SPU: One-year letterwinner.
Freshman (2019): Ran in all five meets ... Scored for the first time when he ran No. 4 for the Falcons (125th overall) at the NCAA West Regionals. ... Highest overall placing was 41st at the season-opening PLU Invite. ... Was No. 7 for SPU and 49th overall at the GNAC Championships.
North Medford High School: Ran all four years as an individual qualifier in the Class 6A (large school) Oregon state meet, capping his career with a 9th-place finish as a senior in 2018. ... As a freshman in 2015, clocked 17:11 on the 5000-meter course at Lane Community College. By his senior year, he was down to 15:49. ... Logged a 5000 PR of 15:38.5 to take fourth place at the Southwest Conference meet as a senior. ... Won the Umpqua Open as a junior and the Brookings Harbor Invitational as a senior. ... Ran in the 20th annual Nike Border Clash following his senior season, placing 51st overall among the 77 competitors and 19th for Team Oregon in the annual showdown between top finishers from the Oregon and Washington state meets. ... On the track, won district championships in the 800 and in the 4-by-400 relay.
Personal: Jacob Dean Allmaras. ... Psychology major.
Fun facts: Has been running since 7th grade when his mom told him he had to do a sport and the only two options were football and cross country. "I was (and am) very scrawny, so I chose cross country." ...
Favorite course is the Border Clash course at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, where "they start the race with cannons and it was the coolest thing I've ever seen." ...
If not for cross country, would consider doing Frisbee. ...
Favorite sport to watch is track, especially the 800. ...
Dumbest move he ever saw was "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs." ...
Book he just couldn't put down was science fiction novel "Ready Player One." ...
Favorite junk food is double-stuff Oreo cookies. ...
Favorite healthy food is artichokes. ...
Favorite TV program is "One Punch Man." ...
His dream car is a "really fast golf cart." ...
Loves to shop for running shoes. ...
Favorite athlete is North Medford High School distance runner Brodie Dick. ...
Easiest subject in school is reading. ...
Toughest subject is English. ...
His racing ritual is he never wears socks during a meet. ...
If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Barack Obama because "he seems pretty cool." He would serve crab. ...
If he could be any action hero, would be Batman. ...
His friends call him The Pizza Man.
CAREER RESULTS
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