Army West Point Athletics
2013 Men's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Jacob Fong
- Class:
- Freshman
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Saginaw, Mich.
- High School:
- Swan Valley
- Major:
- Internal Relations and Chinese
2016: Competed all six competitions in the fall… Kicked off the season with a second place finish at the Maine Dual Meet… Collected fourth at the Iona “Paddy Doyle” Meet of Champions… Against Navy placed 18th with a time of 25:40.24… Captured 66th at the Paul Short Invitational… At the Patriot League Championship finished eighth with a time of 25:08… Completed the season at the NCAA Regionals placing 79th… Named to the Patriot League All-Academic First Team.
2014: Took part in the first three races of the season in his sophomore year at West Point … took 25th at the Army Open with a 5K time of 16:52.78 … was the team’s No. 18 runner in the dual meet vs. Cornell … clocked a time of 26:48.76 on the five-mile course to finish 33rd … was Army’s 10th runner to cross the line at the Iona Meet of Champions … posted an 8K time of 28:17.60 … named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for second consecutive season.
2013: Competed in the first two races of the year as a plebe … finished 23rd overall among 86 runners at the 5K Army Open in his first collegiate completion (16:35.69) … was the Black Knights’ 15th place finisher at Cornell, covering the five mile course with a time of 27:57.2 … named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Accomplished runner out of Swan Valley High School ... voted cross country team MVP 2009-11 and track team most valuable runner 2012-13 ... three-time DII Michigan High School Athletic Association Academic All-State (2010-12) ... Saginaw County 2-mile champion (2013) ... Tri-Valley Conference Academic All-State (2012-13) ... class valedictorian.
Personal: Jacob Allen Fong ... son of Jacob and Diane Fong ... born April 28, 1995, in Saginaw, Mich. … sisters Kayla and Erin ... first member of his family to embark on a military career ... has never traveled outside of the United States ... enjoys reading, hanging out with friends and sleeping during his free time ... was the mascot for the Saginaw Spirit Hockey team for five years … loves manatees ... credits coach Dave Dawson with having the most influence on his running career ... double-majoring in Internal Relations and Chinese.
