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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Jimmy Kartsonas

  • Position Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, PA
  • Highschool Venetia Peters Township
  • Major Finance, Financial Planning and Wealth Management

Biography

TFRRS Profile

Personal Records
Event Time/Mark Date
Long Jump (I) 6.87m 02/12/2022
Triple Jump (I) 13.75m 12/10/2021
60m (I) 7.02 02/12/2022
200m (O) 22.34 04/16/2022
Triple Jump (O) 12.72m 03/21/2021
100m (O) 10.90  05/06/2022
55m (I) 6.50 01/29/2022

Achievements & Accolades
  • 2022 NCAA Division III All-American 4 x 100m Relay (O)
  • 2022 Academic All-American
  • 2022 All-OAC Long Jump (I)
  • 2022 All-OAC Triple Jump (I)
  • 2021 Academic All-American
  • 2021 All-OAC 4 x 200m Relay (I)
2023 Season
At the OAC Championships:
-55m (I) - 7th
-LJ (I) - 9th
-TJ (I) - 5th

2022 Season
  • Was a part of the fifth-place 4 x 100m Relay at the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earning All-American honors with a total time of 40.84 sec to help the Blue Streaks to a runner-up team finish. (05/28/22)
  • Was a part of the winning 4 x 100m Relay at the 2022 Harrison Dillard Twilight, posting a total time of 41.07 sec to solidify a spot in the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. (05/13/22)
  • Came back and placed fourth overall in the 100m race (PR in the prelim - 10.90 sec), scoring points for the Blue Streaks with a time of 11.18 sec at the 2022 OAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. (05/06/22)
  • Placed fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 13.24m, scoring points for the Blue Streaks at the 2022 OAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. (05/05/22)
  • Came back and placed fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.65m at the 2022 Sparky Adams Invitational. (04/23/22)
  • Was a part of the winning 4 x 100m Relay at the 2022 Sparky Adams Invitational, notching a total time of 41.10 sec. (04/23/22)
  • Earned a PR of 22.34 sec in the 200m race at the 2022 Tiffin Track Carnival, placing 16th overall in the event. (04/16/22)
  • Finished 13th overall in the 100m race at the 2022 Mason Spring Invitational with a time of 11.18 sec. (04/09/22)
  • Made his outdoor debut at the 2022 Mountaineer Classic in the 100m race, placing third with a time of 11.32 sec. (04/02/22)
  • Earned All-OAC accolades in the long jump (6.74m - third overall) and triple jump (13.60m - third overall) at the 2022 OAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. (02/25-26/22)
  • Placed eighth in the long jump with a mark of 6.66m at the 2022 Jud Logan Memorial Tune-Up. (02/19/22)
  • Earned PR's in both the 60m dash (7.02 sec - prelim (7.08 sec finishing seventh overall)) and long jump (6.87m - third overall) at the 2022 DIII All-Ohio Indoor Track & Field Championships. (02/12/22)
  • Placed fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 13.64m at the 2022 Ashland Jud Logan Light Giver Open. (02/05/22)
  • Earned a PR of 6.50 sec from his previous time in the prelim (6.55 sec) in the 55m dash, winning the event at the 2022 Dr.T Team Challenge, hosted by Baldwin Wallace. (01/29/22)
  • Came back and placed third in the 60m dash at the 2022 Otterbein Invitational with a time of 7.05 sec. (01/22/22)
  • Won the triple jump with a mark of 13.57m at the 2022 Otterbein Invitational. (01/22/22)
  • Earned a PR of 13.75m in the triple jump, placing fourth at the YSU Collegiate Holiday Classic. (12/10/21)
  • Made his indoor debut at the YSU Indoor Track & Field Icebreaker in the triple jump, placing third with a mark of 13.66m in the event. (12/03/21)
2021
  • Won the triple jump with a mark of 12.72m to kick off the outdoor season at the OAC Opener on 03/21/2021. 
  • Placed second in his first time competing in the triple jump for JCU on 02/06/2021.
  • Won the long jump and placed fifth in the 60m dash at an OAC meet on 01/30/2021.
  • Placed second in the long jump and fourth in the 60m dash in his first meet on 01/24/2021.

High School
  • Attended Peters Township High School
  • Coached by Justin Pinto and Maurice Lucas
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude
  • 4-year varsity runner
  • Mu Alpha Theta Member
  • Holds high school long jump record
Academics & Personal
  • Son of Ria and Al Kartsonas
  • Current Intern at the Spanos Group of Raymond James
  • Member of the John Carroll Finance Club
  • Chose JCU for the love of the campus size, the area, the great business school, and the family feeling of the team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

    Jumps / Sprints
    6'2"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Jumps / Sprints
    6'2"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Jumps / Sprints
    6'2"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Jumps / Sprints
    6'2"
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles

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