Derek Jones

Derek Jones

Year: Senior
Hometown: Claremont, Calif.
High School: Claremont
Position: Sprints
House Affiliation: Mather

Honors and Awards
Helmus Imrpovement Award (2008)
Hennessy Mile Relay Award (2008, 2009)
Westmore Wilcox 400 (440) Award (2007, 2008)
Nelson Unsung Hero Award (2009)

Personal Bests
200 meters – 22.43
400 meters – 47.73
500 meters – 1:06.23

2008-09
Team captain ... Finished third in the 400 meter run at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Competed in the open 400 meter run at the IC4A Indoor Championships ... Part of the 4x400 meter relay winning team at the Husky Winter Carnival ... Finished 10th in the 400 dash at the Terrier Invitational ... Finished fifth in 400 dash at Harvard Open ... Was third in the 400 and anchored the 4x400 winning relay team at the Battle of Beantown ... Won the 400 with a time of 49.12 at the HYP meet ... Ran a leg of the 4x400 relay at the Heptagonal Championships, finishing third with a time of 3:13.59 … A member of the distance medley relay team that placed 13th overall at the Drake Relays … Placed third in the 400 meters at the Harvard-Yale vs. Oxford-Cambridge meet … Competed in the 400 meter at the Victor Lopez Classic, finishing in 10th with a time of 49.78 … A member of the 4x400 meter relay team a the TSU Relays that achieved an IC4A qualifying time of 3:13.0.

2007-08
Received the Helmus Improvement Award and the Hennessy Mile Relay Award as a member of the top mile relay team ... Member of the third place mile relay team and placed fourth in the 400 meter dash at the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships running a personal, season and team best 47.73 ... Placed second in the 400 meters at the Harvard Open ... Captured a third-place finish in the 400m at the Battle of Beantown ... Finished eighth in the 400 meters at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Ran 48.53 to place sixth in the 400 meters at the Victor Lopez Rice Bayou Classic ... Finished second overall and first among collegiate competitors in the 400 meters (48.43) at the Sam Howell Invitational ... Ran 48.26 to win the 400 meter dash at the Harvard-Yale meet.

2006-07
Competed in the 200, 400 and 500 meters during the indoor season ... Finished eighth in the 400 meters at the Outdoor Heptagonal Championships ...Received the Westmore Wilcox 440 Award.

Personal
The Baseline League Outstanding Senior ... Baseline League Champion in Track and Field 400m as a senior ... Set the school record in 400m (49.15) as a senior ... Team captain ...Captain of the Speech and Debate team ... Earned outstanding distinction from National Forensics League ... In the Top-four in Parliamentary Debate two years running ... Vice President of Student Government ... California Scholarship Federation and National Honor Society.

Concentration
Government