Phaelin Jones

Position:
Hurdles
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Blue Valley HS
Hometown:
Overland Park, Kan.

Before Ball State: Four-year varsity member at Blue Valley High School … earned first-team all-state honors as a senior … set the school record in the 300-meter hurdles … placed second in the 200 meters at the EKL meet … EKL champion in the 400 meters … finished sixth in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2025 Kansas Class 6A State Championships … placed fifth in the girls 4x400 relay at the 2025 Kansas Class 6A State Championships, helping the team set a school record … helped lead her team to the Class 6A regional title as a senior … finished fourth at the Class 6A state meet her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Jamila Jefferson and Phillip Jones … has two siblings, brother William and sister Alexandria … brother William ran track at the University of Southern California … was National Honor Society treasurer … Honor Roll student … member of the Quill and Scroll Honor Society ... National Art Honor Society ... and served as Yearbook editor-in-chief.