 Jacob
Buckman
Senior
Louisville, Kentucky
(Butler Traditional HS)
Cross
Country: 2005: Redshirted... 2004: Had four top-10
finishes... Placed second at the A-Sun Championship and at the Greater
Louisville Classic... Earned All-Atlantic Sun first team honors... Ran
personal best of 24:33 at Notre Dame... 2003: Earned All-Atlantic Sun
second team honors... Placed seventh at the A-Sun Championships... Posted
three top-10 finishes, including a fourth place finish at the Vanderbilt
Invitational... Named A-Sun All-Academic..
Track
and Field: 2006: Redshirted... 2005: A-Sun Champion in the
5000 meters... Set a new A-Sun record in that event of 14:46.91... Qualified
for the NCAA Mideast Regional, where he placed 19th... Had six top-20
finishes... Placed 14th in the 5000 meters seeded event at the Raleigh
Relays... Finished fourth in the 5000 at the FSU Snowbird Invitational...
2004: A-Sun Champion in the 5000 meters... Earned All-Conference honors...
Also placed fifth in the 1500 meters at the conference championships...Posted
season best outdoor time in the 5000 meters, 14:54.99 at Duke in April.
Prior
to Belmont: Lettered four years in cross country and track
at Butler Traditional HS… At the 2003 Kentucky Class AAA State
Track Meet, he finished second in the 1600 meters and fourth in the
3200 meters… Placed third at the last two Kentucky Class AAA State
Cross Country Meets… Earned All-State honors in both cross country
and track four times.
Personal:
Majoring in Business… Favorite movies are Forrest Gump
and Men of Honor… Hobbies include playing golf, fishing,
and watching movies… Favorite vacation spot is Fort Myers, Florida…
Likes to listen to the music of Garth Brooks, AC/DC, and Lynyrd Skynyrd…
Has two brothers, Jason and Jeremy… Son of Jim and Frankie Buckman…
Born April 16, 1985 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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