Jason Gómez

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Position:
Middle Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.
High School:
Westmont
Prev School:
Notre Dame de Namur

Awards and Honors
Six-time All-American
First Team All-American (Indoor: DMR - 2022, 2024; 800m - 2021; Outdoor: 800m - 2022)
Second Team All-American (Indoor: 800m - 2023)
Honorable Mention All-American (Outdoor: 800m - 2021)
Big 12 Champion (Indoor: 800m - 2021, 2024)
Big 12 Men's Athlete of the Week (2022: Apr. 11)
Team USA Member - IAAF U20 World Championships (2019)
USATF U20 Outdoor National Champion, 1,500m (2019)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2023, 2024)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F20, S21, S22, F22, S24)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2024)
NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships Qualifier (2019: 1,500m)
PacWest Outdoor Track & Field Champion (2019: 1,500m)
PacWest Freshman of the Year (2019)

Personal Records

600y	1:09.50	2023 Indoor
600m	1:17.83	2023 Indoor
800m	1:46.34	2022 Outdoor
	1:46.53	2023 Indoor
1,000m	2:19.11	2021 Indoor
1,500m	3:41.69	2022 Outdoor

2023-24
Indoor: Earned First Team All-America honors in the distance medley relay at NCAA Championships running the 800m leg … the team finished seventh in 9:30.07, the fifth-fastest performance in school history … Big 12 800-meter champion in a time of 1:48.36 … also ran on the third-place finishing DMR at conference clocking 9:33.51 … ran an 800m season best of 1:47.44 for third in the invitational heat at the Arkansas Qualifier to rank 19th in the nation … finished fourth in the 800m at the Razorback Invite in 1:47.77 … took third at the Iowa State Classic in the 800m with 1:47.56 … placed eighth in the 800m at the Valentine Invite with 1:47.99 … opened season at the Hawkeye Invite running the 600m and on the 4x400m relay.

2022-23
Outdoor: Moved onto quarterfinals in the 800-meter run with 1:48.64 at NCAA West Prelims … ran a season best of 1:47.26 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invite … scored in the 800m at Big 12 Championships, finishing eighth in 1:48.73 after qualifying for the final with 1:47.73 … anchored the 4x800m relay at Penn Relays, the second-fastest time in school history and 16^th-fastest in collegiate history … also competed at Texas Relays, Beach Invite, UCF Invite and Iowa State Alumni Invite.

Indoor: Earned Second Team All-America honors at NCAA Championships, finishing 11^th in the 800-meter run (1:50.32) … improved time as the second-fastest 800m indoor performer in program history with time of 1:46.53 set at the Tyson Invite … entered postseason ranked fourth in the nation with his 800m personal record … placed second in the 800m (1:47.97) at the Razorback Invite … scored in the 1,000m at Big 12 Championships, finishing eighth … ran leadoff of the fourth-fastest DMR (9:30.96) in program history at the Arkansas Qualifier and anchored the sixth-fastest 4x400 (3:08.88) at Big 12 Championships … also competed at the ISU Classic and Cyclone Open.

Summer 2022
Qualified for the USATF Championships in the 800m run, advancing to the semifinal round.

2021-22
Outdoor: Ran in seven meets for Iowa State … earned First Team All-America honors on the back of fourth place finish in the 800m run, clocking a personal best 1:46.34 in the final … qualified for NCAA Championships by finishing sixth in the 800m (1:47.62) at the NCAA West Preliminaries … anchored for ISU’s winning 4x800m relay (7:17.47) and was member of eighth-place distance medley relay (9:50.90) at the Drake Relays … won the 800m run in then-season-best 1:47.12 at the Sun Angel Classic, earning Big 12 Men’s Athlete of the Week for his efforts … clocked a personal best 3:41.69 at 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … was winner of the 800m (1:48.78) at Beach Invitational … competed in 1,500m run at the Big 12 Championships.

Indoor: Competed for Iowa State in eight meets … led-off for the Cyclones’ sixth-place and First Team All-America distance medley relay (9:28.62) at the NCAA Championships … was also lead-off for the Cyclones’ school record DMR (9:24.07) at the Arkansas Qualifier … finished eighth in the 800m run (1:52.15) at the Big 12 Championships … also competed at the Iowa State Classic, Razorback Invitational, Cyclone Open and ISU Holiday Invite.

XC: Ran for Iowa State at the Griak Invitational (DNF).

Summer 2021
Qualified for U.S. Olympic Trials in 800-meter run, finishing 32nd.

2020-21
Outdoor: Ran in six meets for Iowa State … earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 800-meter run for qualifying for NCAA Outdoor Championships … earned trip to Eugene with 11th place finish in 800m with outdoor-best of 1:47.82 at 800m … finished seventh in 800 at Big 12 Championships … led off for ISU’s school record 4x800-meter relay and distance medley relay wins at the Drake Relays, helping the Cyclones defend the men’s Relays Cup … also competed in 800 at the Hayward Premiere and the Rock Chalk Classic.

Indoor: Took part in five meets … earned First Team All-America honors in the 800-meter run with fifth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships … ran to Big 12 title in the 800, holding off Texas’ Yusuf Bizimana by 0.01 seconds for the win … in ISU debut at Cyclone Open, ran personal best 1:47.02 to win the 800-meter run … broke school record in 1,000-meter run at the Iowa State Classic, finishing second in 2:19.11 … ran 1,200m leg for ISU’s school-record distance medley relay at the Razorback Invitational.

Notre Dame de Namur
Competed in two cross country seasons and two outdoor track seasons while at Notre Dame de Namur ... claimed the 2019 USATF U20 National Championship at 1,500 meters, qualifying him for the 2019 U20 World Championships in the event, where he finished 10th for Team USA ... qualified for 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships at 800m, finishing 18th ... claimed the PacWest Conference championship at 1,500 meters in 2019, clocking his personal best 3:54.19 in the process ... also qualified for the finals of the 800m at the conference championships, finishing eighth ... in cross country, competed twice in the Division II West Regional Championships, clocking a 10K personal best of 32:13.6 in 2019.

High School
Finished fifth in the 800m at the 2018 New Balance Indoor Nationals in a then-PR of 1:51.86 ... claimed California High School State Championships at 800m in 2018, running another PR in the process of 1:50.21 ... picked up three high school conference titles in the BVAL, including consecutive titles in the 1,600m and the 800m crown as a senior ... at 2017 State Championships as a junior, took fourth in the 800-meter run.

Personal
Political science major.