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2023 YellowJackets Men's Track & Field Roster

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Javan Reece

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lantana, Texas
  • High School Guyer
  • Prev School Kansas
  • Major Interdisciplinary Studies

Biography

RESULTS

Honors:

  • USTFCCCA Outdoor All-West Region - 110-meter Hurdles (2023)
  • ASC All-Conference second team - 110-meter Hurdles (2023)
  • USTFCCCA Indoor All-West Region - 60-meter Hurdles (2023)

SENIOR (2022-23): Competed in six indoor meets and eight outdoor meets... All-ASC second team in the 110-meter hurdles as he placed second at the ASC Championships with a program-record time of 14.54... Earned USTFCCCA Outdoor All-West Region in the 110-meter hurdles after ranking 28th nationally in the event... Had five top-five finishes in the 110-meter outdoor events... Ran the 110-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays and posted a wind-aided mark of 14.95... Earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-West Region in the 60-meter hurdles with a program-record time of 8.29 at the LSU Twilight... Set the program's indoor record in the 55-meter hurdles and won the event with a time of 8.01 at the McNeese College Indoor

JUNIOR (2019-20 at Kansas): Placed fifth in both the 60 meters and 60 meter hurdles at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18) … Ran a personal best of 22.59 in the 200 meters at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/21).

SOPHOMORE (2018-19 at Kansas): In the outdoor season, ran a personal best 22.51 in the 200 meters at the Oral Roberts Invitational ... In the indoor season, recorded personal bests in the 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles at the Bob Timmons Challenge (11/30), finished fifth in the 60 meters (6.98 seconds) and third in the 60 hurdles (8.34 seconds) … Ran a personal-best time in the 60-meter dash, clocking in with a time of 6.92 seconds at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-1/26) to become the No. 9 performer in KU history and won the 60-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 8.14 seconds to become the No. 9 performer in KU history.

FRESHMAN (2017-18 at Kansas): Made his outdoor debut at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24) where he finished 14th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39 seconds … Finished fifth in the 110 hurdles with a wind-aided time of 15.42 seconds … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team finish second in the quadrangular section of the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a combined time of 40.97 seconds … Placed second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.17 seconds and third in the 400 hurdles with a time of 56.98 seconds at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/5) … Placed 11th in the preliminary round of the 110-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) with a career-best time of 14.75 seconds .. In the indoor season, opened his Jayhawk career at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a seventh-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking in at 8.70 seconds … Finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a time of 8.43

Prior to college: Attended Guyer High School

Personal: Parents are John L and Eliana Reece... Father, John, played football at Nebraska and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals... Favorite Bible verse is John 15:13... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2023Senior

    Hurdles
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