Jack Young

Events: 60m, 100m, 4x100m, 200m

PR’s: 100m PR: 10.94s

200m PR: 21.78s

Year: Freshman

Hometown: Cold Spring, MN

High School: ROCORI High School

Personal:

My proudest moment was making it to the state meet all four years of high school and getting 3rd in state in the 4x200m my Senior year.

I am majoring in Computer Science. My personal goal is to have a great programming job lined up before I graduate. To start off my career, I hope to work for a large, successful technology company as any kind of programmer. Later on in my career, I would like to explore other options as a computer programmer. These other options may be positions like a software or hardware engineer, website designer, game developer, etc. My main reason for seeing myself in these positions are because of my fascination with technology; I want to be involved with the newest technological advancements and discoveries.

I chose to come to St. John's because I grew up in the area, as my hometown of Cold Spring is only a 15 minute drive from St. John's. Since I was so close by, I used to come to a lot of Johnnie Football games with my family as a young kid. At those games, I always looked up to the tall college kids and dreamed of being amongst them one day (dream come true, I guess). Also, I have two siblings that currently attend CSB/SJU and both of my parents work on the CSB and SJU campuses, so being able to remain close to my family was a no brainer for me.

Seriously, every day is one of the funniest moments while being on the team. I can confidently say that we probably have the most fun-to-be-around men’s track team in the whole MIAC. Not only are all the guys on the team fun and overall great people, they are also hardworking and know the perfect balance between working hard and having fun while at practice.

Q & A:

Q: Which coach would you pick to live on a deserted island with and why?

A: Easily Jeremy. That guy is an animal and I could definitely rely on him to find food, make shelter, and keep me alive.

Q: If you were in the coliseum and were challenged to fight wiener dogs, what is the highest number of wiener dogs you could defeat?

A: None, I like wiener dogs.

Q: Would you rather be the world's greatest racquetball player or have $20 right now?

A: $20 right now. Nobody would even be care if I was the world's greatest racquetball player, but I could buy something with $20.