Jacobe Foster

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Seattle, Wash.
High School:
Lake Side School

2000-01 Team Captain

In 2000: Finished 1st at the USCTFS in the 400m in 47.41...Placed 3rd and 6th at the USC Trojan Invitational in the 400m (47.84) and 200m (22.03), respectively...Competed at the ACC Championships in the 200m and 400m...Finished 7th in the 400m at the ACC Championships...Finished 9th at the Gatorade Twilight Meet in the 400m in 49.52.

In 1999: In indoor, competed in the 400m, 800m and 4x400m ... Ran 49.23 in the 400m prelims of the ACC Championships ... Had a season-best time of 48.99 in the 400m at the Kroger Invitational ... Ran the 800m in 1:55.15 at the Pepsi Invitational ... Ran anchor for the 4x400m at the Kroger Invitational that recorded a time of 3:11.99 ... In outdoor, ran in the Duke Invitational in the 200m and 400m with times of 22.57 and 49.39, respectively

In 1998: Won the outdoor 400m (48.80) at the UNC Invitational ... Placed second at the Joe Hilton Invitational in the indoor 800m (2:00.4) ... Ran the anchor leg of the second place finishing indoor 4x400m relay (3:07.73) at the Virginia Tech Invitational ... That time automatically qualified the relay team for NCAAs and was the team's fastest time of the year ... Finished first at the Virginia Tech Invitational as a member of the distance medley relay team (9:58.72) ... Ran on the 4x400m relay team that finished second at ACCs and ninth at NCAAs, with times of 3:09.33 and 3:11.67, respectively ... Won the UNC Invitational 400 meters in a season-best time of 48.80 ... Ran a season-best 60 meters time of 7.17 at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet.

Prep: Was fourth in Washington in the 400m in 1997 ... Earned 11 varsity letters in high school for football, basketball and track ... Was the captain of both the football and track teams ... Received the National Football League Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award...Was valedictorian of his class ... Wrote his high school's fight song.

Personal: Born Jacobe Daniel Foster on June 14, 1979 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Son of Donald and Zinda Foster ... Is a Morehead Scholar ... Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc… Majoring in Computer Science.