2024 Track & Field Roster
Westing, Jake
Jake Westing
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Decatur, Ga.
- High School:
- Decatur
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
2024: Outdoor – Made his collegiate track and field debut at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, finishing 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:51.85…Posted a time of 4:00.16 in his lone 1500m run of the season at the Georgia Tech Invite…Placed 10th in the steeplechase at the Music City Challenge, crossing the finish line in 9:51.85.
Indoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
2023: Cross Country – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
High School: Finished second in the GHSA 5A state championship cross country meet, helping Decatur secure the 5A state championship as a senior…Decatur won three state cross country titles in Westing’s four years on the team…Named to All-Metro Second Team in cross country during his fourth year…Sectional champion in the 1600 meters as a senior…Earned individual All-State cross country honors after helping Decatur become 5A state champions in his third year…Two-time All-State selection in track as a junior…Region 5 and DCSD County Champion in the 800m, adding region and county runner-up efforts in the 1600m in his third season…Earned individual all-region cross country honors as Decatur finished second in the 5A state championship as a sophomore…Named individual All-County in track in his second year…Earned individual All-Region honors as a freshman, helping Decatur win the 5A state cross country championship…Personal bests of 1:56.47 (800m), 4:18 (1600m) and 15:51 (5000m)…Member of National Honor Society…Graduated from Decatur with a 4.4 weighted GPA.
Personal: Born Oct. 26, 2004...Son of Dirk and Ellen Westing...Mother, Ellen, swam at Bradley University…One of three siblings...Intending to major in Marketing.
Indoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
2023: Cross Country – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
High School: Finished second in the GHSA 5A state championship cross country meet, helping Decatur secure the 5A state championship as a senior…Decatur won three state cross country titles in Westing’s four years on the team…Named to All-Metro Second Team in cross country during his fourth year…Sectional champion in the 1600 meters as a senior…Earned individual All-State cross country honors after helping Decatur become 5A state champions in his third year…Two-time All-State selection in track as a junior…Region 5 and DCSD County Champion in the 800m, adding region and county runner-up efforts in the 1600m in his third season…Earned individual all-region cross country honors as Decatur finished second in the 5A state championship as a sophomore…Named individual All-County in track in his second year…Earned individual All-Region honors as a freshman, helping Decatur win the 5A state cross country championship…Personal bests of 1:56.47 (800m), 4:18 (1600m) and 15:51 (5000m)…Member of National Honor Society…Graduated from Decatur with a 4.4 weighted GPA.
Personal: Born Oct. 26, 2004...Son of Dirk and Ellen Westing...Mother, Ellen, swam at Bradley University…One of three siblings...Intending to major in Marketing.
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