Jess Creedon - Women's Track and Field - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Jess Creedon Season 2021-22

Class Graduate
Event Multi
High School Ridge
Hometown Basking Ridge, N.J.
Major Medicine, Health, and Society
Bio

Career Results

Career Honors

  • 2021-22 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 ACC Top 6 for Service Award
  • 2019 ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 Boston College Athletics Rising Leader Award

As a Graduate (2021-22)

  • 2021-22 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Placed 15th in the shot put (10.13 meters) at the Commodore Indoor meet
  • Placed second overall in the pentathlon (3,555 points) At the Vanderbilt Invitational. Additionally, the relay team placed 5th in the 4×400 (3:51.02)
  • Placed seventh in the high jump (1.60 meters) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational
  • Had personal best in the 600-meter race (1:41.50) at the Music City Challenge
  • Placed 14th overall in the pentathlon (3,596 points) at the SEC Indoor Championships
  • Placed 17th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:05.17) at the Black and Gold Invite
  • Placed 11th in the high jump (1.56 meters) at the Florida Relays
  • Placed fifth overall in the heptathlon (4,566 points) at the Joe Walker Invitational
  • Relay team placed seventh in the 4×400 (3:53.22) at the Georgia Tech Invitational, 16th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:05.52)
  • Placed sixth in the high jump (1.65 meters), placed 12th in the long jump (5.18 meters), placed 14th in the javelin throw (31.50 meters) and had a personal best in the shot put (11.03 meters) at the Outdoor Music City Challenge.
  • Placed ninth overall in the heptathlon (4,744) points at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships

As a Senior at Boston College (2020-21)

  • Team captain
  • Finished 18th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.44) at the ACC Outdoor Championships (May 13)
  • Won the 100-meter hurdles and the high jump at dual meet vs. Holy Cross (April 7)
  • Placed 12th in the pentathlon (3,578) at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25-26)

As a Junior at Boston College (2019-20)

  • Placed ninth in the pentathlon (3,433) at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27-28)
  • Placed second in the high jump (1.60 meters) at the Boston University Multi-Team Meet (Jan. 18)
  • Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

As a Sophomore at Boston College (2018-19)

  • Set a personal best in the 500-meter race (1:18) at the Howlin Husky Invitational (Dec. 8)
  • Won the pentathlon (3,512) at the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 11-12)
  • Placed third in both the 4×400 and the high jump at the Boston University Multi-Team Meet (Jan. 19)
  • Won the 60-meter race with a personal-best (9.11) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (Jan. 26)
  • Set a personal best in the pentathlon (3,652), placing second at the NEICAAA Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 1-2)
  • Placed second in the outdoor high jump (1.61 meters) at the Stanford Invitational (March 29)
  • Set a personal best in the javelin (32.06 meters), placing fourth at the Ocean State Invitational (April 13)
  • Placed sixth in the heptathlon (4,752) at the Virginia Challenge (April 19-20)
  • Ran a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles (1:02.45) at the Penn Relays (April 26)
  • Set a personal best in the heptathlon (5,041), placing sixth at the ACC Championships (May 9-10)

As a Freshman at Boston College (2017-18)

  • Set a personal best in the 100-meter hurdles (14.83 meters) at the Colonial Relays
  • Finished ninth in the pentathlon (3,589) at the ACC Indoor Championships, setting a rookie school record

The Creedon File

  • Prepped at Ridge High School under head coach Tim Mooney
  • Lettered in volleyball, cross country and track and field
  • Three-time Skyland Conference champion in the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles
  • Group IV state champion in the 100-meter hurdles
  • Earned all-state honors in the 400-meter hurdles
  • Nine Meet of Champions medals
  • Set school record in the high jump
  • National qualifier in the high jump, the pentathlon, the heptathlon and the 400-meter hurdles for all four years
  • Team track captain
  • Selected as school’s top female athlete of the 2017 graduating class
  • Daughter of Theresa and Marc Creedon
  • Has an older sister, Rachel
  • Mother played basketball at University of New Haven
  • National Honor Society and Science National Honors Society
  • Recipient of the The Cowhig Family Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund
  • Raised five seeing eye dogs
  • Studied abroad in Venice, Italy
  • Earned a degree from Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences at Boston College