2009-10 Cross Country
Tony Jordanek
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- Lexington, Ohio
- High School:
- Lexington
2008-09 Senior Season
Cross Country - Earned Second-Team All-MAC accolades after taking 10th at the MAC Championships in 24:59.5, a season personal-best time...captured second place at the Mel Brodt Invitational with a time of 26:06.7...earned MAC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors for his performance at the Mel Brodt...named to Academic All-MAC Team.
Indoor Track and Field - Captured Second-Team All-MAC honors thanks to a second-place performance of 4:08.61 in the mile run at the conference finals, his best time of the season...also took third at the MAC Championships in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.21...responsible for the team's best time in the mile run thanks to a 4:07.79 at the Tyson Invitational...recorded the team's second-best time in the 800-meter run at the Kent State Tune-Up with a 1:50.69-finish, ranking third all-time in school history...also member of the distance medley relay team that shattered the school record in the event by clocking a 9:32.05...the DMR team also qualified for the NCAA Championships where they turned in a 9:42.61-finish...named Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention.
Outdoor Track and Field - Qualified for the NCAA Mid-East Regional twice in the 1,500-meter run...timed in at 3:50.69 for eighth place in the final of the regional following a 3:48.65 finish for eighth in the preliminaries of the 1,500-meter run...won the MAC title in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:45.20, setting a new course record at Akron's Lee Jackson Field and ranking second in school history...also took fourth in the 800-meter run at the MAC Championships by clocking a 1:51.97...posted a regional qualifying time at the All-Ohio Championships with a winning time of 3:46.27...posted a season personal-best time of 8:43.69 in winning the 3,000-meter run at the Northeast Ohio Quad...member of the distance medley relay squad that set a new school standard in the event with a time of 9:45.31 at the Drake Relays...named to Academic All-MAC Team...was selected to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV University Men's Track & Field/Cross Country and United States Track & Field And Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic teams.
2007-08 Junior Season
During the Indoor Season - Earned second team all-Mid-American Confernce honors after running the anchor leg of theGolden Flashes’ distance medley relay team that finished second overallwith a time of 9:59.02 at the 2008 MAC Indoor Track and FieldChampionships…ran an indoor-best 4:11.47 in the mile atthe Eastern Michigan Classic…registered a season-best indoor mark inthe 3,000 meters (8:39.01) versus Youngstown State…placed second in themile run at the MAC Championships, posting a time of 4:16.93…alsoparticipated on KSU’s distance medley relay team, helping the unit timein at 9:59.02 to finish second at the same meet…recorded a season-best8:39.01 in the 3,000 meters at the Youngstown State Dual…registered aseason-best time of 4:11.47 in the mile at the Eastern Michigan Classic.
During the Outdoor Season - Notched a team-best and season-high 1:52.87 in the 800 meters at the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships to finish second overall to earn second team all-MAC honors…registered a team season-best time of 3:52.81 in the 1,500 meters at the Duke Invitational…won the 1,500 meters at the Campbell/Wright Invitational with a time of 3:57.76…placed second in the mile run at the MAC Championships, posting a time of 4:16.93…also participated on KSU’s distance medley relay team, helping the unit time in at 9:59.02 to finish second overall at the same meet…registered a season-best in the 3,000 meters (8:36.47) at the Akron Quad…named to the 2008 Academic All-MAC Outdoor Track and Field Team.
2006-07 Sophomore Season
Indoor Track and Field - Finished fourth in the MAC, running themile in 4:04.47...recorded the field’s best time in the mile at theSykes-Sabock with a time of 4:10.52...was a part of Kent State’snationally-ranked distance medley relay squad...finished eighth in the mile at the MeyoInvitational, running it in 4:05.26...opened the season with a pair ofsecond-place finishes in the 800 meter against Akron (1:54.42) and themile against Ohio State (4:10.67).
Outdoor Track and Field - Grabbed fourth-place in the 1,500-meter run in 3:55.85 and finished sixth in the 800 meters (1:53.82) at the MAC Championships...won the 1,500 meters at the Campbell-Wright Open in 3:49.80...earned a top finish in the 800 meters (1:55.71) at the Akron Quad...finished first in the 1,500 meters in 3:52.28 at the Texas Relays...took eighth at the Arizona State Invitational in the 800 meters in 1:52.06.
2005-06 Freshman Season
Indoor Track and Field - Had an impressive indoorseason, stepping up in the middle distance and relay events, making hispresence known in the MAC...took third in the mile run at the indoorMAC Championships, clocking a time of 4:13.96...ran a season-best timein the mile at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge, where he was fourth in4:12.72...had a season-best time of 1:53.28 in the 800 meters at theNebraska Triangular, finishing second...at the Akron Dual, he was firstin the mile run in 4:17.65...finished first at the Black SquirrelClassic, running the 800 meters in 1:53.86.
Outdoor Track and Field - At the MAC Championships, finished seventh in the finals (1:56.17), as well as fourth in the 1500 meters (3:54.25)...member of the 10th place DMR team (9:55.03) and the 10th place 4x800 relay team (7:37.67) at the Penn Relays...recorded a season-best time and finished first in the 800 meters with a time of 1:53.55 at the Northeast Ohio Invitational...had a season-best in the 1500 meters in a time of 3:52.78 and a 13th place finish at the Sea Ray Relays, and was a part of the DMR squad which won the title...placed second at the All-Ohio Championships in the 800 meters in a time of 1:56.87.
Prior to Kent State
Competed in state championship competition in three sports (cross country, soccer, and track and field) in one year…as a senior at Lexington, he earned the titles first team All-Conference, All-District, All-Region and was fourth in the state in the 1600 meters...holds the LHS cross country (15:35) and mile (4:11.95) records…also a member of the Minutemen’s 4x800 relay team record holders…crowned as a regional champion as a junior (cross country) and senior (mile)…his soccer team was the District and Regional Champs, as well as state semifinalists…had a total of eight varsity letters in soccer (2), cross country (2) and track (4)...competed at the A.A.U. National Meet in 2002 and 2003…Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Born December 27, 1986...Mother is Angela Morehead...distant cousin of United States Gold-Medal winning Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton…majoring in accounting.
