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    Jade Ackerman
    Jade Ackerman
    Class:
    Sophomore
    Hometown:
    Rantoul, Ill.
    High School:
    St. Thomas More HS
    Last College:
    SIUE
    Event:
    Sprints
    Birthdate:
    02/28/1992
    I/O Eligibility:
    SO/SO

    AT ILLINOIS
    2012 Track and Field
    Indoor: Won the 200m at the Illini Open with a time of 23.01 ... Finished in the top 3 in the 60m at the Illini Open with a time of 6.99 ... Competed at four meets total.

    High School
    Earned All-State track and field honors in the 100m dash and the 200m dash and the 4x200m relay... Holds the school records for the 100m dash (10.84) and the 200m dash (21.83)... Named Most Valuable Player on his track and field team as a junior and senior... Track and field captain as a senior... Competed in the state track and field meet three times... Earned four letters in track and field and three in football.

    Personal
    Transferred from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he competed on the track and field team... Parents are Michael and Lea Ackerman... Major is Agricultural Business... Hobbies include listening to music, hanging out with friends and watching movies... Mentors young athletes with diabetes.

    Ackerman's Personal Bests

    Indoor
    60m: 6.99 - Illini Open (1/14/12)
    200m: 22.70 - Tyson Invitational (2/10/12)

    Updated March 2012

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