Sub 4 HS Miler JoJo Jourdon Shares Insights Ahead Of Chasing History At The 2024 Brooks PR Meet
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Dominic Schlueter
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🗓️ 10 June 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is JoJo Jourdon!
On February 3rd, he won the 2024 New Balance Grand Prix in a time of 3:59.87. JoJo became the first Utah high school runner to break the four-minute mile barrier.
He's racing one of his first competitive miles back since February this week.
JoJo was the 2023 Men's NXN Champion and won in stunning fashion. He came out of the mud on top, and that was just the start. He's also run 1:55.55 in the 800m and 8:40 in the 2-Mile. Lastly, he won the 2023 Utah 5A XC State Champ,2023 & recently won a pair of State-Titles at his 2024 Utah Track State Championships.
JoJo is committed to run for Wake Forest this upcoming Fall where he'll join a Rockey Hansen who also broke four minutes in the mile as a high schooler last year.
In today's conversation, we recap his historic state meet, his decision to go all-in on the Brooks PR Meet, his experience from the 2023 edition, his recent training, and much more!
You can catch JoJo Jourdon go for first on June 12 in the Mile at the 2024 Brooks PR Meet in Seattle, Washington.
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Call Room Road to Seattle in partnership with Brooks. |
| 0:08.1 | I've absolutely loved doing this series over the past few weeks leading into the 2024 Brooks PR |
| 0:13.5 | meet. If you're not familiar with this meet, the Brooks PR meet brings together the fastest of the |
| 0:17.7 | fastest from around the country. And in this series, we have been documenting the stores of the top athletes you can expect to see |
| 0:23.8 | towing the line in Seattle on June 12th at Renton Memorial Stadium in Seattle, Washington. |
| 0:29.2 | Guys, if you're from Seattle or close enough in Washington, come out to the meet. |
| 0:33.2 | I'd love to see you. |
| 0:34.2 | You'll get to watch some of the best track races, not just this year, |
| 0:38.5 | but potentially ever. History always happens at Brooks PR. And last year was my first year at the |
| 0:43.3 | meet. I was absolutely blown away by the performances. One of my favorite track meets I've ever |
| 0:47.9 | been to. So if you're in the area, come watch it. And if you're not in the area, you can watch it |
| 0:52.2 | for free on Runner Space space I've left a link |
| 0:54.2 | in the show notes for how you can do that I really appreciate Brooks bringing this series to |
| 0:57.8 | life I've had so much fun and their dedication to the next generation through this event |
| 1:02.0 | has been something that I've personally admired since I got into the sport and so it's been |
| 1:06.1 | so much fun doing the series with them if you guys have been and joined this series |
| 1:09.6 | please consider sharing an episode your favorite episode with a friend, a family member, a teammate, someone who you |
| 1:15.0 | think would find value and benefit from it. And with all of those notes aside, I hope you all |
| 1:19.4 | enjoy today's conversation of the call room Road to Seattle. Joseph Jordan, Jojo Jordan, the man of the hour. How you doing? Welcome to the call room |
| 1:31.9 | Road to Seattle. Thank you. Thanks for having me. It's good to be back. I have to ask you, I called you |
| 1:37.8 | Joseph there. How many times are you called Joseph? That's got to be pretty rare. It's strictly |
| 1:42.1 | Jojo, it seems like. Yeah, I never get called |
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