Jermaine Coore
Jermaine Coore
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Somerset, N.J.
High School: Franklin

2009-10: XC: Redshirted the season. Indoor: Set a new personal-best by over five seconds in the mile at the Mountaineer Open where he finished in eighth place with a time of 4:35.87 … shattered his previous personal-best in the 3,000 meters from his freshman season by 46 seconds by running an 8:47.27 at the SoCon Championships to finish in 11th … clocked an 8:55.85 in the 3,000 meters at the Tiger Paw Invitational … also came in 11th place in the 3,000 meters at the Niswonger Invitational with a time of 9:01.97. Outdoor: Set a new personal-best in the 1,500 meters by nearly 14 seconds with a time of 3:59.57 at the Duke Invitational … finished in third place at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational in the 1,500 minutes in 4:02.91 … also ran a 4:02.66 in the 1,500 meters at the Wake Forest Open … clocked a 4:03.63 at the Carolina Fast Times in the 1,500 meters.

2008-09: XC: Earned Second-team All-SoCon honors at the SoCon Championships by running the 8k in 25:30.11 ... that time was the fifth-fastest time in school history and he also earned all-freshman honors in the event ... ran a 25:49 in the 8k at the Mason Invitational which is the 22nd fastest time in school history ... finished in 25:52 at the Asics Winthrop Invitational, which was the 25th fastest in school history ... Indoor: Ran the mile at the Liberty Invitational in 4:41.01 to set a new personal-best ... finished the 3,000 meters at the Niswonger Invitational with a time of 9:33.88 ... Outdoor: Set a personal-best time of 4:13.43 in the 1,500 meters at the Wake Forest Open ... ran a 9:09.98 at the UNC Invitational in the 3,000 meters ... ran a season-best time of 15:36.41 in the 5,000 meters at the Duke Invitational ... also ran the 5,000 meters in 17:40.59 at the Southern Conference Championships.

High School: Four-time letterwinner in each cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field at Franklin HS under coach Sean Thomas ... 2008 New Jersey Indoor Track State Champion in the 1,600 meters ... selected as the 2008 Courier News Athlete of the Year ... named All-Area and All-County all four years for cross country ... All-Area honoree for indoor ... All-Area honoree for indoor as a junior and senior ... earned All-Area accolades for outdoor in 2008.

Personal: Jermaine N. Coore ... born December 2, 1988 in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... son of Hiram and Madane Walker ... majoring in media broadcasting at UNCG.

Top Performances:

XC:
8k: 25:30.11
10k: 33:19.0

Indoor:
Mile: 4:35.87
3,000m: 8:47.27

Outdoor:
1,500m: 4:13.43
3,000m: 9:09.98
5,000m: 15:36.41