Jacob Onifer

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Mid-distance
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Prev School:
Woodridge HS

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
600 - 1:23.73 (Indoor)
800 - 1:54.63
1,000 - 2:29.06 (Indoor)
1,500 - 3:57.48
Mile - 4:23.36 (Indoor)
3K - 8:57.19 (Indoor)

Career
• At the time of his graduation, was part of the program-record indoor men's 4 x 800 relay team (7:29.15), while also ranking second for the indoor men's distance medley relay (9:54.18), eighth for the outdoor men's 4 x 800 relay (7:38.16) and eighth for the indoor men's 1,000 (2:29.06)

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Final season included personal-best times in the 1,500 (3:57.48 at the Highlander Invitational) and mile (4:24.09 at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational)
• Just missed his 800 personal best with a 1:54.68 effort at the Duke Invitational
• Helped Liberty win the men's 4 x 800 with a 7:40.42 at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
• Also contributed to a 3:16.74 clocking in the 4 x 400 at the Big South Triangular

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Clocked 3:03.60 for the 1,200-meter leadoff leg during the IC4A distance medley relay final. The Flames finished second in the race in 9:54.18, ranking second in program history and third in Big South annals.
• Posted strong times in the 800 (season-best 1:56.84) and 1,000 (personal-best 2:29.06) during the same day at the Virginia Tech Challenge. The 1,000 clocking ranks eighth on Liberty's all-time list.
• Improved his mile personal best to 4:23.36 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Placed 12^th in the Big South 800-meter prelims
• Clocked a season-best 800 time of 1:55.27 for fourth place at the Campbell Invitational
• Helped Liberty place eighth in the college section of the Penn Relays 4 x 800 in a season-best time of 7:38.16
• Ran the 4 x 800 relay and distance medley relay at the Texas Relays

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Split 1:53.16 for the second leg of the 4 x 800 relay, helping the Flames finish third in the IC4A final with the second-fastest time (7:31.01) in program history
• Ran the 1,200-meter leadoff leg for Liberty's second-place distance medley relay quartet at the Big South meet

2014 Cross Country (R-Jr.)
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Came in fourth in the Big South 800-meter final
• Dropped his 800 personal best to 1:54.63 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
• Ran the 4 x 800 at the IC4A, Texas Relays and Penn Relays

2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Led off for the Flames' 4 x 800 quartet which ran a program-record time of 7:29.15 in the IC4A prelims and placed sixth in the final
• Placed 11th in the heats of the Big South 800-meter run in an indoor-best 1:55.65
• Posted a personal-best mile clocking of 4:24.01 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup

2013 Cross Country (R-So.)
• Placed a career-best 38th at the Big South Championship
• Clocked a personal-best 8K time of 25:58.1 at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational

2013 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, clocked 1:55.33 for fifth place in the Liberty Twilight Qualifier 800

2012-13 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted

2012 Cross Country (R-Fr.)
• Placed 46th at the Big South Championship, including ninth among the conference champion Flames
• Clocked a season-best 8K time of 26:37.7 at the Royal Cross Country Challenge

2012 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Made the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Ran a season-best 1,500 time of 4:01.26 at the Raleigh Relays
• Placed 16th in the Big South at 1,500 meters
• Season-best 800-meter clocking (1:57.51) happened at the Shamrock Invitational

2011-12 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Recorded a pair of runner-up finishes on his home track
• Came in second in the 3K at the Liberty Kickoff, in 8:57.19
• A 1,000-meter time of 2:32.71 netted second place at the Liberty Quad

2011 Cross Country (Fr.)
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted

Prep
• Graduated from Woodridge High School
• Helped his cross country team win three straight Ohio Division II state titles, as a sophomore, junior and senior
• His 4 x 800 relay team won the state title at the 2011 Ohio Division II Track & Field Championships, in a state record time of 7:37.43
• His split was clocked at 1:53.9 on that relay
• Three-time Academic All-Ohio honoree, who graduated as salutatorian of his class

Personal
• Son of Matt and Cindy Onifer
• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management in May 2014
• Pursuing an MBA in international business
• Birthday is on March 9