2024 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Distel, Jamar
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Jamar Distel
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Chattaroy, Wash.
- High School:
- Riverside
Bio
2024 All-Big Ten Second Team Cross Country
2024 All-West Region Cross Country
2023 All-West Region Cross Country
2024 Cross Country: Helped the Huskies return to the NCAA Championships, running in the top-seven four times including at all three postseason meets โฆ earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors with a 14th-place finish at the Big Ten meet, finishing in 23:05 as the No. 3 Husky scorer as UW placed second โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 22nd-place finish, fifth on the squad, as UW won the team title for the first time since 2015 ... was the No. 7 finisher on the team at NCAAs in 236th-place overall ... the seventh Husky finisher at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite in 134th-place overall โฆ named to the Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team.
2024 Track: Set PRs at every distance and helped the Huskies win the Pac-12 team title with a fifth-place finish in the 10,000-meters, running 29:47.83 at elevation which converted down to a 28:46.43 which is No. 9 in school history โฆ qualified for NCAA Prelims in the 10k but did not finish โฆ raced to a 5,000-meters PR of 13:49.19 at the Payton Jordan Invite โฆ indoors, won his 5k heat at the Husky Classic with an indoor PR of 13:50.01 โฆ won his heat of the mile at the UW Invitational in a PR of 4:05.16 โฆ also set a 3,000-meters PR at the UW Invitational, going 7:55.29 for seventh-place โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as well as the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023 Cross Country: Earned All-West Region honors in his first official fall season, placing 21st at the West Regional Championships in 20:41 for 10k, which was third among Huskies โฆ at his first Pac-12 Championships, was 21st overall and sixth on the squad in 23:32 as UW placed second overall โฆ the No. 4 Husky scorer at the Wisconsin Invitational, finishing 159th overall โฆ first official race in uniform was Virginia Invitational where he was 192nd overall and sixth on the squad โฆ earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2023 Track: Redshirted the season, racing unattached indoors and outdoors โฆ indoors, won his first race, taking his heat of the 5k at the Husky Classic in 14:08.91 โฆ outdoors, ran an unattached 10,000-meters at the OSU High Performance Meet in 30:28.16 โฆ won a 5k at the Portland Distance Carnival in 14:12.11 โฆ set a 5k PR of 14:07.15 at the Portland Track Festival.
2022 Cross Country: Redshirted the fall.
High School and Personal: Born in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia โฆ parents are Julie and Jason Distel โฆ was ASB Executive President โฆ won the 1A Washington state cross country championship in 2021 with the second-fastest time across classifications โฆ also in 2021 captured the Nike Portland XC title by 12 seconds in a 5,000-meter best of 14:47.
Major Meets
2023 Pac-12 XC - 21st (6th UW)
2023 Regional XC - 21st (3rd UW)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 15th, 5000m | 5th, 10000m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - DNF, 10000m
2024 Big Ten XC - 14th (3rd UW)
2024 Regional XC - 22nd (5th UW)
2024 NCAA XC - 236th (7th UW)
2025 Big Ten Indoor TF - 13th, 3000m | 8th, 5000m
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Outdoor Bests
1500m.......3:52.40
5000m.......13:49.19
10000m.......28:46.43 (alt conv)
Indoor Bests
Mile.......3:59.32
3000m.......7:51.57
5000mโฆโฆ.13:50.01
Academic Honors
2024 Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team
2024ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 All-West Region Cross Country
2023 All-West Region Cross Country
2024 Cross Country: Helped the Huskies return to the NCAA Championships, running in the top-seven four times including at all three postseason meets โฆ earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors with a 14th-place finish at the Big Ten meet, finishing in 23:05 as the No. 3 Husky scorer as UW placed second โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 22nd-place finish, fifth on the squad, as UW won the team title for the first time since 2015 ... was the No. 7 finisher on the team at NCAAs in 236th-place overall ... the seventh Husky finisher at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite in 134th-place overall โฆ named to the Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team.
2024 Track: Set PRs at every distance and helped the Huskies win the Pac-12 team title with a fifth-place finish in the 10,000-meters, running 29:47.83 at elevation which converted down to a 28:46.43 which is No. 9 in school history โฆ qualified for NCAA Prelims in the 10k but did not finish โฆ raced to a 5,000-meters PR of 13:49.19 at the Payton Jordan Invite โฆ indoors, won his 5k heat at the Husky Classic with an indoor PR of 13:50.01 โฆ won his heat of the mile at the UW Invitational in a PR of 4:05.16 โฆ also set a 3,000-meters PR at the UW Invitational, going 7:55.29 for seventh-place โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as well as the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023 Cross Country: Earned All-West Region honors in his first official fall season, placing 21st at the West Regional Championships in 20:41 for 10k, which was third among Huskies โฆ at his first Pac-12 Championships, was 21st overall and sixth on the squad in 23:32 as UW placed second overall โฆ the No. 4 Husky scorer at the Wisconsin Invitational, finishing 159th overall โฆ first official race in uniform was Virginia Invitational where he was 192nd overall and sixth on the squad โฆ earned a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2023 Track: Redshirted the season, racing unattached indoors and outdoors โฆ indoors, won his first race, taking his heat of the 5k at the Husky Classic in 14:08.91 โฆ outdoors, ran an unattached 10,000-meters at the OSU High Performance Meet in 30:28.16 โฆ won a 5k at the Portland Distance Carnival in 14:12.11 โฆ set a 5k PR of 14:07.15 at the Portland Track Festival.
2022 Cross Country: Redshirted the fall.
High School and Personal: Born in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia โฆ parents are Julie and Jason Distel โฆ was ASB Executive President โฆ won the 1A Washington state cross country championship in 2021 with the second-fastest time across classifications โฆ also in 2021 captured the Nike Portland XC title by 12 seconds in a 5,000-meter best of 14:47.
Major Meets
2023 Pac-12 XC - 21st (6th UW)
2023 Regional XC - 21st (3rd UW)
2024 Pac-12 TF - 15th, 5000m | 5th, 10000m
2024 NCAA Prelims TF - DNF, 10000m
2024 Big Ten XC - 14th (3rd UW)
2024 Regional XC - 22nd (5th UW)
2024 NCAA XC - 236th (7th UW)
2025 Big Ten Indoor TF - 13th, 3000m | 8th, 5000m
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Outdoor Bests
1500m.......3:52.40
5000m.......13:49.19
10000m.......28:46.43 (alt conv)
Indoor Bests
Mile.......3:59.32
3000m.......7:51.57
5000mโฆโฆ.13:50.01
Academic Honors
2024 Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team
2024ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
