Jason Witt
Distance 0
Ht
6'
4"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Midlothian, 
Virginia
Last School
Midlothian High School
Roster Years
2009 | 2013-2015


Personal

  • Born in Richmond, V.A.
  • Parents names are Glen and Patty
  • Is the fifth of six children - four older siblings have attended BYU
  • Brother Ryan competed on BYU's team in 2004, sister Amy runs track and cross country for BYU
  • Enjoys playing all sports and playing cards
  • Majoring in statistics
  • Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Zimbabwe

Before BYU

  • Prepped at Midlothian High School
  • Placed 16th at the Footlocker Nationals (4th in the Footlocker South Region)
  • Was the Virginia State Cross Country champion as a senior and was Virginia Gatorade cross country runner of the year
  • Won the indoor 3,200m as a junior and won the outdoor 3,200m as a senior - both at the state meet
  • His team won state cross country as a junior and placed 14th the Nike Team Nationals and seventh individually

Stats

Personal Bests
Time Event Venue
4:02.89 Mile 2015 Husky Classic (Indoor)
13:34.96 5000 meters 2015 Mt. SAC Relays
27:54.25 10,000 meters 2015 Payton Jordan Invitational

Career Stats

Mission

  • Harare
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2009

Indoor

  • Placed 13th in the mile at the 2009 New Balance Collegiate Invitational with a time of 4:09.54
  • Took seventh in the mile (4:45.54) at the Mountain West Conference Championships

Outdoor

  • Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
  • Took ninth in the 1500m at the Baldy Castillo Invitational in 3:54.04
  • Placed 10th in the 1500m at the Sun Angel Classic with a tie of 3:53.88
Sophmore Year 2013

Indoor

  • Placed second in the mile at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational with a time of 4:14.52
  • Relay team took third in the distance medley relay at the MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships

Outdoor

  • Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
  • Finished in third place in the 1500m at the Stanford Invitational in 3:49.31
  • Took fourth in the 1500m in 3:53.21 at the Weber State Twilight Open
  • Placed 10th in the 5000m in 14:25.13 at the IC4A/ECAC DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Finished in 36th place at the NCAA DI West Preliminaries in the 5000m with a time of 14:47.94
Junior Year 2014

Indoor

  • Took first in the 3000m at the BYU Indoor Invitational with a time of 8:30.01
  • Placed 19th in the 3000m invitational at the UW Husky Classic in 8:10.12
  • Took fourth in the 5000m at the MPSF Championships in 13:52.57

Outdoor

  • Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
  • Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 First Team
  • Placed first in the 10,000m at the Stanford invitational in 28:36.64
Senior Year 2015

Indoor

  • Took first place and broke the 5,000-meter meet record with a 13:42.08 at the University of Washington Indoor Invitational
  • Placed fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 5,000m
  • Took sixth at the MPSF Indoor Championships in the 3,000m
  • Ran the second-fastest 5,000 meters (13:42.08) and tenth-fastest 3,000m(7:53.41) in shool indoor history

Outdoor

  • Third place in the Mt. SAC Relays 5,000mwith a personal record of 13:34.96
  • Ran the season's fastest-to-date collegiate 10,000m (27:54.25) at the Payton Jordan Invitational, and became one of only eight American collegiates to break 28 minutes
  • Ran the fifth-fastest 5,000m (13:34.96) in school history, which was also good for seventh in the nation during the regular season
  • Qualified for the NCAA final in the 10,000m by taking sixth place at the NCAA West Preliminaries
  • Took third place in the 10,000m at the NCAA Championships with a time of 29:04.58
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year