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2017 Men's Outdoor Track Roster

Jacob VanHouten

  • Event Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Youngsville, Pa.
  • High School Eisenhower

Biography

TFRRS Performance List

Personal: Son of Richard and Anne VanHouten ... Majoring in Exercise Science.

2017 (Outdoor): Competed in ten meets ... Had 13 top-five finishes (with six first place finishes) ... Helped SRU place second in the 4x4 with a time of 3:17.35 at the PSAC Championships ... Placed first in the 400H with a time of 52.94 at the PSAC Championships ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2016-17 (Indoor): Competed in seven meets ... Had 12 top-five finishes (with two first place finishes) ... Placed third in the 400m with a time of 49.43 at the PSAC Championships ... Helped SRU place first in the 4x4 with a time of 3:19.05 at the PSAC Championships ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2016 (Outdoor): PSAC Champion in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.98 … Also part of the PSAC Runner-Up 4x400-meter relay team (3:15.57) … Qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships and placed tenth with a time of 52.56 in the 400H to earn second team All-America honors … All-Region Team … Academic All-District Team ... Ran a career-best time of 52.30 in the 400H to win the SRU Last Chance Meet ... Also ran a career-best time of 48.54 in the 400-meter dash to win the SRU Open ... Won the 400H at four meets ... Part of the 4x400 relay team that won the Bucknell Outdoor Classic (3:16.86) and placed second at the Ashland Alumni Open (3:17.24) ... PSAC Scholar Athlete ... A Division II Athletics Directors Association academic achievement award recipient.

2015-16 (Indoor): Competed in seven meets … Part of the PSAC Championship 4x400-meter relay team … Placed third at the Championship meet in the 400-meter dash (49.39) … Ran a season-best time in the 400m at the YSU Icebreaker Invite and placed fourth … Part of the 4x400-meter relay teams that won the YSU Indoor Invite (3:22.09) and the Youngstown State National Invite (3:16.87) … Ran a personal-record of 22.88 in the 200-meter dash at the Kent State Tune Up … Also hit a career-record 8.62 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Al Hall Freedom Games.

2015 (Outdoor): Earned All-Region honors by ranking fifth in the region in 400-meter hurdles ... Set personal bests in both 110-meter hurdles (15.74) and 400-meter hurdles (52.81) ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2014-15 (Indoor): Earned All-PSAC honors by helping the 4x400-meter relay win first place at the PSAC Championships with a time of 3:16.80 ... Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the 60-meter hurdles (21st - 8.97) and the 400-meter dash placing seventh with a time of 50.07 ... Finished fourth with a career-best in the 400m at the Youngstown State National Invite with a time of 49.67 ... Ran a career-best 8.71 in the 60H at the SPIRE Midwest Indoor T&F Open (11th) ... Had 13 top-ten finishes ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2014 (Outdoor): Competed in three meets ... Helped the 4x400m relay place 6th at the Coastal Carolina Invite (3:20.56) ... Placed fifth at the Dave Labor Invite in the 400H (58.16) ... Reached a personal-best in the 400H at the Coastal Carolina Invite (57.56).

2013-14 (Indoor): Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the 400-meter dash and placed 16th (52.14) and helped the 4x400-meter relay team place third (3:19.90) ... Reached a personal best in the 200-meter dash (23.52), the 400m (50.66), the 500m (1:08.50), and the 60H (9.01).

High School: Played soccer and track & field at Eisenhower High ... Lettered four times in both soccer and track & field.
 
Jacob Vanhouten's Personal Bests
Event Indoor Outdoor
100m - 11.34
200m 22.88 -
400m 49.28 48.54
500m 1:08.50 -
600m 1:20.75 -
60H 8.52 -
110H - 15.74
400H - 52.30

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2015Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2016Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2017Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles