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2025 Cross Country Roster

Jacob Blassingame

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown St. Charles, Mo.
  • Highschool St. Charles West HS

Biography

2025 Outdoor: Competed in six meets…Finished in the top-10 four times...Opened the outdoor season with a PR in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:23.65 and in 16th place. He also competed in the 1,500-meter (4:15.61) finishing in 43rd...He had back-to-back top-10 finishes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational (9:58.94) finishing fifth, and at the SIUE Cougar Classic 
(9:54.76) finishing in eighth...He set another personal best in the 1,500-meter with a time of 4:09.04 finishing 10th at the Memphis Tiger Invitational...Wrapping up his season at the OVC Outdoor Championships he finished fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:44.48.

2025 Indoor: Ran in three meets, finishing in the top-15 in each one...Started in the Show-Me Showdown with a time of 9:29.45 in the 3,000-meters and finished in 14th place...He set a personal best time in the 5,000-meter with a time of 16:24.47 finishing ninth...His last race of the indoor season was at the Don DeNoon Invite finishing fourth int he mile with a time of 4:33.99.

2024 Cross Country: Competed in five meets…Finished with two PR’s during the season…Opened the season at the Redhawks Invitational posting a personal best in the 5k placing 26th with a time of 16:39.4…Crossed the finish line in 26:44.4 placing 41st in the 8k at the UT Martin OVC Preview…In the 8k race at the Gans Creek Classic finished with a time of 26:50.7…Ran a time of 26:43.0 at the Angel Mounds Invitational (8k)...During the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships posted a new personal best in the 10k race crossing the finish line at 34:57.4 for a 196th place finish.

2024 Outdoor: Competed in five meets…Posted three top five finishes…During the 2024 Joey Haines Invite placed second in the 3000 steeplechase with a time of 9:59.24 and finished in fifth in the 4x400-meter relay race crossing the line in 3:29.68…Competed in the 3000-meter steeplechase finishing with a time of 10:29.90 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational while also taking home a first place finish…At the 2024 Ohio Valley Outdoor Championship finished with a new PR in the 3000 steeplechase with a time of 9:42.93 (11th).

2024 Indoor: Ran in three meets…Posted one top five performance…Started the season at the 2024 Redhawks Invite and ran in the 3000-meter finishing with a time of 9:36.46 (12th)...During the Illini Challenge placed 12th in the mile run with a time of 4:41.37…Took home the bronze medal at the Redhawks open crossing the finish line at 4:42.51 in the mile.

2023 Cross Country: Ran at the Redhawks Invite and the Gans Creek Classic…Finished 32nd in the 6k, crossing the line at 20:09.4 (32nd) as the SEMO men finished first…Completed the 8k with a time of 28:41 (193rd).

2023 Outdoor: Ran in four meets and achieved three new personal bests…Started the season off at home at the Joey Haines Invite where he notched two new PRs, the first in the 1500 when he finished with a time of 4:13.97 for sixth, the second in the 800-meter with a time of 2:04.40 (23rd)...Ran the 3000-meter steeplechase in back to back meets finishing third in the first (10:13.28) and sixth in the second meet with a new personal best time of 9:58.26…At the Ohio Valley Outdoor Championship recorded a time of 10:03.02 (10th) in the 3000-meter steeple.

2023 Indoor: Ran in three meets and achieved three new PRs…The first PR in the mile with a 4:45.29 time (10th) in the 2023 Redhawks Invite… The second during the John Gartland Invitational in the 3000 meter with a run of 9:28.37 (20th)... At the Redhawks Open he broke his own PR in the mile with a run of 4:32.61 while finishing second.

2022 Cross Country: Ran in five meets…Ran a time of 20:09.4 in the 6k which was a new PR, placing 32nd at the Redhawks Invitational where the SEMO men finished second as a team…At the Mckendree Bearcat Classic finished 24th overall in the 8k (26:56.0)  where the SEMO men took first out of seven teams…Posted a time of 26:56.0 (282nd) at the Louisville Classic in the 8k…Recorded another PR this time at the Bradley Pink Classic in the 8k finishing with a time of 26:36.4…At the 2022 Cross Country OVC Championships crossed the finish line in 27:43.5 in the 8k (63rd).

Prep: Member of the cross country, track & field and baseball teams at St. Charles West High School...Finished first in the 1600m (4:34.79) and 3200m (9:57.22) at the Class 4 Sectional as a senior...Earned Academic All-GAC honors in baseball.

Personal: Born April 16, 2004...Son of Josh and Chris Blassingame...Majoring in Mass Communication.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior