Jack Armstrong '21 Recruiting Profile
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Personal Statement
I’m an Australian runner who began my running career at year 7. Very late compared to a lot of runners.
After 3 or so races I became the best runner in my age group for the schools local group of AGSV. Quickly I worked my way through the ranks of runners to where I am now. Having recently come 3rd in my state and 25th in the country I feel there is a lot of room to improve if I want to achieve my best.
Every since I began I have shown complete dedication to training having only missed sessions when I am injured or sick. Currently I train 5-6 times a week on tues, wed, thurs, sat (when not racing), sun. Currently tossing up the option of taking my running and education to America in hopes to further it and I can promise that if I end up there, then I will devote as much effort as I can to running and education.
As for academic achievements. Since not being American and not having graduated year 12, currently in year 10, I don’t really know what the terms GPA means or how I sit on them. What I can say is that like my running I take my education very seriously. Averaging around an A for all my subjects especially maths and science for which I have a personal interest.
Not sure where my career choices will go but as noted before, I lean towards maths and science specifically physics and chemistry so I imagine working in that field.
Athletics
High School Information
- 2018 Freshman Team
Individual Awards
- 2nd Team All-County, 3rd overall in state. , 1st Team All-State
Team Awards
- National 2nd Place, AGSV winners 19th consecutive (do not compete as a team for any competition other than states, State Champs
Coach References
- High School Head Coach
- John Meagher
Statistics
| Event | 2018 Freshman Team |
|---|---|
| 800M | 2:05.35 |
| 1500M | 4:12.64 |
| 3000M | 9:20.07 |
| Distance & PR | 6k 19:52.00 |
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
High School Information
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
NoAre you in AP/IB classes?
NoRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
NoAwards and Activities
- AwardsGraduated 3rd in my class with an ATAR of 98.4 (equivalent to the top 2% in the country) Achieved scores at or above the top 10% of the nation in all subjects with one being a perfect score (top 0.3% in maths) Achieved the principal’s scholarship to Melbourne university for both my athletic and academic achievements Duxed in Maths for my class Achieved the Mathew Wilkins award for achieving an atar at or above 90. Received multiple awards across a variety of subjects for my grades and hard work. 5/6 possible awards for achievement were achieved in 2021 alone
- ActivitiesParticipated in multiple Maths Olympiad Groups in both primary and high school Have a passion for music and can play the drums, violin and piano to varying degrees. The first being my focus as I can play at a level 6 which has led to my participation in few student organized bands Captained my Cross Country team through the pandemic which required the ability to organised and coordinate specific groups for my team to train in order to keep their fitness throughout the period