Janae Jones

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Matoaca, Va.
Prev School:
Clover Hill High School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
60 - 8.26 (Indoor)
200 - 26.83 (Indoor)
400 - 59.56
LJ - 18-7.75 (5.68m)
TJ - 41-9.75 (12.74m) (also owns indoor school record at 41-0.5 (12.51m))

Big South Individual Titles (3)
2014 Outdoor Triple Jump
2015 Outdoor Triple Jump
2017 Indoor Triple Jump

All-Big South Honors (9)
2013 Indoor Triple Jump - 2nd
2013 Outdoor Long Jump - 3rd
2013 Outdoor Triple Jump - 2nd
2014 Indoor Long Jump - 3rd
2014 Indoor Triple Jump - 2nd
2014 Outdoor Triple Jump - 1st
2015 Outdoor Triple Jump - 1st
2017 Indoor Triple Jump - 1st
2017 Outdoor Triple Jump - 2nd

Career
• Graduated from Liberty as the program record holder for the indoor women's triple jump (41-0.5), while also ranking No. 2 for the outdoor women's triple jump (41-9.75), No. 3 for the outdoor women's 4 x 200 relay (1:38.58), No. 9 for the outdoor women's distance medley relay (11:56.54) and No. 10 for the indoor women's long jump (18-6)

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Ended her career as a nine-time All-Big South performer after placing second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump (personal-best 18-7.75)
• Triple jumped at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet for the second time
• Won the college section of the Penn Relays triple jump with a personal-best 41-9.75 leap, earning her seventh career Big South Women's Field Athlete of the Week distinction on May 4
• Took home the Liberty Collegiate Invitational triple jump title, one week before placing as the first collegiate triple jumper at the Gamecock Invitational
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Won her first Big South indoor triple jump crown with a school-record leap of 41-0.5 and finished fifth in the long jump
• ECAC triple jump runner-up
• Originally broke the program triple jump record at the Liberty Kickoff (Jan. 21) with a 40-8.25 effort, garnering her first of three Big South Women's Field Athlete of the Week honors (Jan. 25, Feb. 8 and March 8)
• Joined Liberty's all-time top 10 with her indoor personal-best long jump mark of 18-6 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup (Feb. 3)

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, triple jumped 40-7 to win at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, recorded season-best marks of 18-1.5 in the long jump and 39-8 in the triple jump

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Included on the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• Successfully repeated as Big South triple jump champion, thanks to a personal-best leap of 41-2.25
• Made her NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round debut in the triple jump
• Exceeded 40 feet in five of her seven triple jump competitions
• Pushed her long jump best to 18-7.25 for fourth place in the Big South Championship

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Made the Big South All-Academic Team
• Excelled in the triple jump, winning three meet titles, placing fourth in the Big South and sixth in the ECAC (season-best 40-0.5)
• Took 10^th place in the Big South long jump final

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Triple jumped 39-1 in the pouring rain to win her first Big South title
• Also finished fifth in the Big South long jump competition
• Took seventh in the ECAC triple jump
• Reached a season-best 41-0.25 while winning the Liberty Twilight Qualifier triple jump, earning Big South Women's Field Athlete of the Week distinction on May 8 and leaving her just 1.25 inches away from advancing to the NCAA Preliminary Round
• One of only three Lady Flames ever to triple jump over 41 feet
• Anchored Liberty to the second fastest 4 x 200 relay time (1:38.58) in program history at the Texas Relays
• Ran the 400-meter leg for the Lady Flames' distance medley relay quartet, which claimed the No. 8 spot in program history with an 11:56.54 at the Penn Relays

2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Earned All-Big South honors in both the triple jump (season-best 40-5.5 for second place) and long jump (season-best 17-11.75 for third place)
• Finished sixth in the ECAC triple jump

2013 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Used favorable wind conditions to produce her best triple jump (40-4.25 for second place) and long jump (18-2.25 for third place) performances of the season at the Big South Championship
• Placed 12th in the triple jump at the ECAC meet
• Reached the 40-foot triple jump plateau for the second time at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier, stretching out to 40-0

2012-13 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Two-time Big South Women's Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 30, Feb. 13)
• Big South triple jump runner-up
• Also placed fifth in the 4 x 400 relay and seventh in the triple jump at the Big South meet
• Triple jumped to a 15th-place finish in her ECAC debut
• Liberty freshman record triple jump mark of 39-11.5 came at the Tyson Invitational
• Long jumped a season-best 17-11.5 at the Wake Forest Invitational

Prep
• Graduated from Clover Hill High School
• Won the 2012 Virginia Group AAA outdoor state championship in the triple jump, while placing ninth in the long jump
• Placed fourth in the triple jump at the 2012 Virginia Group AAA indoor state meet
• Posted personal-best distances of 18-10 in the long jump and 39-8 in the triple jump

Personal
• Daughter of Eric and Sylvia Jones
• Nursing major
• Birthday is on Oct. 5