2024-25 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster
Biography
Honors
2025 All-Sun Belt First Team (Outdoor) (5000-meters)
2024 Sun Belt Cross Country Elite Award Winner
2024 All-Sun Belt Third Team (Outdoor) (10,000-meters)
2024 All-Sun Belt First Team (Indoor)
2023 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Women's Runner of the Year
2023 All-Sun Belt First Team (Cross Country)
2023 All-Sun Belt Third Team (Indoor) (Mile/DMR)
2022 NCAA Division I Southeast All-Region
2022 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Women's Runner of the Year
2022 Sun Belt Conference Women's Cross Country Individual Champion
2022 All-Sun Belt First Team (Cross Country)
2022 All-Sun Belt Third Team (Outdoor) (5000-meters)
2021 All-Sun Belt Second Team (Cross Country)
CCU Personal Bests |
|
Cross Country |
|
5K |
16:29.5 |
6K |
20:39.9 |
Indoor |
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800-meters |
2:20.00 |
1-mile |
4:48.65 |
3000-meters |
9:25.94 |
DMR |
11:45.23 |
Outdoor |
|
800-meters |
2:17.04 |
1500-meters |
4:30.25 |
5000-meters |
16:14.62 |
MOLLY JONES TFRRS PAGE
2024-25 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor Season
- First team All-Sun Belt
- Won the 5000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship (16:52.56)
- Finished second in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship (35:12.06)
Cross Country
- Ran in two events
- Fifth-place finish at the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championship in the 5k (17:31.4)
2023-24 (Senior)
Outdoor Season
- Regional qualifier in the 10,000 meters
- Third-team All-Sun Belt
- Finished third in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship (35:54.08)
- Set program record in the 10,000 meters with a time of 33:25.80 at the Raleigh Relays
Indoor Season
- First team All-Sun Belt
- Claimed gold medal in the 3000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championship with a time of 9:25.94, ranking second in school history
- Set school record in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:14.62 and took second-place in the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championship
Cross Country
- Competed in all six cross country meets for the Chants during the 2023 fall season
- Claimed four first-place finishes
- Won the women's 4k at the Buccaneer Open with a 15:00 final time
- Recorded another victory in the women's 5k at the Chanticleer Challenge with a final time of 17:10
- Won the women's 5k at the Upstate Invitational, finishing in 16:53
- Jones claimed her second consecutive Sun Belt Conference Title (10/28/23), completing the women's 5k in 16:37
- Named to the 2023 All-Sun Belt Conference Women's Cross Country First Team
- Tabbed as the 2023 Sun Belt Women's Runner of the Year
2023 (Junior)
Outdoor Season
- Competed in four meets over the outdoor season
- Won the 5000-meter run at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with a time of 16:50.46
- Finished runner-up in the 4:36.75 in the 1500-meters at the Weems Baskin Relays
- Raced to a ninth-place finish in the 1500-meters with the fourth-best time in CCU history with a time of 4:30.25
- Her time of 4:30.25 in the 1500-meters was the sixth-fastest in the Sun Belt Conference for the spring outdoor season
- Placed fifth overall at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 5000-meters with a time of 16:47.63, the fourth-best time in CCU's annals
- Her time of 16:47.63 in the 5000-meters was the ninth-best time in the Sun Belt Conference
- Named to the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2023 spring semester
Indoor Season
- Earned 2023 All-Sun Belt third-team honors with third-place finishes in both the mile run and the distance medley relay
- Competed in four meets during the indoor season
- Finished third overall in the mile run with a time of 4:52.38 at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships
- Was also one leg of the DMR that finished third overall with a time of 11:55.42 at the conference championship meet, the third-best time in CCU history
- Also raced to a fourth-place finish in the 3000-meters with a time of 9:41.88 at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships
- Placed fourth in the 3000-meters with a time of 9:31.12 at the Carolina Challenge, the second-best time in CCU history and the fourth-best time in the Sun Belt on the year
- Picked up a fourth-place finish as part of the DMR at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of 11:45.23, a school record
- Recorded a seventh-place showing in the mile run with a time of 4:48.65 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
- Turned in a school-record time of 4:48.65 in the mile run to finish ninth overall at the Bob Pollock Invitational
- Her time of 4:48.65 in the mile run was also the third-fastest time in the Sun Belt Conference for the indoor season
- Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2022 fall semester
2022 (Junior)
Cross Country
- Earned 2022 NCAA Division I Southeast All-Region honors
- Was named the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Women's Runner of the Year
- Was the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Women's Cross Country Individual Champion, crossing the finish line with a CCU school and Sun Belt Conference (5k) record of 16:29.5
- Earned All-Sun Belt first-team honors for her first-place finish at the Sun Belt Conference Championships
- Competed in four meets on the season
- Totaled three wins on the season and one runner-up finish
- Finished first at the Carolina Challenge (5k) with her time of 18:22.8
- Also picked up the win with a first-place finish at the Firetower Project Run (5k) with a time of 17:26.9
- Crossed the finish line in second-place overall at the ECU Pirate Invitational (6k) with a personal-best 6k time of 21:12.8
- Placed 21st overall at the 2022 NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships (6k) with a time of 20:39.9
2022 (Sophomore)
Outdoor Season
- Earned All-Sun Belt third-team honors with a third-place finish in the 5000-meters with a time of 17:53.98 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships
- Competed in five meets over the outdoor season
- Posted six top-10 individual finishes over the spring slate
- Scored a first-place finish in the 5000-meters at the Weems Baskin Invitational with a time of 17:22.21
- Also posted a win in the 5000-meters with a time of 17:08.33 at the North Florida Collegiate Invitational
- Finished fourth overall with a time of 4:38.74 in the 1500-meters at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships
- Picked up a fourth-place finish in the 1500-meters at the USC Open with a season-best time of 4:35.12
- Placed seventh in the 1500-meters at the North Florida Collegiate Invitational with a time of 4:35.34
- Turned in a time of 4:36.22 in the prelims of the 1500-meters at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships
- Registered a time of 4:37.22 in the 1500-meters at the UF Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
- Recorded a time of 2:17.04 in the 800-meters at the UF Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
- Named to the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2022 spring semester
Indoor Season
- Competed in three meets during the indoor season
- Finished fifth overall in the 1-mile run with a season-best time of 4:59.99 at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships
- Also placed 10th at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships in the 3000-meters with a time of 10:09.25
- Recorded a time of 5:03.98 in the 1-mile run preliminaries at the conference championship meet
- Posted a second-place finish in the 3000-meters with a season-best time of 9:55.45 at the Gamecock Opener
- Turned in times of 2:20.00 in the 800-meters and 5:04.14 in the 1-mile run at the Carolina Challenge
2021 (Sophomore)
Cross Country
- Garnered All-Sun Belt second-team honors
- Competed in five meets for the Chants on the season
- Finished sixth overall at the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships (5K) with a season-best time of 17:46.1
- Placed 12th with a time of 18:19.3 at the Chanticleer Challenge (5K)
- Finished 13th at the Covered Bridge Open (5K) with a time of 17:52.2
- Crossed the finish line in 48th overall at the 2021 NCAA DI Southeast Region Championships (6K) with a time of 21:25.8
- Named to the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2021 fall semester
2021 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season
- Did not compete
- A member of the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2021 spring semester
Indoor Season
2020 (Freshman)
Cross Country
- Competed in two meets for the Chanticleers on the shortened-season
- Placed 33rd overall with a time of 19:05.08 at the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships (5k)
- A member of the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2020 fall semester
High School
- Competed for the England Midland's team at the Schools National Championships
- Finished fourth in the 3000-meters at the national championship event
- Also finished sixth in the 3K at the nationals meet
- Father is a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and mother is a bereavement officer
- Has lived in Lincoln, England, Norwich, England, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Newquay, England, Newton Abbot, England, Huntingdon, England, Stafford, Va., Poole, England, Akrotiri, Cyprus, Bristol, England, and Marlow, England
Historical Player Information
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2020-21Freshman
Cross Country/Distance
5'7"
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2021-22Sophomore
Cross Country/Distance
5'7"
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2022-23Junior
Cross Country/Distance
5'7"
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2023-24Senior
Cross Country/Distance
5'7"
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2024-25Graduate Student
Cross Country/Distance
5'7"