Jason Petty Class: Sophomore Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M. High School: St. Pius X HS Height: 5-7 Experience: 1L

NEW MEXICO:

Solid young distance runner who returns to cross country competition this fall after redshirting in 2007...scored in all 6 races as a true freshman in '06...has 3 years of eligibility remaining in XC, indoor and outdoor track.

2007-08: (outdoor) Raced 5 times in his debut outdoor season...season-best 5,000m time of 15:37.54 in Azusa Pacific (7th)...(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 six meets, scoring in every race...led a split squad at the NMSU Kachina Classic (7th overall) and was 29th at the Lobo Invite...season-best 8K time of 25:40 at Stanford...was 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, 5:30.64)...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 General Engineering.