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2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

Jip de Greef

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Amersfoort, Netherlands
  • Major Kinesiology
  • Twitter Jippagriffa
  • Instagram Jipdegreef

Biography

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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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Decathlon
  • 2025-26Junior

    Decathlon