2016 Track and Field Roster

Jared Hixon

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Palmdale, Calif.
  • High School Palmdale

Biography

2014 Cross Country: Became an All-American by placing 16th at the NAIA Championships after a fifth-place finish at the Cascade Conference Championships.

2014 Track: Earned All-American status at the NAIA Outdoor Championships for placing fourth in the 1,500-meter race (3:51.13, PR at SOU)… Placed 13th in the 5K (14:50.67 PR at SOU) at the NAIA Championships, just missing All-American status… Was third at the San Francisco State Invitational with a 800-meter and season best time of 25:04.1. 

2013 Cross Country: Was an All-CCC performer with a time of 26:11 to place seventh at the conference championship meet... Went on to take 36th at the NAIA Championships, helping SOU to second place as a team.

Indoor Track: Ran the mile portion on SOU's distance medley relay team that was the runner-up at the 2015 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (9:54.37).

Personal: Two-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Palmdale H.S. ... Finished third in the league in cross country as a senior and seventh as a junior ... Posted a personal best time of 15:05 in the 5k ... Track & field team placed third in the league three times ... Competed in CIF DI Prelims as a senior ... Was valedictorian of his high school class ... Parents are Diane Mohr and Thomas Hixon ... Family includes a younger sister, Kiah, and a younger brother, Shane ... Born March 15, 1993.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

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  • 2013Sophomore

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  • 2014Junior

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  • 2016Redshirt Senior

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