2012 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... SPU Most Inspirational in 2011. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2012.
Senior (2012): Ran in five meets, leading the Falcons in two of them. ... Was first across the line for SPU and second place overall at the season-opening UAF Long-Course. ... Also the front runner for Seattle Pacific (35th overall) at NCAA West Regionals in Hawaii. ... Cracked the top 20 at Sundodger, placing No. 2 for SPU and 19th overall as Falcons raced to a school-best 2nd-place team finish and school-record low point total of 108. ... Was No. 4 for Falcons (48th overall) in a team-best 4th-place team finish at Charles Bowles Invitational. ... Was No. 5 for Seattle Pacific (50th overall) at GNAC Championships.
Junior (2011): Joined the Falcons for the first time, running in seven meets. Won the Apple Ridge Run Invitational on Sept. 10 in Yakima, leading SPU to the team championship, and earning the GNAC men's cross country Athlete of the Week award. ... Made his SPU debut in Alaska, running No. 3 for SPU (4th overall) in the Alaska Fairbanks Long-Course Invitational, and No. 4 for the team (6th overall) in the short-course meet. Seattle Pacific won both team titles. ... Led SPU with a 26th-place overall finish at the Charles Bowles Invitational. ... Finished No. 9 for Falcons (64th overall) at GNAC Championship when an injury flared up and knocked him back from among the early-race leaders.
Mountain View High School: Qualified all four years for the Oregon state cross country meet. ... Also placed among the top 10 twice in the state cross country skiing championships. ... Team captain for cross country and track.
Personal: Jordan Daniel Wolfe. ... Born March 2, 1991. ... English major. ... Is a junior academically.
Fun facts: Won his age group and was 10th overall in the Portland Marathon. ... Also won his age group and was 6th overall in the Dirty Half Marathon in central Oregon. ... Started running cross country in sixth grade and loved it, even though "I was always in the back of the pack." During the summer between sixth and seventh grades, set a goal of running a 1.8-mile loop in his neighborhood every day, and improved his standing signficantly "because very few kids train in middle school." ... If not running, would focus more on cross country skiing. ... Book he just couldn't put down was "Driven by Eternity," by John Bervere. ... Favorite junk food is dark chocolate-covered Acai berries. ... If he could be any action hero, he would be Peter Pan, saying, "I'm a huge fan of the whole story." ... Says he has a fascination with the idea of taking off with his guitar and jumping aboard trains around the country, doing street ministry, getting to know people, writing music, telling their stories (and God's story) and "living very simply."
