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2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

Je'Shawn Walker

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Suffolk, Va.
  • Last School Lakeland HS

Biography

Personal Records
Cross Country
8,000 meters: 27:42 (2019 ECU Pirate Invitational)
Indoor
800 meters: 2:05.53 (2020 VMI Team Challenge)
Mile: 4:20.75 (2020 Penn State National)
3,000 meters: 8:58.15 (2020 Darius Dixon Invite)
Outdoor
1,500 meters: 4:01.09 (2021 MEAC Outdoor)

Career Statistics - XC
Career Statistics - Track

2020-21: Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team. Cross Country: Season was canceled due to COVID-19. Indoor: Ran a season-best mile time of 4:33.43 in a first-place finish at the Kenneth Giles Invitational. Outdoor: Placed eighth in the 1,500 meters at the Chanticleer Challenge … Clocked a PR of 4:01.09 in his third-place 1,500 finish at the MEAC Outdoor Championships.

2019-20: NSU AD Honor Roll member for the spring semester. Cross Country: Crossed the line 22nd at the MEAC Championship in a time of 27:59.6 … Season-best time for 8K was a 27:42 at the ECU Pirate Invitational. Indoor: All-MEAC performer in the distance medley relay, which he helped to a runner-up finish at the MEAC Indoor Championships … Also logged four other top-five finishes during the earlier season schedule … Finished fourth in the mile at the CNU Holiday Open (4:34.25) … Ran on the winning 4x400 relay team at the George Mason Father Diamond Invitational … Posted season bests in both the 800 (2:05.53, 12th place) and mile (4:24.06, third place) at the VMI Team Challenge … Clocked a new PR in the mile the following week at Penn State, with a time of 4:20.75 (13th place) … Also ran a PR in the 3,000 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (8:58.15), where he also ran on the third-place DMR team … In addition to his relay participation at the conference level, also qualified for the league indoor championships in both the 3,000 and mile … Placed eighth in the mile (4:30.48) at the conference meet. Outdoor: Season was canceled due to COVID-19.

High School
Two-year letterwinner … Qualified for the state 3A outdoor meet in the 800 meters and the mile run, placing fourth in the 800 and seventh in the mile as a senior … During indoor season, Walker placed in the top four at the state meet in both the 1,000 meters and mile … Personal-best mile time is 4:27.26.

Personal
Je’Shawn Jamais Walker was born on Nov. 23, 2000 … Son of Lennie Naut and April Fema … Majoring in computer science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2021Sophomore

    5'10"