2014 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Jon Rus
- Position:
- Multi-Events
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Eldridge, Iowa
- High School:
- North Scott HS
2015: INDOOR: Scored team points at the MVC Championships (2/28) after finishing fourth overall in the 60 meter hurdle final with a time of 8.02 … recorded a personal-best in the preliminary race of 8.01, tying him for fifth all-time at UNI … ran an 8.04 in the 60 hurdles at the Iowa State Classic (2/13) … also placed fourth in the 60 meter hurdles at the Big 4 Duals.
2015: OUTDOOR: Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/28) in the 110 meter hurdles … earned All-Conference at the MVC Championships (5/15), placing second overall in the 110 hurdles with a wind-aided time of 14.02 … ran a personal-best wind-legal time of 14.19 at the Wisconsin Open (5/8), winning the event … was a part of the 4X110 meter shuttle hurdle relay team that ran a time of 58.23 at the Drake Relays (4/22), ranking fifth all-time at UNI.
2014: INDOOR: Competed in the multi-events during the season … scored a career-high in the heptathlon at the Jack Jennett Invitational (1/31), scoring a total of 4,269 points … set a personal-best in the pole vault at the UNI-Dome Open (2/21) of 11-11.75 … also scored a personal-best in the 60 meter hurdles at the UNI-Dome Open with a time of 8.21 to finish third overall.
2014: OUTDOOR: Tied his personal-best in the pole vault at the Jim Duncan Invitational (4/11) … grabbed a career-best mark in the long jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/16) with a leap of 22-1.00 … also finished with a strong PR time of 14.68 in the 110 meter hurdles at the MVC Outdoor Championships.
High School: Lettered in track and field at North Scott High School … was a state champion and Drake Relays champion in the 110 meter hurdles in 2013 … took second in the 110 meter hurdles in 2012 at the state meet … earned first team All-Elite and first team All-State in 2013 … was honored with second team All-State and second team All-Elite in 2012.
Personal: Son of Douglas Rus and Dawn Swope … has five siblings, Alicia, Sydney, Hannah, Zane and Jaxson … sister, Alicia, ran track and the University of Iowa and Western Colorado … majoring in exercise science.
