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2020-21 Men's Cross Country Roster

Jake Darby

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Parma Heights, OH
  • Highschool Holy Name
  • Major Data Science

Biography

TFRRS Profile

Career Top Times
6k:
21:34.4
8k: 27:25.5

2019 Cross Country 
  • Finished 23rd in the first meet of the season at the Sudeck Classic Stampede with a time of 20.45.7 (8/31) 
  • Ran in the open at the Knight Invite, placing 21st with a time of 27:39.0 (9/7)
  • Placed 107th at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 27:50.2 (9/28)
  • In the Open race of Pre-Nationals clocked a time of 26.50.1 (10/5) 
  • Ran a 26:27.8 in helping the Blue Streaks place 9th as a team at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble 
  • Finished at the OAC Championships with a time of 28:15.9 (11/2) 
2018 Cross Country 
  • Participated in the National Catholic Invitational championship race placing 44th (27:44.99)
  • Ran in the All-Ohio Championship race placing 46th with a career best time (26.27.6)
  • Competed in the OAC championship race placing 29th (27:44.0)
2017 Cross Country
  • Ran a 27:35.1 at the All-Ohio Open Race
  • Finished the Inter-Regional Open Race in 27:25.5 
  • Had a 64th place finish at the Tiffleberg Open (28:48.1)
  • Placed 49th overall at the Sudeck Sundown Showdown 
High School 
  • Graduated with a 4.2 GPA from Holy Name High School 
  • Finished in the top 10% of his class
  • He was on the Homecoming court
  • Participated in Cross Country and Track, Campus Ministry, Pro-life Club, National Honors Society, Pall-bearing society, Peace/Justice Club, Cenacle of Mary, and Men's Vocation Group
  • Under Coach Kyle Knapik, received XC MVP, Track Namer Award, and the Student/Athlete award
Academics & Personal
  • Son of Brian and Melissa Darby
  • Minoring in Physics, Philosophy and Catholic Studies
  • Member of the Teens Encounter Christ community, CSSA, Labre and Campus Ministry
  • Chose John Carroll because "he is able to study Catholicism & Philosophy at Borromeo, able to run Cross Country, [and JCU is] not far from home"

Historical Player Information

  • 2017First Year

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020-21Senior

    5'11"

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