Birthday: 08/21/96 Mile PR: 4:23.33 - 2020
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:00.64 - 2024
High School: Desert Vista HS '15
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
College: University of Colorado '20
Current Residence: Boulder, CO
Danielle "Dani" Jones finished 5th at the 2024 Wanamaker Mile, running in indoor personal record of 4:23.80, and in August, was runner-up in the Falmouth Elite Mile, clocking 4:23.37.
At the 2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Mile, she finished 5th in 4:26.75.
In 2020, Dani finished runner-up at the Team Boss Indiana Mile, setting a Pr of 4:23.33. Earlier, in February, she finished 7th in the NYRR Wanamaker Miler, clocking 4:27.88, a PR at the time.
Jones won three individual NCAA titles for the University of Colorado: 3000m indoor (2017), cross country (2018) & 5000m outdoor (2019) and led her 2018 Buffalo cross country team to the NCAA Championship. The 12-time All-American was also NCAA Indoor Mile runner-up in 2018.
For Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Dani won nine state titles: two cross country (2013-14), two 800m (2013, 2015), three 1600m (2013-15) and two 3200 (2014-15). She also set state records for 1600 (4:41), Mile (4:39.88) and 3200 (10:09).
A record three U.S. women sub-4:24 same race plus three men sub-4 at special Team Boss event
By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor
Cory McGee, Dani Jones and Emma Coburn took advantage of racing at sea level for the first time outdoors this year and achieved history by becoming the first American...
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Special event also raises more than $27,000 for the non-profit Sachs Foundation college scholarship fund
By Taylor Dutch, Runner's World
The professional runners of Team Boss used their first racing opportunity in five months to not just break records, but also give back to the Black Lives...
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Rio Olympic medalist Jenny Simpson and collegiate standout Dani Jones have become like “sisters,” pushing each other to run harder and smarter.
By Taylor Dutch, Runner's World
As one of the youngest competitors on the starting line at the 2018 USATF Outdoor Track Championships, Dani Jones...
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New Mexico Lobo defends, while Purrier edges Jones at the tape for first national crown
By LetsRun.com
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Redemption.
Look at the results of the Mile finals at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships and you’ll see that New Mexico’s Josh Kerr and New...
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Records set by Aragon (4:37.91, meet and Montana state) and Ryen Frazier (4:38.59, North Carolina state)
By Jim Gerweck, Mile wire
NEW YORK – Ten days ago, teenager Grant Fisher would have been ecstatic to run a 4:01 Mile.
Then came the Nike Festival of Miles in St. Louis, where the...
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