Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Three-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC indoor in 4x400 relay (2023). ... All-GNAC outdoor in 200 (2021) and 4x100 relay (2023). ... GNAC Male Track Athlete of the Week for March 1-7, 2021.

Junior (2023):  INDOOR – Ran the third leg on the 4-by-400 team that took 3rd place at the GNAC Championships and broke a 20-year-old school record with a time of 3 minutes, 20.86 seconds. The foursome of Julius Shepherd, Evan Carpenter, Gordon, and Isaiah Archer beat the old standard of 3:21.25 that had stood since 2003. ... Also reached the 200-meter dash finals, placing 8th, and was 15th in the 60-meter dash. ... Opened the season with a personal-best of 7.09 in the 60 at the Spokane Invitational on Dec. 10. ... Ran in three regular-season meets, doing the 60 and 200 in all three.  OUTDOOR – Ran the second leg on the second-place 4-by-100 relay, combining with David Njeri, Julius Shepherd, and Isaiah Archer for a time of 42.35. ... Ran the third leg on the 6th-place 4-by-400 relay, following Shepherd and Evan Carpenter, then handing the baton to Archer. ... Also placed 10th in the 100-meter dash and 14th in the 200 at GNAC. ... Won the 200 at the Portland Twilight on May 6 in 22.72. ... Ran on a pair of SPU season-best relays at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on April 8, as the 4-by-100 finished 2nd in 42.25, and the 4-by-400 was 3rd in 3:21.49. He was the second leg on the 4-by-1 and the anchor on the 4-by-4. ... Clocked a personal-best 53.10 in the 400-meter dash at the season-opening Ed Boitano Invitational in Tacoma on March 4. ... Twice came within .01 of his PB 10.89 in the 100 dash, going 10.90 at the Point Loma Collegiate Invitational on March 25 and again at the Pomona-Pitzer Invite on April 8.

Sophomore (2022):  INDOOR – Led off the 5th-place 4-by-400 relay at GNAC, followed by Isaiah Archer, Evan Carpenter, and Julius Shepherd for a time of 3:25.97.  ... Tied for 11th in the 60-meter dash in 7.11. ... Qualified for the 200 finals as the No. 6 seed in school-record time of 22.34. That broke the old record of 22.46 set by Ryan Jewell in 2005.  Did not place in the finals because of a lane violation. ... In his very first indoor race, broke Jewell's other long-standing school record, this one in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.12 at the season-opening Spokane Invitational on Dec. 11, 2021. That previous record also had stood since 2005. ... Broke the 60 record again in the preliminaries at the Whitworth Invitational on Feb. 12 with a 7.11. That stood only for about an hour until teammate David Njeri went 7.00 in the finals.  OUTDOOR – Placed 8th in the 200 at GNAC in 22.75, and was 9th in the 100 dash in 11.09. ... Ran the second leg on the 7th-place 4-by-100 relay, combining with Evan Carpenter, Julius Shepherd, and Darius Holmes for a 43.52. ... Won the 200 at the Peyton-Shotwell Invitational on March 26 in 22.13. Also was part of the winning 4-by-400 relay that day, running the third leg. ... Ran the second leg on the winning 4-by-100 relay at the PLU Invitational on April 9. ... On that same day, raced a personal-best time of 53.20 in the 400 dash.

Freshman (2021):  INDOOR – Season canceled.  OUTDOOR – Placed 3rd in the 200-meter dash at GNAC with a personal-best time of 22.02. That beat his old PR of 22.06 from the previous day's preliminaries. ... Also placed 5th in the 100 with a time of 10.90, just off his PR of 10.89 from the prelims –  his first sub-11. ... Led off the 6th-place 4-by-100 relay at GNAC. ... Ran in six meets, focusing primarily on the 100, 200, and relays. ... Won his college debut race with a time of 22.12 in the 200 at the PLU Opener on March 6. 

Personal: Jeffrey George Gordon. ... Sociology major.

Brooke Pointe High School: Placed 8th in the 100-meter dash in 11.20 seconds and 13th in the 200 with a personal at the Class 5A Virginia state meet with a personal-best time of 22.56 seconds as a senior in 2019. ... Competed in those two races, along with the long jump, triple jump, and 4x100 relay at the regional championships in 2019. At that meet, popped PR marks of 20 feet, 5 1/4 inches in the long jump and 40-11 in the triple jump. ... Also ran indoors as a senior, reaching state in the 300-meter dash and placing 15th.

Fun facts: Played football in high school, then decided to give track a try during his junior year. ... If not for track, would play football or baseball. ... Favorite sports to watch are football, basketball, and track & field. ... Favorite junk foods are Ruffles and Twizzlers. ... Favorite healthy food is salad. ... His dream car is a Jaguar F-Type convertible. ... Loves to shop for shoes. ... Easiest subject in school is science. ... Toughest subject is math. ... His pre-meet ritual is watching track & field videos while eating Swedish fish, saying, "The candy gets me hyper and the videos add the extra bit of excitement and motivation for the meet." ...  If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Martin Luther King Jr., and would serve spaghetti. ... If he could be any action hero, would be The Flash. ... His friends call him Aayoojeff or just Jeff. .. In 10 years, plans to be an FBI agent.


INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
60 dash:    7.09 (12/10/2022)
200:         22.34 (2/21/2022)


OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100:    10.89 (5/14/2021)
200:    22.02 (5/15/2021)
400:    53.10 (3/4/2023)


CAREER RESULTS