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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Jonathan Rankins-James

  • Position:
    Jumps
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Racine, Wis.
  • High School:
    Racine Case

Summary

Biography

2024-25: 2x USTFCCCA All-American...
Cleared a season-best 2.20m (7-2.5) high jump mark at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (I)... Competed at the 2025 USATF Indoor Championships clearing 2.12m (6-11.5)... Placed third at the NCAA DII Indoor Championships with a mark of 2.20m (7-2.5)... Cleared a season-best 2.18m (7-1.75) at the GVSU Early Meet (O)... Named National Runner-Up in high jump at the NCAA DII Outdoor Championships with a mark of 2.18m (7-1.75)...

2023-24: Competed in six indoor and five outdoor meets for GVSU as a redshirt junior... Qualified for the United Stated Olympic Team Track & Field Trials and placed eighth with a height of 2.14m... Placed first at the GVSU Holiday Open (I) and Bill Clinger Classic (I)... Finished second at the GLIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a high jump of 2.23m... Placed second at the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships with a high jump of 2.19... Finished second with a season-best 2.22m high jump at the GLIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships... Placed third at the NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a high jump height of 2.16m...

2022-23: Competed in six indoor and six outdoor meets for GVSU as a redshirt sophomore... Had a season-best 2.18m high jump placing third at the NCAA DII Track & Field Indoor Championships... Finished first at the GLIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a high jump of 2.13m... Had a season-best 2.16m high jump at the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships placing twelfth...

2021-22: USTFCCCA First-Team All-American (High Jump)… USTFCCCA All-Region Honors (High Jump)… Finished first at the GLIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a personal-best high jump of 2.16m… Placed second in the high jump with a height of 2.12m at the GVSU 10 Event-Last Chance… Finished fourth at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships…

2020-21: Redshirted 

Prior to GVSU

High School:
2019 WIAA High Jump State Champion... Earned All-State, All-County and All-Conference honors... Named 2019 team MVP... Best high jump: 6'10"... Gatorade Player of the Year nominee... Plans to major in environmental sustainability...

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2021-22Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

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