor: Participated primarily in the 400-meter hurdles…Recorded four top-10 finishes…Earned a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the A-Sun Championships with a season-best time of 56.29…Was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Johnson C. Smith Invitational.
2012-13 Indoor: Had two 11th-place finishes on the season…Placed 11th in the 500-meter dash at the Orange & Purple Winter Classic and in the 400-meter dash at the A-Sun Championships…Was a member of two 4x400-meter relay teams that had top-3 finishes including a second-place finish in section 2 at the Hilton Garden Invitational with Matt Johnson, Cameron Thomas and Tracy Fischer.
Prior to Upstate: Transferred to Upstate after spending a year at Coastal Carolina.
High School: Lettered in wrestling, football and track & field at Greer High School…An All-Region, All-Area and All-State selection…Finished third in the 400-meter hurdles his senior season at the South Carolina State meet.
Personal: Born March 10, 1993…Parents are Kent and Beth McKown…Has two brothers, Wilton (23) and Lucas (17)…His father played football at The Citadel and his older brother played lacrosse at Mercer…Is majoring in speech communications with a minor in business…Hobbies include lighting weights, sleeping and baking…Lists Ritz creamy chicken casserole as his favorite food…His favorite movie is “Up”…Says The Regular Show is his favorite TV show…Claims Mark Wahlberg is his favorite actor…Fall is his favorite season…The Bible is his favorite book…Rich Froning is his favorite sports figure…The people he admires the most are his mom and dad…His dream job is to become a speech therapist…Favorite quote is, “Eat clean, train dirty.”
