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2016-17 Track & Field

Profile

  • Hurdles
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • 6'2
    Height
  • Grandview HS
    High School
Jordan Charles
Jordan Charles
Hurdles
Position
Senior
Class

Summary

Biography

2015-16: Earned two All-MW honors and one Honorable Mention All-American award…posted six UW all-time top 10 marks during the season, including one school record…was the conference runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.89…set the UW school record in the event with a time of 7.68…finished seventh in the 200 meters and ninth in the 60 meters at the MW indoor championships…qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60-meter hurdles, earning Honorable Mention All-American honors…finished third in the 110-meter hurdles at the MW outdoor championships, posting a time of 14.02…finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the MW outdoor championships…advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in both events, missing a trip to Eugene by just one place in the 110-meter hurdles after taking 13th with a time of 13.95.

2014-15: Claimed two All-MW accolades during the season...indoors won the 60-meter hurdles in 7.90 at the MW Championships, the third-fastest time in the history of the conference meet...also won the 60-meter hurdles at two other meets indoors...outdoors placed third in the 110-meter hurdles at the conference meet in 14.30...won the 110-meter hurdles at two other outdoor meets...qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 110-meter hurdles and placed 30th.

2013-14: Earned two All-MW honors in the hurdles and set six all-time top 10 Wyoming marks during the season...during the indoor season set the school record in the 60-meter hurdles in 7.87...also ran the ninth-fastest 60 meters at 6.86...finished second at the MW Championships in the 60-meter hurdles...during the outdoor season posted the No. 2 mark in the 200 meters in 21.12...also ran the fifth-fastest 110-meter hurdles in 14.03...ranked No. 6 in the 100 meters with a 10.53...posted the 10th-fastest 400-meters in school history at 52.64...finished runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles at the MW Championships...also won the 110-meter hurdles at two other meets...qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the event as well.

Before Wyoming: Competed under coach John Schultz in his prep career at Grandview High School...as a senior was the state 5A champion in the 110-meter hurdles in 13.9 seconds...also was runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles at the same meet...lettered in track four years...owned personal bests of 11.0 in the 100-meters, 38.5 in the 300-meter hurdles, 8.2 in the 60-meter hurdles and 6.9 in the 60 meters.

Personal: The son of Gerald Charles and Jennifer Vick...his father played baseball at Indiana State University...also recruited by Colorado, Colorado State, Boise State and New Mexico...majoring in journalism at UW.

Personal Bests:

Indoor:

55 Meters - 6.28 (2016)
55-Meter Hurdles - 7.13 (2016) (War Memorial Fieldhouse Record)
60 Meters – 6.79 (2015) (No. 9 UW All-Time Mark)
60-Meter Hurdles – 7.68 (2016) (No. 1 UW All-Time Mark)
200 Meters – 21.53 (2016) (No. 6 UW All-Time Mark)

Outdoor:

100 Meters – 10.49 (2016) (No. 5 UW All-Time Mark)
110-Meter Hurdles – 13.81 (2017) (No. T-1 UW All-Time Mark)
200 Meters – 21.12 (2014) (No. 2 UW All-Time Mark)
400-Meter Hurdles – 51.49 (2016) (No. 6 UW All-Time Mark)