2025 USC Track & Field Roster
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Jones, William
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William Jones
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- High School:
- Blue Valley
Bio
THIS YEAR: Junior William Jones is in his third season as a sprinter for the USC track and field team He ranks sixth on USC’s all-time outdoor 400m list and second on its indoor 400m list. He has also run on the seventh and 10th- fastest outdoor 4x400m relays and the second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh-fastest indoor 4x400m relays in USC history.
2024: Jones earned All-America honors in the 4x400m relay as USC placed eighth in the final at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:02.68 on June 7. In the semifinals on June 5, Jones ran the leadoff leg for the relay which ran 3:02.29, the seventh-fastest time in school history. He did not compete during the outdoor season until the Pac-12 Championships and he placed third in the final with a season-best time of 45.27 on May 12. He reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in the 400m, finishing 13th with a time of 45.86 on May 24. After the season he advanced to the semifinals in the 400m at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He earned indoor All-America honors in the 400m by placing fifth with a time of 45.78 and in the 4x400m relay which placed seventh with a time of 3:04.67 on March 9…He anchored USC to the fourth-fastest time in school history. He also ran on USC’s second-fastest all-time 4x400m relay team which ran 3:03.14 at the Eagle Elite Invitational on Feb. 10. He set a PR and ran the second-fastest USC indoor 400m time of 45.24 to win at the Razorback Invitational on Jan. 27.
PERSONAL: William was born October 3, 2003 in New Orleans…His parents are Jamila Jefferson and Phillip Jones, and he has two sisters named Alexandria and Phaelin Jones… He enjoys exploring his surroundings in his free time…Lists Baseball icon Jackie Robinson as his biggest sports hero… Aspires to continue his sports career postgraduate…He is majoring in Communication.
CAREER BESTS: 200m – 21.00 400m – 44.65/45.24 (indoor)
2024: Jones earned All-America honors in the 4x400m relay as USC placed eighth in the final at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:02.68 on June 7. In the semifinals on June 5, Jones ran the leadoff leg for the relay which ran 3:02.29, the seventh-fastest time in school history. He did not compete during the outdoor season until the Pac-12 Championships and he placed third in the final with a season-best time of 45.27 on May 12. He reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in the 400m, finishing 13th with a time of 45.86 on May 24. After the season he advanced to the semifinals in the 400m at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He earned indoor All-America honors in the 400m by placing fifth with a time of 45.78 and in the 4x400m relay which placed seventh with a time of 3:04.67 on March 9…He anchored USC to the fourth-fastest time in school history. He also ran on USC’s second-fastest all-time 4x400m relay team which ran 3:03.14 at the Eagle Elite Invitational on Feb. 10. He set a PR and ran the second-fastest USC indoor 400m time of 45.24 to win at the Razorback Invitational on Jan. 27.
2023: Jones was slowed at the beginning of the outdoor season by injury, but when he came back he made up for lost time. He ran his first 400m race of the season at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 30 and placed second with a time of 46.06. He then won the Pac-12 400m title with a PR of 44.65 to move to fifth on USC’s all-time 400m list and just 0.05 seconds off the USC freshman record held by Michael Norman…Also placed third as part of USC’s 4x400m relay team. He then breezed through the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds with times of 45.26 in the prelims and 45.25 in the NCAA Quarterfinals. He earned second-team All-America honors in the 400m by placing 12th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 45.34. He advanced to the semifinals of the 400m at the USATF Championships and placed 10th with a time of 45.92 on July 7. He competed in five indoor meets, with a best 400m time of 46.80 at the New Mexico Classic on Feb. 4. During the summer, Jones won a bronze medal in the 400m with a time of 45.95 and a silver medal with USA's 4x400m relay at the NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica.
HIGH SCHOOL: Jones, from Overland Park, Kan., is a 2022 graduate of Blue Valley HS in Overland Park, Kan. He placed second in the 400m at the New Balance Indoor Nationals with a time of 46.76. He ran a 400m PR of 46.29 during the outdoor season which ranked No. 7 among high school athletes and set the Kansas high school record.PERSONAL: William was born October 3, 2003 in New Orleans…His parents are Jamila Jefferson and Phillip Jones, and he has two sisters named Alexandria and Phaelin Jones… He enjoys exploring his surroundings in his free time…Lists Baseball icon Jackie Robinson as his biggest sports hero… Aspires to continue his sports career postgraduate…He is majoring in Communication.
CAREER BESTS: 200m – 21.00 400m – 44.65/45.24 (indoor)
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