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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Jacob Meyers

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Festus, Mo.
  • Highschool Festus HS

Biography

Career and Season Results
NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional
2022: 125th - 31:37.7
2023: 126th - 33:02.1
Academic Honors
2x American Conference All-Academic Team - 2024, '25
4x AD Honor Roll - Fall 2023, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25
2024-25 (Junior): Cross Country – Raced unattached in three meets…Finished 14th at the JK Gold Classic…Ran 24:57.5 to finish 29th at the Gans Creek Classic. Indoor – Ran the mile in one meet, running 4:25.48 at the Washburn Open. Outdoor – Raced in seven meets…Ran 3:57.43 to finish eighth in the 1500 meters at the TCU Horned Frog Invite…Finished second in the 800 meters at the Shocker Open with a time of 1:57.32.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Raced in five meets for the Shockers, scoring once at the NCAA Midwest Regional…Opened his season with a 10th-place finish at the JK Gold Classic…Ran his best 8K time of 25:04.9 at the AAC Championships, finishing 58th…Placed 126th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10K time of 33:02.1. Indoor – Raced in six meets, recording five individual top-five finishes…Finished third in the 800 meters at the Prairie Wolf Invitational, running 1:54.21…Ran a season-best 4:11.42 in the mile at the Husker Invitational, finishing eighth…Ran on the winning DMR at the Ichabod Invitational...Finished fifth in the 800 meters at the AAC Championships, running a season-best time of 1:52.12…Placed 17th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:29.51 at the AAC Championships…Ran on the fourth-place DMR at the AAC Championships…Helped the team score nine points. Outdoor – Raced in one meet, finishing seventh in the 1500 meters at the Shocker Spring Invitational with a time of 3:58.93.

2022-23 (Freshman): Cross Country – Raced in five meets in a Shocker uniform…Placed seventh running unattached at the JK Gold Classic…Ran a season-best 8K time of 24:22.8 at the Bradley Pink Classic…Finished 33rd at the AAC Championships and 125th at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Indoor – Did not compete in a Shocker uniform. Outdoor – Competed unattached in four meets, running 1:55.84 in the 800 meters at the Friends Spring Open and recording a season-best 3:55.25 in the 1500 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

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