Jacob Phillips

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Jacob Phillips
Sr., Cross Country, Fort Wayne, Ind.

WHAT HE’S DONE: Placed 57th at NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships out of a field of 276 runners.

FAVORITE CAREER MOMENT: Finishing 57th at Nationals with a 25:22

GOALS FOR TRACK SEASON: Break the school records in the 5k and 10k and qualify for Nationals

FAVORITE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE: Johns Hopkins’ course for Centennial Conference Championships in 2010. The course was hilly and idyllic– we even ran through an orchard.

PRE-RACE MEAL: I’m boring. I can literally only eat three things the day of a races: bananas, peanut butter, and jelly.

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