Jon Miksis
Jon Miksis
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Wakefield, Mass.
  • High School:
    Wakefield

Bio

2012 graduate of Wakefield Memorial High School … very good student who is majoring in finance … minor is in politics … Before Bentley: team captain in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track as a senior at Wakefield … helped team to Middlesex League championship and state meet in 2011 … Middlesex League all-star in track as a senior … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 20 … son of James and Joanne Miksis … has a sister, Melanie (19) … Eddie Miksis, his great uncle, played 14 years of major league baseball from 1946-58, mostly with Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs … Treasurer of Bentley Model United Nations … Certified Bentley Leader … Delta Sigma Pi professional fraternity … former political columnist for Bentley Vanguard … volunteered at Veterans Affairs Hospital in Bedford this past summer.

CROSS COUNTRY

2013: ran in three races … was team’s number 17 runner in New Englands, placing 228th in JV race with time of 30:29 … 2012: did not see any action.

TRACK

Indoor Bests: 1:31.38 600 (2012 Brandeis Reggie Poyau Invitational) … Outdoor Bests: 56.57 400 (2013 UNH Wildcat Invitational), 2:01.02 800 (2014 Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational) … 2013-14: ran the 800 in five outdoor meets … did not run indoors … 2012-13: as a freshman, ran in one indoor meet and two meets outdoors.

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