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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Evanston, Ill.
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- High School:
- Evanston Township
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- Major:
- Neuroscience
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- Events:
- Jumps
Bio
2024 Outdoor: All-Ohio performer in the high jump with a third-place jump of 5 feet, 2.25 inches at the All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 13) … Narrowly missed out on All-NCAC honors with a fourth-place finish in high jump, marking 5 feet, 1 inch at the NCAC Championships (May 3-4) … Qualified to the 100 dash finals at NCACs and placed seventh overall in 12.97 … Went 12.90 in the prelims … Placed sixth in triple jump with a leap of 33 feet, 7.25 inches … Also a member of Wooster’s fifth-place 4x100 relay team that finished in 50.00 … Placed eighth in triple jump at All-Ohio with a mark of 33 feet, 7.25 inches … Had a strong performance at home Wooster Invitational (Apr. 6) with a collegiate-best 12.77 in the 100 and a season-best 5 feet, 2.5 inches in high jump … Top collegiate 200 time of 27.40 came during Bob Kahn Invitational (March 30) … High jump runner up at multi-divisional Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 14-16) with a mark of 5 feet, 2.25 inches … Overall competed in nine meets …
2024 Indoor: NCAC and All-Ohio runner up in high jump … Cleared 5 feet, 1 inch at NCAC Championships (Feb. 23-24) … Cleared a season-best height of 5 feet, 3.75 inches at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10) … Member of Wooster’s sixth-place 4x200 relay that finished in 1:49.54 at NCACs … Also competed in 60 prelims and triple jump at conference meet … Narrowly missed out on a second All-Ohio honor with a fourth-place finish in the 4x200 relay in 1:49.84 … Won the high jump at four separate meets, the triple jump at two meets and also the 60 at one meet … Overall made eight starts …
2023-24 Golf: Competed in five rounds and averaged 108.2 strokes … Logged a low of 95 at the University of Mount Union Fall Invitational (Sept. 10) …
2023 Outdoor: Defended All-Ohio championship in the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 4.25 inches at All-Ohio Championships (April 15) … All-Ohio high jump mark was the fifth-best in school history in the event … Scored for Wooster in three events at NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Placed sixth in high jump with 5 feet, 0.25 inches and seventh in triple jump with 34 feet, 2.75 inches … Also part of sixth-place 4x100 in a time of 50.35 … Ran in 100 prelims at NCACs … Had three scoring finishes at All-Ohio meet … Placed fourth in 4x100 (50.22), fifth in triple jump (35 feet, 1.25 inches) and sixth in 100 (12.69) at All-Ohio … 100 time at All-Ohio was the ninth-fastest time in the event in program history … Won high jump in four consecutive meets, concluding with the win at All-Ohio … Had top collegiate 200 time of 27.86 in dual meet against Oberlin (April 8) … Logged a collegiate-best 100 time of 12.79 as the runner-up in dual meet against Denison (April 12) … Overall, competed in 10 meets …
2023 Indoor: USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honoree in the high jump … Finished third and earned All-NCAC honors in the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 3 inches at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) … All-Ohio high jump champion with a collegiate-best mark of 5 feet, 4.5 inches at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 11) … Scored points for Wooster in three other events at NCACs … Part of fourth-place 4x200 (1:50.62), finished sixth in triple jump with a mark of 33 feet, 8 inches, and placed sixth in 60 with a collegiate-best time of 8.11 … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Jan. 16 after high jump win at season-opening home Wooster Invitational (Jan. 14) … Repeated as NCAC Athlete of the Week on Feb. 13 following All-Ohio high jump championship … Had clean sweep at Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17), winning four different events … Won 60 dash in 8.23, high jump with 5 feet, 1.25 inches, triple jump with 33 feet, 4 inches and as part of 4x200 relay in 1:54.41 … Part of one additional winning 4x200 in 1:53.10 at home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 21) … Broke the tape in the 60 in 8.34 during dual meet with Denison (Jan. 26) … Overall, competed in eight meets …
2022-23 Golf: Logged a career-best 93.4 average over 11 rounds … All but one round came in fall due to competing on track & field team … Finished a stroke off collegiate-best with season-opening 92 at Lynn Schweizer Invitational (Sept. 3-4) and had 92s in second round of Transylvania Fall Invitational (Sept. 10-11) and opening round of Heidelberg Fall Invitational (Sept. 16-17) … Logged a top-20 showing at the Eva Shorb Weiskopf Invitational (Oct. 2-3) with two-day 187 … Played in the lineup three times and had two rounds count toward the program’s season scoring record of 335.5 …
2022 Outdoor: Competed in 10 meets … Went 5 feet, 1 inch to place fourth in the high jump at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Top mark of 33 feet, 5.25 inches was good for sixth-place in the triple jump at NCAC Championships … Helped the Scots to a sixth-place conference finish in the 4x100 relay with time of 50.86 … Earned All-Ohio honors, thanks to runner-up showing in high jump at All-Ohio Championships (April 16) … High jump from All-Ohio marked new collegiate-best … Also an All-Ohio placer in the 4x100, helping Scots to third-place time of 50.29 at All-Ohio Championships … Double winner in dual meet with Denison (April 13), claiming the blue ribbons in the high jump (5 feet, 1.25 inches) and 4x100 (51.29) … Won the triple jump at Denison Invitational (April 29) with collegiate-best mark of 35 feet, 8.75 inches …
2022 Indoor: Competed in eight meets … Went 5 feet, 2.25 inches in the high jump at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26), which was good for fourth-place … Scored in the triple jump and 4x200 relay, both of which finished seventh at NCAC meet … Top mark in NCAC triple jump was 34 feet, 0.75 inch and 4x200 time was 1:50.57 … Logged a pair of fourth-place finishes at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12) … Cleared 5 feet, 3 inches in the high jump and was part of Wooster’s 4x200 that stopped the watch at 1:49.10 at All-Ohio … Triple winner in dual with Denison (Jan. 27), claiming first-place in the high jump (5 feet, 1 inch), triple jump (31 feet, 6 inches), and 4x200 (1:52.14) …
2021-22 Golf: Competed in five events and averaged 97.8 strokes per round … Logged a collegiate-best of 91 at Grove City Fall Invitational (Sept. 11) and tied for sixth-place … Capped fall with back-to-back 93s at Wooster Fall Invitational (Oct. 2-3) …
2021 Outdoor: Earned All-NCAC honors with third-place mark of 33 feet, 6.5 inches in the triple jump at the NCAC Championships (May 9) … Part of Wooster’s fourth-place 4x100 (51.68) at the NCAC meet and was the sixth-place finisher in the long jump (15 feet, 5 inches) … Triple-winner at the Marty Goldberg Gator Invitational (April 23) with blue ribbons in the high jump (4 feet, 11 inches), long jump (15 feet), and 4x100 (51.98) … Opened season as a triple-winner at the Wooster Tri-Meet (March 27) with top showings in the high jump (5 feet, 3 inches), long jump (15 feet, 11.5 inches) and 4x100 (53.21) … Marks in the high jump and long jump at the Wooster Tri-Meet marked collegiate-bests … Won the triple jump at the Marv Fry Invitational (April 10) with collegiate-best mark of 34 feet, 3.5 inches …
2021 Indoor: Competed in both meets … Debuted in the high jump at 4 feet, 9.75 inches, which was good for third-place at Wittenberg (Feb. 26) … Cleared 4 feet, 11.75 inches in the high jump versus Ohio Wesleyan (March 6), with that mark also resulting in a third-place showing … Runner-up in the 4x400 relay at both meets …
2020-21 Golf: Competed in five rounds … Averaged 110.6 strokes … Low round of 100 came in final day of a 36-hole dual against Allegheny (April 10-11) …
Prior to Wooster: Earned all-conference honors while attending Evanston Township High School … Prepped for Karilyn Joyce in golf and Fenton Gunther in track & field …
Personal: Parents are Todd and Tonya Patterson and younger sister of Davis, a three-time all-region and six-time all-conference track & field alumnus … Neuroscience major and part of the public health pathway program … Research assistant on campus and member of the biology club.
News mentions

Scots Look to Lower Marks at Twilight Meet
Jeju wins long jump and Mendez runs PR to highlight Scot performances
May 10, 2024

Hargrave’s Win in 100 Hurdles Leads Wooster’s All-NCAC Efforts on Saturday
Jeju named Men's Newcomer of the Year as handful of Scots earn All-NCAC honors to wrap championships
May 4, 2024
Wooster Captures Three Individual Titles on Day One of NCAC Championships
Garretson completes career sweep of pole vault titles, Tharenos breaks record while winning steeplechase
May 3, 2024

NCAC Championships Notebook: Outdoor Track & Field
Scots head to Denison on Friday to open NCAC meet
April 30, 2024

Wooster Hosts First Outdoor Meet at Renovated Carl Munson Track
Scots win three events
April 6, 2024

Scots Win Five Events at Oberlin Invite
Track and field gets work in during non-scoring meet
March 30, 2024
Track & Field Starts Outdoor Season in Style with Several Program, National Marks
Wooster competes at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
March 16, 2024

Wiesner Improves Weight Throw Record, Scots Projected to Have at Least Three National Qualifiers
Senior now ranks 13th nationally in weight throw
March 2, 2024

Two Win Major NCAC Awards as Teams Place Fourth at Championships
Jeju named NCAC Newcomer and Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, while Callender collects second Distance Runner of the Year award
February 24, 2024

NCAC Championships Preview: Indoor Track & Field
Scots Travel to Kenyon to start Championships on Friday
February 19, 2024

Scots Compete in Kenyon Tune Up Meet
Wiesner once again raises own weight throw record
February 16, 2024

Jeju Leads Wooster's Stars at All-Ohio
First-year wins three events, breaks three records
February 10, 2024

Hargrave, Sanford Break Records at Bob Shannon
Both now in top-35 nationally in events
February 3, 2024

Scots Storm Back, Tie Up Series of Dual Meets with Denison
Wooster wins 20 events, including all eight jumps
January 25, 2024

Men Win Fighting Scots Invite as More Records Go Down
Jeju and Wiesner break school records, Callender facility
January 20, 2024

32 Year Old Record Broken in First Indoor Meet of Season
First-year Jeju sets new school record in the long jump
January 13, 2024

Women Look to Make Even More Noise in 2024
Pair of NCAC Champions and group of record breakers return to compete in 2024
January 8, 2024