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Jordan Carlson
Jordan Carlson

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Spokane, Wash.

High School:
Shadle Park

Position:
Sprints

Experience:
3V

02/11/2012

Flood Blazes To No. 4 Mile In NCAA History

Washington posts 14 new Top-10 marks over the two-day meet, with Flood and Goethals breaking school records.

02/04/2012

Four Wins For Sprints Crew In Boise

Alaka, McNeal, and Carlson all run career-best indoor times and make Top-10.

02/03/2012

Track And Field Captain's Blog - Feb. 3

The Husky sprint captains send in an update before competing this weekend in Idaho.

01/28/2012

Flood's Record-Smashing Run Takes U.S. Lead

The sophomore posts the fastest 3k run by a college athlete since 2009.

01/27/2012

Four Top-10 Marks For Dawgs On UW Invite Day One

The invitational heats on the track run from 2:45 to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

02/03/2012

Carlson & Alaka update the sprints group.

Captains Jordan Carlson and James Alaka update Husky fans on the UW sprinters.

Jordan Carlson Photo Gallery

Carlson Features
» Track And Field Captain's Blog-Feb. 3(GoHuskies.com; Feb. 3, 2012)
» Carlson Named GoHuskies.com Student-Athlete Of The Week(GoHuskies.com; May 2, 2011)

2011: Achieved the long-awaited school record in the 400-meter dash on April 29 in the dual meet against Washington State, as she ran 54.18 seconds for the victory ... unfortunately suffered a hamstring tear right after that meet, and though she tried to run at the NCAA West Prelim Championships, she pulled up halfway through and did not finish ... broke the 55-second mark for the first time at the Mt. SAC Relays, running 54.74 to place 12th overall ... was third in the 400m at the Pepsi Team Invite, stopping the clock in 55.08 seconds ... ran on UW's top 4x100m relay of the season, going 45.93 seconds to win the Beach Invitational, a time that ranks ninth in school history ... competed three times during the indoor season, running on three 4x4 relays and running just one open 400m at the MPSF Championships, where she was 18th in 56.71 ... best 4x400m relay was 3:46.83 at the Husky Classic, the sixth-best time in school history, placing second ... earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention.

2010: The team's top quarter-miler had a strong finish to her season after missing the indoor season coming back from injury ... ran both relays plus the open 400 at the Pac-10 Championships ... anchored the 4x400m relay to a sixth-place finish at Pac-10s in a season-best time of 3:46.35 and ran the third leg on the 4x1 which took eighth ... 12th at Pac-10s in the 400-meters in a new PR of 55.96 seconds ... a double winner at the Ken Shannon Invitational, taking the 200-meter dash in a PR of 25.11 seconds, and ran on the winning 4x4 relay group ... fourth in the UW-WSU dual at 200-meters in a time of 25.12 ... earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention.

2009: Ran a full season outdoors and was UW's top 400-meter sprinter and ran on the team's top relays ... competed in the 400m dash at the Pac-10 Championships, taking 12th in the prelims in 56.18 ... also ran on the 4x1 relay that placed seventh and the ninth-place 4x4 relay at Pac-10s ... ran a PR of 56.13 in the 400 at the UW-WSU dual, placing third ... part of the winning 4x100m relay in the WSU dual, running 45.95 ... redshirted the indoor season.

High School and Personal: Born in Spokane ... parents are Connie Klein and David Carlson ... has two older brothers, Jason and Trevore, and two older sisters, Corrine and Jaime ... won the Washington 4A State title as a senior in the 4x400m relay, and placed 8th in the 200m dash and 9th in the 100-meters ... junior year, took fourth at state in both the 100m and 200m, and was second in the 4x400m and 7th in the 4x100m relays ... also placed top-eight at state in 2006 in the 200m and 4x200m relays ... interests include theatre, acting, snowboarding, wakeboarding and rock climbing ... also lettered three years in cross country, earning team's most inspirational award in 2007.

Major Meets
2009 Pac-10 - 12th, 400m; 7th, 4x100m; 9th, 4x400m
2010 Pac-10 - 12th, 400m; 8th, 4x100m; 6th, 4x400m
2011 MPSF - 18th, 400m; 7th, 4x400m
2011 NCAA Prelims - DNF, 400m

Collegiate Best Times
200m.......24.97
400m.......56.71i / 54.18$

$ - School Record

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