2015 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Jackson Darland
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Eugene, Ore.
- High School:
- Sheldon
Two-Time Pac-12 Track & Field All-Academic, First Team (2015, 2016)
Two-Time Pac-12 Cross Country All-Academic, Second Team (2014, 2015)
2015-16: Outdoor - Primary action came in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, which included third place finishes at both the Oregon Relays and the Oregon Twilight ... Ran 10th in the steeple at the Pac-12 Championships ... Pac-12 all-academic first team. Indoor- Did not compete...Cross Country - Was 11th in 25:26.7 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational... Was 60th at the Washington Invitational in 24:15.0....Pac-12 all-academic second team. Season Bests - Outdoors - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – 9:00.22, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., (5/6/16).
2014-15: Outdoor - Set four PRs in the 3,000 meter steeplechase and was a Pac-12 scorer in the event...Raced five times, all in the steeplechase...opened season with a four-second PR at the Pepsi Team invitational (9:09.69)...had a six second drop to 9:03.96 in winning the steeple at the OSU High Performance Meet...dropped under 9:00 for the first time at the Oregon Twilight, winning in 8:59.91...fourth PR of the season, 8:53.91, came in a sixth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring three points for the eventual team champions...Wrapped up year with his first NCAA West Regional appearance...Pac-12 all-academic first team. Indoor - Did not compete. Cross Country – Made his Oregon cross country debut at the Bill Dellinger Invitational...also ran at the Charles Bowles Invitational...was eighth at the USATF Oregon State XC Championships in 26:26.4 (8,000 meters)...Pac-12 all-academic second team. Season Bests - Outdoors - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – 8:53.91 (PR), Pac-12 Championships, Los Angeles, Calif. (5/30/15).
2013-14: Outdoor – Finished second and set a seasonal record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a mark of 9:13.03 at the Oregon Twilight...also took second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Oregon Relays (9:20.76)...was fourth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Pepsi Dual...ran unattached at the Oregon Preview with a 6:01.34 time in the 2,000 meter steeplechase. Indoor – Redshirt Season. Cross Country – Redshirt season...The Eugene, Ore. native was able to run in his hometown for his first collegiate race at the Dellinger Invitational and came in at 26:51 as an unattached runner in the 8,000 meter run. Season Bests - Outdoors - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – 9:13.03, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/9/14).
Prep: Was the 2012 Oregon 6A state cross country champion for Sheldon High School, covering the 5,000 meter course in 15:40...named Oregon’s 2012 Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year after that victory...followed cross country win by taking the Oregon 6A state crown at 1,500 meters as a senior in 2013...was the state runner-up in the 1,500 meters as a junior in 2012 and has a personal best of 3:55.38 in the event...prep bests: 800 Meters - 1:54.80, 2012; 1,500 Meters - 3:55.38, 2012.
Personal: Major is undeclared...was Sheldon’s valedictorian.
Personal Bests
1,500 Meters - 3:50.60
Oregon Relays
Eugene, Ore., 4/17/15
3,000 Meter Steeplechase – 8:53.91,
Pac-12 Championships,
Los Angeles, Calif., 5/17/15
Pac-12 Championships
2016 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 10th, 9:00.44
2016 - 10,000 Meters, DNF
2015 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 6th, 8:53.91
