Bailey Jones

Photo by: Owen Main

Height:
6-2
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mar Vista, CA
High School:
Palisades Charter HS

2022 -- Placed 11th in the triple jump at the Big West Championships with a mark of 46 feet, 6.25 inches … competed in two meets in fourth year at Cal Poly … received Big West Conference All-Academic honors.

2021 -- Placed fourth in triple jump with mark of 48-8 at Big West Conference Championships ... also was 22nd in long jump (21-5 1/4) ... established new personal bests in both events at Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet with first-place finish in triple jump (48-10) and second-place finish in long jump (22-9) ... also was first in triple jump at Fresno State Invitational (47-11), Cal Poly Four-Way Meet (48-1 3/4) and Spring Break Invitational (47-9 3/4) as well as a first in the long jump at Wildflower Invitational (22-4 1/4) ... ran personal-best 15.63 for sixth place in 110 high hurdles at Spring Break Invitational.

2020 -- Season was canceled altogether due to the pandemic, but retains NCAA year of eligibility looking ahead ... meanwhile, made the Big West All-Academic Team in addition to earning Conference Commissioner’s Honors academically.

2019 -- Scored at his debut appearance at the Big West Championships for the Mustangs as a true freshman, taking eighth place in the Conference Triple Jump Final with a mark of 46 feet, 10.75 inches ... also at the BWC meet hosted in Santa Barbara, helped the 4x100m relay squad add 2 more team points, via 42.27 seconds on May 11 ... earned a triple jump PR on March 9, landing a mark of 48’ 4.75” at the Gaucho Tri-Meet at Pauley Track, winning the event ... his career-best TJ mark of 14.75m ranked No. 78 west of the Mississippi in NCAA First Round qualifying, 30 spots back of advancing to the National Semifinals ... ranked No. 14 regionally for the triple among freshmen competitors ... also posted a win at the 37th annual Cal Poly #ShareSLO Invite on March 23, as well as a mark of 46’ 8.75” at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa on April 19 ... top long jump mark of the year came on April 27 at the Blue-Green Rivalry Dual at UCSB: a second-place 21’ 10.75”.

Prep -- With Palisades Charter High School of Pacific Palisades, ranked No. 9 throughout the entire state for the triple jump during his senior year with a mark of 48 feet ... his PR won the South Bay championship in 2018 ... almost hit 48 feet again at the 2018 Arcadia Invitational, landing at 47’ 10.25”, taking third place ... exceeded 46-foot triple jumps at four more meets as a Dolphins senior, including wins at the Mustang Relays and EMT CIF-LA Championships, en route to a ninth-place finish at the CIF State Championships ... also claimed the 2018 Western League crown in the long jump with a career-best performance of 23 feet ... as a junior, won the long jump at The Qualifier meet via a mark of 22’ 7.5” ... additionally, advanced to the state finals in the 100m hurdles, finishing 18th in 2018 with a time of 14.70 seconds ... added back-to-back 14.88s at the South Bay Finals & conference prelims in 2018 (finishing first at the latter) ... in addition to being an honors student, also played basketball as a sophomore before focusing in track & field.

Personal -- Majors in Kinesiology, with aspirations of becoming an athletic trainer ... also visited UC Davis; chose Cal Poly because of the “excellent academics and a great coach that will help me flourish.”