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NEW MEXICO:Veteran runner who has been a solid racing competitor throughout his career, when healthy...4-time Academic All-MWC honoree and two-time MWC Scholar-Athlete Award winner with a 3.84 GPA (Mechanical Engineering major).2008-09: (outdoor) Notched 3 top-3 finishes in 4 races...career-best times of 3:54.58 in the 1,500 and 15:20.03 in the 5,000...Academic All-MWC and MWC Scholar-Athlete Award winner...(indoor) Raced 3 times...season-best 8:40.11 in the 3,000...(cross country) Scored twice in 4 meet appearances...top finish of 22nd (team's No. 5) in the season-opening Lobo Invitational...44th (team's No. 9) at the MWC Championships...Academic All-MWC. 2007-08: (outdoor) Raced 5 times in his debut outdoor season...(indoor) Redshirt season...(cross country) Redshirt season. 2006-07: (outdoor) Redshirt season...(indoor) Raced 9 times, primarily in the 3,000 and 5,000...5 top-5 finishes, including his first collegiate victory in the 3K at the TCR Race Productions Invite in Albuquerque...season-best times of 8:47.16 (16th) in the 3K and 15:14.81 (11th) in the 5K at the MWC Championships in Albuquerque...Academic All-MWC and MWC Scholar-Athlete Award winner...(cross country) Was the only Lobo to run in all 6 meets, scoring in every race...led a split squad at NMSU (7th)...season-best 8K time of 25:40 at Stanford...33rd (26:17.6) at the MWC Championships and 73rd (33:34.7) in his first 10K at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships in Albuquerque...Academic All-MWC honoree. HIGH SCHOOL:A 2006 graduate of Albuquerque St. Pius X High School...four-year letterman in track for coach Mike Martindale and a three-year letterwinner in cross country for coach Jeff Turcotte...all-state cross country runner as a senior and two-time team MVP...finished his career ranked on the school's top-10 lists for the 800m (1:59.87), 1,600m (4:26.23), 3,200m (9:50.96) and cross country (5K, 15:30.64)...participated in the cross country Border-War and Great Southwest Track & field Classic (3,200m) last year...National Honor Society member...also an all-state honoree in choir and the school homecoming king as a senior.PERSONAL:Born in Albuquerque, N.M....full name is Jason Akua Makana Petty...son of Stephen and Priscilla Petty...dad was a wrestler at Michigan (1972-76)...has a a younger brother, Joshua...major is Mechanical Engineering. |
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