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Full name | Jordan Melissa Hasay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Fontana, California |
September 21, 1991 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track & Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Nike Oregon Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Alberto Salazar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) |
800 meters: 2:08.32 1500 meters: 4:07.70 3000 meters: 8:46.89 2-mile: 9:35.05 5000 meters: 15:28.56 10,000 meters: 31:39.67 Half marathon: 01:07:55 |
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Updated on 01-16-17. |
Jordan Melissa Hasay (born September 21, 1991) is an American distance runner. She grew up in Arroyo Grande, California, where she attended Mission College Preparatory High School. She was unanimously selected 2008 Girls High School Athlete of the Year by the voting panel at Track and Field News. In March 2009, she became the ninth high school athlete and third woman on the cover of Track and Field News magazine. She attended the University of Oregon, where she studied business administration and competed on the cross country and track and field teams earning 18 All-American honors, 2011 Mile and 3,000 meters NCAA titles. Her father was a high school basketball star in Pennsylvania, and her mother was a national level swimmer in her native England.
Before entering high school, Hasay twice set the USATF Junior Olympics Youth record in the 1500 meter run, first setting the record in 2004 with a time of 4:34.02 and setting it again in 2005 with a time of 4:28.61. She also twice set the USATF Junior Olympics Youth record in the 3000 meter run, first setting the record in 2004 with a time of 9:48.77 and setting it again in 2005 with a time of 9:35.12. She went to St. Patricks Catholic School, and she ran in the San Luis Distance Club youth program, where she was coached by Jim Barodte.
Hasay began her cross country legacy when she set the all time freshman record at the 2005 Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational. Hasay won the 2005 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships race with a time of 17:05 over five kilometers, being the second freshman to win this race and with the fastest winning time since 2001. She won the 3200 meter race at the 2006 CIF California State Meet with a time of 10:13.55 and won the mile race at the 2006 Golden West Invitational with a time of 4:42.21, just 0.21 seconds off the high school freshman mile record of 4:42.0 set by Mary Decker in 1973. She also won the 3000 meter race at the 2006 USATF Junior (19-and-under) Championship Track & Field Meet with a time of 9:50.66. Normally, the winner of this race would qualify to represent the USA at the 2006 World Junior Championship Track & Field Meet in Beijing, China, but at age 14, Hasay was too young according to IAAF rules.