2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster
Jip de Greef
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Amersfoort, Netherlands
- Major:
- Recreation, Sport and Tourism
 All-American (Heptathlon: Indoor '26) |
 2x NCAA Championships Qualifier |
2026
Indoor
- NCAA All-American (Heptathlon)
- NCAA Championships qualifier (Heptathlon)
- Placed third and earned a personal best in the pole vault 5.28m (17-3 3/4) at the Illini Open
- Placed third in the heptathlon at the Fighting Illini Challenge and Combined Events (5,994)
- Recorded multiple personal bests in the NCAA Indoor Championships in the Heptathlon scoring 6,120 points and placed third overall to earn All-America honors
- Third is the highest event finish ever for an Illinois heptathlete indoors.
- Placed seventh in the 1000m (2.43.39), seventh in the high jump 2.03m (6-7 3/4), third in the long jump 7.54m (24-9) and seventh in the 60m (6.94)
Outdoor
- NCAA Championships qualifier (Decathlon)
- Placed first at the Illini Deca-Jam in the decathlon and had many personal bests and top finishes with a school record score of 8,039, which made him the first Illini decathlete to ever surpass 8,000+ points in program history
- Placed second in the shot put 14.54m (47-8 1/2), placed second in the javelin throw 52.17m (171-2), placed first in the 400m (48.61), placed third in the 1500m (4:49.20)
- Recorded a personal best and placed sixth in the discus throw 47.59m (156-2) at the Gary Wieneke Memorial
2025
Indoor
- Set the program's second-best score in the heptathlon (6,046) at the Fighting Illini Challenge and Combined Events
- Sixth-best score for a Dutch heptathlete all-time
- Placed third and set new personal bests in both the 60H (7.95) and pole vault (5.13m / 16-10) at the Fighting Illini Open
- Recorded multiple personal bests and top finishes at the Fighting Illini Challenge: placed fifth in the 1000m (2:44.54), first in the 60m (6.96), second in the high jump (2.00m / 6-6.75), first in the long jump (7.39m / 24-3), and fourth in the shot put (13.83m / 45-4.5)
Outdoor
- Did not compete
Central Arkansas
- Set a new personal-best in the 400m (51.49) to place fifth and secured fourth in the discus throw with a mark of 46.87m (153-9) at the 2024 Hendrix Invitational
- Recorded a time of 14.52 (1.4) in the 110H for a personal-best and finished in fourth
High School
- Sixth at U20 European Championships
Personal
Born January 13, 2004... Son of Kees de Greef and Irene Koole... has one brother, Tim and one sister, Trijntje... Chose Illinois because "The coaches."
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