VMI Athletics

Jahanzib Shabaz at XC TFRRS

Jahanzib Shabaz at TFRRS

2021: Did not have NCAA eligibility to compete for the indoor season … did not compete during the outdoor season. 

2020: Another great year with multiple top five finishes throughout the shortened season…broke a Pakistani national record in 1500m by 13 seconds (4:03)...recorded a 3K best and first place finish at Keydet Invitational with time of 8:30.93, breaking the Pakistani national record by nearly 17 seconds...…placed first in 800 and 1000-meter races at Winter Relays with personal best 2:24.54 in the 1000…earned a third place finish in the mile, second in DMR, and second in 800 (1:52.07 personal best) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…finished third with a personal best 4:05.42 Mile at the ECAC Indoor Championships.
 
2019: Started season strong with a seventh place finish in DMR at Keydet Invitational…earned first in DMR (10:44.72) at VMI Team Challenge…placed third in 3K at Virginia Tech Challenge…earned top five finishes in 800 and DMR at SoCon Indoor Championships…posted a personal best in 1,500 (3:50.07) at SoCon Outdoor Championships, as well as top five finishes in 800…finished season with a 1:51.66 personal best in 800 at ECAC Outdoor Championships.

2018: Capped off his year by leading VMI's sweep of the top two spots in the 800-meters at the conference outdoor meet...ran the fastest time in the conference all year at Duke (1:52.78, a PR)...finished fourth in the 1,500 at South Carolina...indoors, ran on the IC4A qualifying DMR effort that finished 10th...ran on the DMR (3rd) and 4x4 (6th) at the indoor conference meet...had an outstanding cross country season, in which he served as VMI's #1 runner in four of his five races...finished fourth overall at JMU and also in the top-18 at both the VertCross and Mason meets...posted his fastest time of the year at the VertCross, a 25:25.

2017: True freshman who moved as high as sixth in VMI's running order during his four cross country races...finished 56th at the conference championships...outdoors, was fourth in the 800 at Liberty with a PR of 1:54.72...indoors, finished seventh in the 600 at Virginia Tech and also ran on runner-up DMR and 4X4 teams.

High School/Personal: Placed fourth at the regional championships in the outdoor 800, when he won his conference championship...was 12th regionally indoor in the 500...also lettered three years in football and played lacrosse...earned President's Volunteer Service Award.