Jacob Gordon

Name: Jacob Gordon
Hometown: Brighton, MA
High School: John O'Bryant School of Math and Science
Graduation year: 2024
High School Coach: Michael Ward
Date of Birth: August 3, 2006
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 140 lb
GPA: Available upon request
SAT/ACT: Available upon request

Emerging Elites Enrollment

2 Seasons: Winter 2023-24
  Spring 2024

About

I originally started running due to my brother, during middle school I didn't do any athletics but one day, about halfway through the summer, my brother convinced me to go to cross country practice with him. It was horrible. It was an easy day yet after 100m of running I had been dropped. The rest of the run consisted of getting dropped, my brother and the other person he was running with waiting for me to catch up, and then getting dropped again. I promised myself that I would never do that again yet the next day when my brother asked if I wanted to go to practice with him I said yes. That cross country season I didn't race but if I had, I most likely would have run in the 23-25 minutes. The indoor and outdoor track season that year was a mess, mostly because of COVID. The indoor season got completely canceled, with no races or practice but every day I still ran 4 miles by myself, and 6 miles every Saturday. During the outdoor season, we raced in masks. During that season I ran ~6:30 for the mile and ~13:30 for the 2 mile. That summer was my first very large jump in fitness. Under Coach Tim Broe I improved my 5k time down to ~19:00. After around a month of practices we had a workout that ended with a hard mile on the track. In that mile, I PR'd by ~30 seconds. The next cross-country season, under Coach Colin Corkery I had another large jump in fitness and opened up the season at Wrentham running 17:06 in the 5k. This past cross-country season was disappointing in terms of running performance but I am excited to make a comeback in my final track seasons while running for Emerging Elites.

Outside of running, I enjoy rock climbing, hiking, and biking. I also love to cook and bake and have a newfound hobby in making and tasting different types of coffee from all over the world. My favorite subjects in school are math, physics, and engineering.

 

 Events  Fresh.  Soph.  Junior  Senior PRs
 800m   2:20 2:20
 1000m (i)   2:49.99 2:49.99
 1500m (o)   4:29.53 4:29.53
 Mile   4:49 4:49
 3000m (o)   9:37.83 9:37.83
 2 Mile   10:59 10:59
 5000m   16:37.76 16:37.76

Awards & Recognition

Boston City League All City Team
Boston Globe All-Scholastic Conference All-Star
 
 
 
 
 

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