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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2025 Cross Country Roster

Sonja Jones (She/Her)

  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Coeur D'Alene HS/Westview HS
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

4,000m – 17:38.7 – USATF Oregon Association Junior Championships (11/16/19)
3 Miles – 17:51.6 – Woodbridge Cross Country Classic (9/21/24)
5,000m – 18:54.8 – 6A-2 Metro League Championships (10/27/21; PSU Best: 19:26.52 - Lewis & Clark Opener, 8/29/25)

Indoor:

800m – 2:21.22 – STCU West Coast Championships (2/23/25)
Mile – 5:15.58 – Mile City (1/18/25)
3,000m – 10:44.01 – UW HS Invitational (2/10/24)

Outdoor:

800m – 2:22.01 – Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational (4/5/25)
1,500m – 4:52.29 – USATF Oregon Association Youth Championships (7/10/21)
5,000m – 18:33.33 – Portland Track Festival (6/2/24)
 

2025 CROSS COUNTRY:

Placed 21st overall as the Vikings' fourth runner at the Ash Creek Festival (9/12), running the 5k in 19:28.9...Finished as the Vikings' fourth runner in the 5k at the Lewis & Clark Opener (8/29), placing 24th overall in 19:26.52.
 

BEFORE PORTLAND STATE:

Competed for both Westview High School (2021-24) and Coeur D’Alene (2024-25)…Two-time OSAA 6A state qualifier in cross country for Westview, then a one-time Idaho State 5A qualifier for Coeur D’Alene…Two-time qualifier for Nike Nationals in the mile and once in the 5k…Broke Westview’s records in the cross country 5k as well as the outdoor 1,500 meters…Competed for the Beaverton Youth Track Club, winning middle school state titles in the 800 and 1,500 meters…16th in the nation in the mile as a middle schooler…Also spent seven years at the Oregon Gymnastics Academy while playing one year of club basketball.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Alison Roache Jones and Morris Jones…Has a brother, Steven Jones…Black belt in taekwondo…Four-time honor roll student…Member of the National Honor Society…Lists camping, the outdoors, guitar, painting and hanging out with family and friends as hobbies/interests…Hopes to earn a doctorate in geriatric medicine and eventually own her own practice…Plans on majoring in public health studies: pre-clinical.
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