Jackson Blanchard

Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf

ITF Class:
Sophomore
OTF Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Houghton Lake, Mich.
High School:
Houghton Lake

PERSONAL RECORDS
Outdoor
200: 22.30
400 hurdles: 51.58
110 hurdles: 14.89

Indoor
200: 23.03
400: 49.07
60 hurdles: 8.10

2020 (Outdoor): Redshirted.

2020 (Indoor): Placed sixth with career-best 8.10 in the 60-meter hurdles at the GVSU Big Meet (2/14) … placed seventh in the 4x400 relay (3:15.22) at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/7-8) … finished third in the 60 hurdles (8.27) at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/31) … placed second in the 60 hurdles (8.29) and in the 4x400 relay (3:15.35) in a dual meet at Akron (1/17) … placed second in the 60 hurdles (8.24) and third in the 4x400 relay (3:15.88) in the GVSU Holiday Open (12/6).

2019 (Outdoor): Mid-American Conference champion in the 400-meter hurdles (52.26) in Muncie, Ind. (5/9-11) … set a personal best (51.58) in the 400 hurdles at the NCAA East Region Preliminary (5/23-25) … set a personal best (22.30) in placing fourth in the 200 meters at the Michigan Len Paddock Open (5/3) … finished third (52.74) in the 400 hurdles at the Ohio State Jesse Owens Classic (4/26-27) … set a personal best (14.89) in the 110-meter hurdles at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20) … placed third in the 4x400 relay (3:12.58) and eighth in the 400 hurdles (54.68) at the Tennessee Relays (4/11) … finished third in the 110 hurdles (14.97) at the Western Michigan Jack Shaw Classic (4/5) … placed second (52.33) in the 400 hurdles and seventh in the 110 hurdles (14.83) at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational (3/22-23).

2019 (Indoor): Placed second in the 4x400 relay (3:12.92) and in the Mid-American Conference Championships at Kent, Ohio (2/22-23) … placed second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.38) at the SVSU Tune-Up (2/5) … finished fourth with a personal-best 49.07 in the 400 meters at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invite (2/9) … finished fifth in the 60 hurdles (8.41) and seventh in the 400 (50.54) at the Eastern Michigan Can Am International (1/26) … placed second in the 4x400 (3:15.76) and ninth in the 400 (49.75) at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19) … finished second in the 4x400 relay (3:33.51), third in the 60 hurdles (8.42), and ninth in the 200 (23.03) at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/11) … placed fifth in the 4x400 relay (3:22.00) and eighth in the 60 hurdles (8.53) at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/6).

High School: Three-year letterwinner ... team captain (2016-18) ... 2017 MLive (Bay City Times) Track Athlete of the Year and Track Dream Team honoree ... went undefeated throughout the 2017 season ... broke the Houghton Lake HS 300-meter hurdle record (38.50), previously held by his father, Tom Blanchard, a mark that he held for 29 years ... Division 3 state champion in the 300-meter hurdles and the 110-meter hurdles ... won regional and Jack Pine Conference titles in the 200 meters, 300-meter hurdles and the 110-meter hurdles ... finished third in the 300-meter hurdles at the Division 3 state finals in 2016 ... won regional and Jack Pine Conference titles in the 200 meters, 300-meter hurdles and the 110-meter hurdles ... also earned four letters in golf, three in football and two in basketball.