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Northeastern  Profiles - Jonathan Watkins

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Jonathan Watkins
Sr. Sprinter
Montclair, NJ (Montclair Kimberly Academy)
   Men's Track 2007-08TEAM PAGE | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | RESULTS PAGE

2007-08: Indoors, placed 25th in the 55 (6.87) at the Husky Winter Carnival...placed 17th in the 400 (52.40) and ran on the third-place 4x400 relay (3:24.61) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...fifth in the 60 (7.29) and sixth in the 200 (23.64) at the Battle of Beantown...outdoors, placed 18th in the 400 (52.85) and ran on the third-place 4x400 relay (3:20.08) at the CAA Championship.

2006-07: Opened the indoor season with a sixth-place finish in the 55 (6.70) and 14th-place showing in the long jump (19’3.25) at the Husky Winter Carnival...won the 60 (7.12) and took second in the long jump (20’2.5) against Harvard...placed second in the 400 (50.95) at the BU Multi-Team meet...began the outdoor season with a ninth-place finish in the 100 (11.30) at the USF Invitational...took top honors in the 400 (49.78) at the Northeastern Spring Open...won the 200 (22.23), and took third in the 100 (11.03) at the Snowflake Classic...injury ended his season early.

2005-06: During the indoor season, won the 55 (6.66) and placed second in the 200 (22.41) at the Boston University Open...took 12th in the 200 with a season-best time of 22.09 and finished 15th in the 55 (6.67) at the New England Championship...outdoors, placed second in the 200 (21.17) and third in the 100 (11.02) at the Ram Invitational...won the 400 (49.85) at the Snowflake Classic...placed second in the 100 (10.82) and took seventh in the 200 (23.52) at the George Mason Spring Classic...won the 200 (22.27) at the Solomon Husky Invitational...finished fifth in the 200 (22.13) at the CAA Championship...finished 15th in the 100 (10.83) at the IC4A Championship.

2004-05: Emerged as one of the Huskies’ top sprinters...placed seventh in the 200 (22.30) and ninth in the 55 at the America East Championship...took fifth in the 55 (6.62) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...won the 55 (6.66) and placed fourth in the 200 (22.85) at the BU Invitational...during the outdoor season, finished eighth in the 100 (10.90) at the Hurricane Invitational...took third in the 100 (10.95) at the Connecticut Open...took seventh in the 100 (11.09) and 12th in the 200 (22.35) at the America East Championship.

High School: Competed in track & field for four years...served as team captain senior year...also a member of the soccer and basketball teams...won the 100-meter dash at the Parochial B championship from 2001-04...earned All-State recognition in the 100 and 200-meter dashes...set four school records in sprinting events...team was Colonial Conference champ in 2003.

Personal: Born Sept. 11, 1985...brother, LeRoy, played soccer at Northeastern from 1999-2002 and was team captain...sister, Candace, was on the NU crew team from 2000-2003 and was team captain...majoring in Criminal Justice...Class of 2009.


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