| J.R. Cox |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Coatesville, Pa.
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| High School:
Coatesville Area
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| Last College:
LaSalle
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| Height:
5-8
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| Position:
Distance
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| Birthdate:
12/22/1979
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2001 XC: Member of ASU’s starting seven all season…
team’s fourth-highest finisher at the NCAA Championships (31:30, 153rd)…fifth-highest finisher at West Regionals (32:55.2, 51st)…finished 46th at the Pac-10 Championships (26:38.)…clocked 8,000m season-best at the Roy Griak Invitational (25:37.3, 134th)…team’s third-highest finisher at the UC Irvine Invitational (10th, 26:04.4)…second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection.
2001 Outdoor: Competed in the 1500m, 3000m and 5000m…placed fifth in the 5000m at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational with a personal-best 15:06.34…clocked personal-best in the 3000m at the Sun Angel Classic (8:44.23, 12th).
2001 Indoor: Placed 13th in the mile at the NAU Invitational (4:35.15 alt.adj.)…placed 13th in the 3000m at the UA/NAU Double Dual (9:17.96 alt.adj.)…2000 XC: Member of the starting seven at the Roy Griak, Pac-10 Championships and NCAA Regionals…ran a 8,000-meter season best at Pac-10s (24:45.61), placing 30th…placed 41st at regionals (32:02) and 108th at Roy Griak (25:50).
LaSalle: Ran track and cross country at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Pa. from Aug. ’98 to Dec. ‘99…helped cross country team to Atlantic-10 Championship in ‘99.
High School: 1998 graduate of Coatesville Area Senior High…two-year letterwinner in track and cross country…two-time all-area cross country selection in ’96, ‘97…also an all-area track selection in ‘98…member of league champion track team in ‘97.
Personal: Majoring in marketing…parents are Dennis Cox and Cheri Horn…has three siblings, Denyse (15), Becky (14) and Ariel (10)…born Dec. 22, 1979, in California…full name is Dennis Ray Cox.
Personal Bests: 1500 - 4:08.02, Mile - 4:35.15 (alt.adj.), 3000 – 8:44.23, 3200 – 9:50, 5000 – 15:06.34, 10K – 32:02.
AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
2001 Cross Country 153rd 31:30
