Jonathan McCants

  • Jonathan
  • McCants

  • Event
    Sprints
  • Class
    Senior
  • High School/Other
    West Potomac
  • Hometown
    Alexandria, Va.

Updated: July 19, 2013

2013 Outdoor: Ran the second leg on the silver medal 4x100 relay team at the ACC Championship (40.07) ... Posted a career best time in the 200 meters (20.87) to qualify for the finals at the ACC Championships where he finished fourth at 20.99 ... Was ninth in the 400 meters (48.23) at the ACC Championship ... Member of the 4x100 relay team that was 14th at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (40.01) ... Finished 21st in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Prelims (21.31) ... Ran a career best 10.65 100 meters at the Hurricane Invitational ... Picked up the win in the 200 meters with a time of 21.03 ... Captured a win at the FSU Relays in the 200 meters with a time of 21.14.

2013 Indoor: Set the school record in the 200 meters at 21.08 as he took third at the ACC Championship to earn All-ACC honors ... Was on the 4x400 relay that claimed All-ACC honors with a third place finish with a season best time of 3:12.72 ... Had a time of 21.18 in the prelims to qualify for the finals at the conference championship ... Broke the school record in the 300 meters on first weekend of competition, clocking in at 33.58 to get the win at the VT Invitational ... Won the 200 meters at the VT Elite Meet (21.31) ... Ran the 400 meters in 48.31 at the Hokie Invitational.

2012 Outdoor: Earned second team All-America honors as a member of the school record setting and 13th place 4x100 meter relay (39.62) at the NCAA Championship … Ran the third leg on the relay during the season that broke the school record three times … Ran on the NCAA qualifying 4x100 meter relay at the East Prelims (40.07) ... Also competed in the 200 meters (21.45) at the East Prelims ... Ran the third leg on the second place 4x100 meter relay (39.95) at the ACC Championship ... Also ran on the fifth place 4x400 meter relay (3:12.70) at the ACC Meet … Led off the school record setting 4x400 meter relay (3:09.95) at the Florida Relays ... Runner-up in the 200 meters at NC A&T’s Aggie Classic in a personal best 21.07 ... Took seventh in the 200 meters at the ACC Championship (21.90) after running 21.41 in the prelims ... Clocked a season best in the 400 meters (49.35) at the Miami Hurricane Invite … Ran on the then school record setting 4x100 meter relay (40.11) at the UCF Invitational … Ran on the winning 4x100 meter relay (41.59) at the Miami Hurricane Invitational … Led the winning 4x400 meter relay (3:10.74) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational.

2012 Indoor: Placed fourth in the 200 meters at the ACC Championship in a personal best 21.40 … Ran the leadoff leg of third place 4x400 meter relay at the ACC Meet (3:14.67) … Set the school record in the 300 meters at the Hokie Invitational with a winning time of 34.05 ... Clocked a personal best 48.50 in the 400 meters twice on the season to lead the team in the event … Anchored the team-leading 4x400 meter relay (3:13.93) at the VT Invitational.

2011 Outdoor: Led the team in the 400 meter dash, setting a personal best of 48.24 at the Hurricane Invitational … Ran the lead leg on the team-leading 4x400-meter relay that finished fifth at the ACC Championships (3:13.34) … Set a season best in the 200-meter dash at the Hurricane Invitational (22.26).

2011 Indoor: Led the team in the 300 (35.67) and 400-meter dash (49.30) … Ran third leg on team-leading 1,600-meter relay that finished second at the VT Elite Meet (3:14.19) … Ran second leg on team-leading distance medley relay (9:40.95).

2010 Outdoor: Ran a season-best 21.80 in the 200-meter dash preliminaries at the ACC Championships … Set a season-best in the 400-meter dash at the Georgia Tech Invite at 49.21 … Ran the second leg on the second-place 4x100-meter relay teams at Miami Invitational and Yellow Jacket Invite.

2010 Indoor: Placed ninth in the 200-meter dash prelims at the ACC Championships, earning a season-best time of 21.72.

High School: Member of the 2009 state champion 4x400-meter relay squad ... Notched first-team Washington Post All-Met honors ... Won District and Regional titles in the 200 and 400-meters ... Also was a District champion in the 300 and 500-meter dashes ... First-team All-State, All-Region and All-District as a junior ... Competed on school-record indoor and outdoor 4x400-meter relay units ... Broke Patriot District record in the 200-meter dash ... Named MVP for squad three times in his prep career ... Received first-team All-Northern Region Academic Award ... Garnered five letters.

Personal: Born March 10, 1991 ... Son of Carl and Diann McCants ... Has one sister, Marcia ... Majoring in marketing.

McCants' Collegiate Track & Field Bests
Indoor Outdoor
200m: 21.08 - SR 100m: 10.65
300m: 33.58-SR 200m 21.87
400m: 48.31 400m: 47.91