2016-17 Track and Field Roster

Jason Crist
- Weight:
- null
- Position:
- Distance
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Franklin Central
2016-17 (R-SENIOR): Cross Country: Earned All-American distinctions for his 38th place finish at the NCAA Championships… earned fourth All-Big Ten honor with a third place finish at the Conference Championship… All-Region selection with a sixth place finish at the Great Lakes Regional… finished 31st at the Pre-National Invitational… took fifth at the Rim Rock Farm Classic… finished fifth at the Indiana Intercollegiate. Indoor: finished eighth in the Invitational section of the mile run at the Gladstein Invite… claimed fifth in the mile run at the IU Relays… earned runner-up honors at the Meyo Invitational in the Premier section of the 3,000m run and the mile run at the Hoosier Hills Invite… anchor leg of the winning DMR team at the Hoosier Hills Invitational… scored 13 points at the Big Ten Championships with a runner-up finish in the mile and a fourth place finish in the 5k. Outdoor: claimed 22nd in the 5k at the Stanford Invitational… finished ninth in the 1,500m run at the Louisville Invite… runner-up in the steeplechase at the Rankin/Poehlein Invite… member of the second place 4xMile Relay team at the Penn Relays… scored five points at the Big Ten Championships with a fifth place finish in the steeplechase and a seventh place effort in the 5k… earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades with a 20th place outing in the 5k at the NCAA Championships.
2015-16 (R-JUNIOR): Cross Country: Earned All-Region honors with a 21st place finish in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Meet… First Team All-Big Ten… took sixth at the Big Ten Championships… crossed ninth at the Princeton Interregional… earned another top ten finish at the Indiana Intercollegiate… finished sixth at the Indiana Open. Indoor: finished top 3 in the mile against both Purdue and Tennessee… earned three top 10 finishes in the 3,000m run, including a podium effort at the Big Ten Championships, also finished fifth in the 5,000m run at the Big Ten Championships. Outdoor: steeplechase winner against Purdue… notched another podium spot with a third place finish in the 5,000m run at the Big Ten Championships, also took sixth in the steeplechase in the meet… finished top 25 in both the 5,000m run and steeplechase at the NCAA East Prelims.
2014-15 (R-SOPHOMORE): Cross Country: Finished fifth at both the Indiana Open and Indiana Intercollegiate to begin the year ... earned All-Big Ten recognition with a ninth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, crossing the line in a time of 23:52.9 to lead the Hoosiers ... placed 20th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional at Wisconsin, clocking in at 30:39 on the 10K course ... was the second IU runner to cross the line at the NCAA Championships in 65th place overall. Indoor: won the mile at the Gladstein Invitational with a season-best time of 4:07.58…placed 15th at the Big Ten Championships in the 3000m run with a time of 8:21.61. Outdoor: ran a career-best time of 14:08.53 in the 5000m run at the Stanford Invitational…placed fifth in the 1500m run at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge with a career-best time of 3:47.06…ran a season-best time of 9:06.44 to place 10th at the Big Ten Championships…advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 5000m run, where he placed 26th.
2013-14 (R-FRESHMAN): Cross Country: finished in fifth-place at the Big Ten Championships in a 8,000m time of 24:24.9 to earn First Team All-Big Ten honors... The men's cross country team won the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 1980 and finished in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships for the third time in the last four years with an eighth-place finish...finished in 13th place at the Great Lakes Regional Championships with a 10K best of 30:40 to earn All-Region honors...was the Hoosiers second runner at the NCAA Championships as he finished in 48th place in 30:53 for the 10K race. Indoor: won the mile run at the Indiana-Purdue dual meet in 4:12.1...set a season-best time of 4:04.09 in the mile to finish in seventh-place at the Indiana Relays...ran a season-best time of 8:05.97 in the 3,000m run to finish in sixth-place at the Hoosier Hills Invitational. Outdoor: won the 2,000m steeplechase race at the Charlotte 49er Classic in a time of 5:56.30...finished in seventh-place at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase in 9:00.93...qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round and finished in 17thplace in the 3K steeplechase in a season-best time of 8:51.30.
2012-13 (REDSHIRT): Cross Country: Redshirted. Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: Redshirted.
PREP: Was the Indiana state champion in the 1600m in the 2012 and runner-up in the same event in 2010 ... placed second in the state cross country meet in 2010 ... earned all-state honors four times in track and four times in cross country ... helped lead the Flashes to a sixth place finish in the 2008 cross country meet ... owns personal best times of 1:54.6 in the 800m, 4:09.12 in the 1600m and 8:59.85 in the 3200m ... holds the school record for the 3200m run.
PERSONAL: Born Oct. 16, 1993 ... an exercise science major ... son of Brenda Crist and the late Michael Crist.