2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Smith, Jaci
Jaci Smith
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- 5000m | 10,000m
- Hometown:
- Edmond, Okla.
- High School:
- Edmond North
Bio
SENIOR YEAR | 2018-19: Team captain.
JUNIOR YEAR | 2017-18: All-American...Mountain West champion...set two Academy records during the outdoor season...two-time NCAA qualifier...two-time all-conference honoree...received the team’s Callie Calhoun Award for Drive and Determination...captured All-America honors in the 10,000-meter run after finishing eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (33:14.00)...shattered the Academy record in that event with a fifth-place time of 32:28.15 at the NCAA West Preliminary...that time, which bettered the previous Air Force record by 19 seconds, is the fourth-fastest 10K in MW history...clocked the program’s No. 2 time (33:36.92) at the Stanford Invitational...also broke the Academy record in the 5000-meter run during the outdoor season...posted a program-best time of 15:59.40 to finish third at the MW Outdoor Championships...that was the program’s first sub-16 outdoor race...that time is also ranked third on the MW Championship Meet standings...both the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter marks are Junior Class Records...became the program’s first conference champion at 5000 meters during the indoor season...clocked the second-fastest time in Academy history (15:59.91, adjusted for altitude) to win the title by five second...the raw time of 16:25.99 is the second-fastest mark in MW Championship Meet history...clocked the program’s No. 2 time (16:00.25) at the Husky Classic...opened the season with a win in the mile at the Air Force Invitational (4:54.04a)...also ran the second leg of the 4x1600-meter relay that posted the second-fastest time in program history (19:35.18) at the Drake Relays...earned the team’s Track Athlete of the Week award three times...academic all-conference selection...named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2016-17: Set the Academy record in the 5000-meter run...qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10,000-meter run...all-conference honoree...impacted the Academy record book in three events...recorded an Academy-best time of 16:04.68 to win the 5000-meter run at the Drake Relays...shattered the previous record by nearly 18 seconds to become the program’s first Drake Relays champion...earned the team’s Track Athlete of the Week award following that meet...posted a career-best 10,000-meter time of 33:54.99 in the Stanford Invitational to move into third on the Academy’s all-time list...earned all-conference honors in that event after placing second at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships (34:52.44, adjusted for altitude)...registered the program’s second-fastest indoor 5000-meter time at the MW Indoor Championships...clocked a career-best time of 16:29.07a to score for the Falcons at the conference meet (sixth)...became the sixth Falcon to break the 17-minute mark in that event with a (then) best time of 16:44.34 at the Husky Classic...recorded the program’s sixth-fastest 3000-meter time (9:43.48a) during only appearance of the season...received the team’s Most Improved Award...academic all-conference selection.
FRESHMAN YEAR | 2015-16: Earned the program’s Newcomer of the Year award...set two Freshman Class Records during the outdoor season...impacted the program’s all-time standings in three events...clocked the seventh-fastest 10,000-meter time in Academy history (36:58.06) to finish sixth at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships...that time deleted nearly a minute off of the Freshman Class Record that had stood for 37 years...debuted in the Academy record book after recording the program’s ninth-fastest 5000-meter time (17:08.82) at the Mt. SAC Relays...that time improved the previous Freshman Class Record by more than 10 seconds...ran the third-leg of the 4x1600-meter relay that clocked an Academy-record time of 19:53.61 at the Drake Relays...competed in the 1500-meter run twice, posting a personal-best time of 4:41.83 at the Michael Johnson Classic...competed in just one indoor meet...academic all-conference selection.
MAJOR CROSS COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS: All-American...finished 27th out of 255 runners to become just the second Academy female to earn All-America honors at the Division I level...became the program’s first three-time NCAA qualifier (man or woman) since 1968-70...three-time all-region selection...three-time all-conference honoree (two first-team, one second-team)...named the USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week after winning the season-opening Wyoming Invitational to open the 2018 season...also earned MW Runner of the Week honors after that meet...helped Air Force to program-best finishes at the Mountain West Championship (second) and NCAA Mountain Regional (third) in 2016...also helped the Falcons to the Academy’s first team appearance at the NCAA Division I Championships and the first USTFCCCA ranking in school history that year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Edmond North High School...2014 Footlocker South Senior Girl’s champion...two-time All-Edmond Cross Country Runner of the Year (2012, 2013)...selected as a Cross Country Senior All-Star in 2014...set school records in the 3200- and 5000-meter events...three-time academic all-state champion in cross country (2011, 2013, 2014)...state medalist at 3200 meters as s senior...member of the 3200-meter relay that finish second at the state meet in 2015...also lettered in tennis...member of three state championship teams (2012, 2014, 2015)...two-time No. 2 singles champion at the state meet (2012, 2014)...third-place medalist in the No. 1 singles spot at the 2015 state tournament...three-time All-Edmond Tennis Player of the Year (2012, 2014, 2015)...named AP Scholar, with Distinction...National Merit Scholar...class valedictorian.
PERSONAL: Full name is Jaci Brackelle Smith...nickname is “Nicole”...daughter of Don and Terri Smith...father ran track at Oklahoma Christian University...has one older sister...majoring in astronautical engineering...future plans include becoming a developmental engineer and running marathons until it’s time to settle down and become a beekeeper and barista...serving as a Public Affairs Officer (Fall 2018)...served as an Element Leader in the spring...named to the Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s List...received Jump Wings in the summer of 2016...hobbies include exploring coffee shops, mutton busting and attending Broadway shows with Tim Ward...has read all of the Harry Potter books seven times...interned at MIT Lincoln Laboratories over the summer, working with NASA’s satellite program, TROPICS...also served as a counselor during Falcon Sports Camps...member of Cadet Squadron 10.
JUNIOR YEAR | 2017-18: All-American...Mountain West champion...set two Academy records during the outdoor season...two-time NCAA qualifier...two-time all-conference honoree...received the team’s Callie Calhoun Award for Drive and Determination...captured All-America honors in the 10,000-meter run after finishing eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (33:14.00)...shattered the Academy record in that event with a fifth-place time of 32:28.15 at the NCAA West Preliminary...that time, which bettered the previous Air Force record by 19 seconds, is the fourth-fastest 10K in MW history...clocked the program’s No. 2 time (33:36.92) at the Stanford Invitational...also broke the Academy record in the 5000-meter run during the outdoor season...posted a program-best time of 15:59.40 to finish third at the MW Outdoor Championships...that was the program’s first sub-16 outdoor race...that time is also ranked third on the MW Championship Meet standings...both the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter marks are Junior Class Records...became the program’s first conference champion at 5000 meters during the indoor season...clocked the second-fastest time in Academy history (15:59.91, adjusted for altitude) to win the title by five second...the raw time of 16:25.99 is the second-fastest mark in MW Championship Meet history...clocked the program’s No. 2 time (16:00.25) at the Husky Classic...opened the season with a win in the mile at the Air Force Invitational (4:54.04a)...also ran the second leg of the 4x1600-meter relay that posted the second-fastest time in program history (19:35.18) at the Drake Relays...earned the team’s Track Athlete of the Week award three times...academic all-conference selection...named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2016-17: Set the Academy record in the 5000-meter run...qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10,000-meter run...all-conference honoree...impacted the Academy record book in three events...recorded an Academy-best time of 16:04.68 to win the 5000-meter run at the Drake Relays...shattered the previous record by nearly 18 seconds to become the program’s first Drake Relays champion...earned the team’s Track Athlete of the Week award following that meet...posted a career-best 10,000-meter time of 33:54.99 in the Stanford Invitational to move into third on the Academy’s all-time list...earned all-conference honors in that event after placing second at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships (34:52.44, adjusted for altitude)...registered the program’s second-fastest indoor 5000-meter time at the MW Indoor Championships...clocked a career-best time of 16:29.07a to score for the Falcons at the conference meet (sixth)...became the sixth Falcon to break the 17-minute mark in that event with a (then) best time of 16:44.34 at the Husky Classic...recorded the program’s sixth-fastest 3000-meter time (9:43.48a) during only appearance of the season...received the team’s Most Improved Award...academic all-conference selection.
FRESHMAN YEAR | 2015-16: Earned the program’s Newcomer of the Year award...set two Freshman Class Records during the outdoor season...impacted the program’s all-time standings in three events...clocked the seventh-fastest 10,000-meter time in Academy history (36:58.06) to finish sixth at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships...that time deleted nearly a minute off of the Freshman Class Record that had stood for 37 years...debuted in the Academy record book after recording the program’s ninth-fastest 5000-meter time (17:08.82) at the Mt. SAC Relays...that time improved the previous Freshman Class Record by more than 10 seconds...ran the third-leg of the 4x1600-meter relay that clocked an Academy-record time of 19:53.61 at the Drake Relays...competed in the 1500-meter run twice, posting a personal-best time of 4:41.83 at the Michael Johnson Classic...competed in just one indoor meet...academic all-conference selection.
MAJOR CROSS COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS: All-American...finished 27th out of 255 runners to become just the second Academy female to earn All-America honors at the Division I level...became the program’s first three-time NCAA qualifier (man or woman) since 1968-70...three-time all-region selection...three-time all-conference honoree (two first-team, one second-team)...named the USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week after winning the season-opening Wyoming Invitational to open the 2018 season...also earned MW Runner of the Week honors after that meet...helped Air Force to program-best finishes at the Mountain West Championship (second) and NCAA Mountain Regional (third) in 2016...also helped the Falcons to the Academy’s first team appearance at the NCAA Division I Championships and the first USTFCCCA ranking in school history that year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Edmond North High School...2014 Footlocker South Senior Girl’s champion...two-time All-Edmond Cross Country Runner of the Year (2012, 2013)...selected as a Cross Country Senior All-Star in 2014...set school records in the 3200- and 5000-meter events...three-time academic all-state champion in cross country (2011, 2013, 2014)...state medalist at 3200 meters as s senior...member of the 3200-meter relay that finish second at the state meet in 2015...also lettered in tennis...member of three state championship teams (2012, 2014, 2015)...two-time No. 2 singles champion at the state meet (2012, 2014)...third-place medalist in the No. 1 singles spot at the 2015 state tournament...three-time All-Edmond Tennis Player of the Year (2012, 2014, 2015)...named AP Scholar, with Distinction...National Merit Scholar...class valedictorian.
PERSONAL: Full name is Jaci Brackelle Smith...nickname is “Nicole”...daughter of Don and Terri Smith...father ran track at Oklahoma Christian University...has one older sister...majoring in astronautical engineering...future plans include becoming a developmental engineer and running marathons until it’s time to settle down and become a beekeeper and barista...serving as a Public Affairs Officer (Fall 2018)...served as an Element Leader in the spring...named to the Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s List...received Jump Wings in the summer of 2016...hobbies include exploring coffee shops, mutton busting and attending Broadway shows with Tim Ward...has read all of the Harry Potter books seven times...interned at MIT Lincoln Laboratories over the summer, working with NASA’s satellite program, TROPICS...also served as a counselor during Falcon Sports Camps...member of Cadet Squadron 10.
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