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India Jones

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Wolfeboro, N.H.
Squadron:
22 Raptors
High School:
Souhegan

AIR FORCE HIGHLIGHTS

Two-Time NCAA Qualifier, 10,000-Meter Run (2024, 2025)

All-Mountain West, 10,000-Meter Run (2023)

JUNIOR YEAR | 2024: Member of the Falcons’ scoring lineup in all four races…clocked a career-best 6K time of 20:35.3 to finish 25th out of 330 runners and help Air Force to a seventh-place team finish at the Gans Creek Classic…claimed a top-20 finish at the Mountain West Championships (21:23.1, 18th)…added a time of 21:19.4 to finish 33rd out of 212 runners at Pre-Nationals…helped Air Force to a runner-up finish in the team standings…Falcons’ No. 2 finisher at the NCAA Mountain Regional…recorded a time of 20:56.6 to finish 48th out of 132 runners at that meet…academic all-conference…MW Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2023: Won the Air Force Classic in a three-mile time of 17:18…missed the remainder of the season with injury…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2022: Earned the team’s Newcomer of the Year award…scored for Air Force in all four 6K meets…Falcons’ No. 3 runner at the Mountain West Championships (career-best 20:47.6, 31st) and NCAA Mountain Regional (21:07.9, 48th)…named MW Freshman of the Week after scoring for Air Force in first career 6K at the Cowboy Jamboree (22:06.8, 110th)…also finished as the Falcons’ No. 5 runner at the Nuttycombe Invitational (21:52.1, 218th)…made debut at the Air Force Classic, finishing seventh with a three-mile time of 18:10…academic all-conference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

MAJOR TRACK AND FIELD HIGHLIGHTS: Earned the team’s Newcomer of the Year award in 2023…became the first Falcon in six years to medal (bronze) in the 10K at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships that year…NCAA Qualifier in the 10,000-meter run as a sophomore and junior…set Freshman Class Records in the 5000-meter (16:19.46) and 10,000-meter (34:16.66) events during the outdoor season…added the Sophomore Class Record for 10,000 meters in 2024 (33:43.06)…clocked Air Force Top 10 marks in four distances as a junior, including top-five times in the 5000-meter (16:13.50) and 10,000-meter (33:39.58) events during the outdoor season…earned Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators in 2024 and 2025…named CSC Academic All-American as a junior.

HIGH SCHOOL: Souhegan High School…received the Coaches’ Award in both cross country and soccer…also earned the Souhegan Sportsmanship Award and Marine Scholastic Excellence Award.

PERSONAL: Full name is India Kathleen Jones…has a twin sister, Georgia, who was a member of the cross country and track teams at Army West Point, before graduating in 2024…majoring in biology and earning a minor in sustainability…named to the Dean’s List…serving as A1 Staff…attended Norwich University during the 2021-22 academic year…Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) cross country champion…also received the league’s Rookie of the Year and Performer of the Year awards in cross country…traveled to Costa Rica over the summer to complete tropical ecological research through the Academy’s Cadet Summer Research Program (CSRP)…member of Cadet Squadron 22.