Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

CAREER STATS

Jimmy Barton is a third-year distance runner with the Yellow Jackets.....sat out the 2016 cross country season.....finished ninth in the mile (4:44.60) at the University of Findlay indoor meet.....participated in the 3,000 meters in three indoor meets.....placed fifth in the 1500 meters (4:20.25) and seventh in the 800 meters (2:06.50) at the outdoor Muskingum Invitational.....best outing in the 3,000 meter steeplechase was 10:33.33 at the All-Ohio Championship.

2015-16 - Ran in four cross country meets as a freshman.....best time in the 8K was 27:58 at the All-Ohio Championship.....named to the G-MAC Indoor Freshmen Team on the track.....placed 10th in the G-MAC indoor 3K in 9:39.35.....best mile time was 4:37.08.....3,000 meter steeplechase runner-up in the Yellow Jacket Open in 11:03.91.....finished 7th in the G-MAC outdoor 800 in 2:02.55.

High School - Four-year letter winner in cross country at Centerville High School.....team’s Runner of the Year as a senior.....member of three-time Greater Western Ohio Conference championship teams.....part of two district title squads.....All-GWOC all four years of his career.....team qualified for the state meet three times.....personal best in the cross country 5K of 15:51 ranks in the school’s Top 10 all-time.....earned four letters in track & field.....2015 All-Ohio Division I in the 4 x 800 relay as quartet placed 5th in 7:57.92.....twice All-GWOC in the 4 x 800.....two-time all-region in the 4 x 800 and 1,600.....all-conference in the 800, 1600, and 3200 as a senior.....PR’s of 1:57 (800), 4:26 (1600), and 9:47 (3200).....Elks won four district trophies and two GWOC crowns during his career.....2014 indoor state champions in the 4 x 800.....placed 5th in the state indoor 800 meters as a senior.....also wrestled his freshman year with a letter.....two-time scholar-athlete.

Personal - Multi-age health and physical education major at Cedarville University.....born 9/24/96 in Dayton, OH.....son of Jim and Melissa Barton.....younger sister, Jessica, is a freshman at Cedarville and a member of the track & field team as a pole vaulter.