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Jonah Bird - Men's Cross Country - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Jonah Bird Season 2020-21

Architecture and the Built Environment

Class Junior
Hometown Signal Mountain, Tenn.
High School Signal Mountain
Major Architecture and the Built Environment
Bio

Career Results

Career Honors

  • 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

As a Senior (2021-22)

Cross Country

  • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Fifth on the team and 67th overall (26:30.7) at the 8k Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
  • Also finished fourth on the team and 108th overall (26:59.1) at the 8k Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 1)
  • Fifth on the team and 44th overall (26:09.2) at the 8k Commodore Classic (Sept. 17)
  • Finished 39th overall and fifth on the team (19:15.7) at the 5k Mizzou Opener (Sept. 3)

Track and Field 

  • Finished fifth overall in the 5,000 meters (15:14.20) at home meet, the Outdoor Music City Challenge
  • Finished 25th with a personal best in the mile (4:21.42) at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational (Jan. 29)

As a Junior (2020-21)

  • SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Competed in four meets and scored at all four
  • Finished 51st overall and second on the team (26:54.7) at FSU Winter Classic (Feb. 5)
  • Fourth on team and 67th overall (25:17.87) at Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
  • Fifth on the team and 22nd overall (25:20.9) at Gans Creek Classic (Oct. 3)
  • Fourth on the team and 18th overall to lead Vanderbilt to third-place finish at Commodore Classic (Sept. 19)

As a Sophomore (2019-20)

  • Scored at five of six meets
  • Sixth on the team and 114th overall (33:11.0) at NCAA Regionals (Nov. 15)
  • Fifth on the team and 89th overall (25:20.7) at SEC Championships (Nov. 1)
  • Vanderbilt finished 10th with its lowest point total at the conference meet since 1980
  • Fifth on the team and 97th overall (27:07.6) at Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19)
  • Fourth on the team and 135th overall (25:16.5) at the Louisville Classic (Oct. 5)
  • Fourth on the team and 110th overall (27:04.2) at the Commodore Classic (Sept. 14)
  • Third on the team and 20th overall (16:14.2) at the Belmont Opener (Aug. 30)

As a Freshman (2018-19)

  • Fifth in 5,000m (15:56.97) at Music City Distance Carnival
  • Eighth in 3,000m (9:01.94) at UAB Vulcan Invitational
  • 40th in 3,000m (8:58.99) at Music City Challenge
  • 41st in 3,000m (9:02.62) at Vanderbilt Invitational

The Bird File

  • Prepped at Signal Mountain (Tenn.)
  • Won 1600m, 3200m, and 4x800m state titles at 2018 TSSAA D1 Small State Championship
  • Ran high school PR’s of 4:29.20 (mile), 9:47.12 (2-mile), and 2:04.56 (800m)