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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Jayon Morrow

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Kankakee, Ill.
  • High School Kankakee
  • Major Undecided
  • Twitter JayonOtMorrow
  • Instagram Ot_815

Biography

2025

Indoor

  • Achieved new personal-bests and placed fourth in the 60m (7.01) and 400m (49.88) at the Fighting Illini Challenge
  • Placed third in the 4x400m (3:11.71) at the Hoosier Horsepower Classic
  • Finished in fourth in the 4x400m (3:09.56) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
  • Earned a new personal-best in the 600m (1:24.22) and finished in 3rd at the Fighting Illini Open

Outdoor

  • Earned a new personal best in the 200m 21.85 (1.2) at USF Alumni Invitational
  • Ran a PB in the 400m (48.11) at the Tom Jones Invitational
  • Part of the 4x400m relay team that took 10th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (3:09.53) 

High School

  • 2x USATF National Champion
  • 4x IHSA State Champion
  • 7x All-American
  • 12x Conference Champion
  • 12x Sectional Champion

Personal

Born January 19, 2006... Son of Jeffery Morrow and Tysha Ward... Chose Illinois because "Why not Illinois?"

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