JinHan Song

Photo by: Sideline Sports

Position:
Sprints
Height:
5-11
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Seoul, Korea
High School:
The Stony Brook
Major:
TBA

2011: Placed fourth in the 400m at the indoor SoCon Championships in a season best and Davidson top-10 time of 50.10 and 10th in the 60m in a Davidson all-time top-10 time of 7.10 … also a member of the 4x400m relay team that earned All-SoCon honors with a Davidson top-10 best time of 3:28.54 to place third at the indoor SoCon Championships … opened indoor season competing in three events at the Liberty Open, running a Davidson top-10 60m in 7.15, leading the ‘Cats in the 200m in 23.60 and placing 10th in the 400m in 51.86 … ran a 50.69 in the 400m at the Niswonger Invitational … won the 400m in 50.46 and ran a 60m season-best of 7.05 in the 60m preliminaries at the UNC Invitational … opened outdoor season leading the ‘Cats in the 100m (10.89), 200m (22.18) and 400m (49.91) … lowered 400m to 49.70 at the Winthrop Invitational … ran the 400m leg for Davidson’s DMR entry at the Terrier Relays that placed second in a school top-10 all-time 10:20.37 … improved to 49.30 at the JCSU Invitational … placed fifth in the 400m in 49.19 seconds at the outdoor SoCon Championships … also led Davidson in the 200m in 22.51 seconds and was a member of Davidson’s fifth-place finishing 4x100m relay (43.58) and fourth-place finishing 4x400m team (3:22.36). … concluded career with season-best Davidson top-10 performance of 49.13 seconds to place second at the Virginia Tech/Roanoke Twilight Qualifier.

2009-10: Returned from mandatory military service in South Korea to compete during outdoor season … ran the third fastest 400m in Davidson history (48.37) to place fifth at the outdoor SoCon Championships … placed fifth in the 400m in 50.67 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational … also ran legs for Davidson all-time top-10 4x100m (fourth, 42.12) and 4x400m (fourth, 3:19.73) relay teams at SoCons … placed second in the 400m (49.62) and ran anchor leg for third-place and Davidson all-time top-10 4x400m relay team (3:20.92) at the Carolina’s Cup (Winthrop) … ran Davidson’s best 100m time, 11.09, of the season at the Charlotte Invitational ... set personal record in the 200m of 22.16 at the North Carolina A&T Invitational.

2006-07: Member of school-record breaking outdoor 4x400m relay team that placed second in 3:15.98 at the SoCon Championships … also lead team in the 200m (22.48), placed fifth in the 400m (49.77) and led off Davidson all-time top-10 performance in the 4x100m (42.31, fourth) … during indoor season, posted Davidson’s fastest 60m time of the season (7.25) and also ran team’s second-fastest 200m of the indoor season in 23.50 at the Carolina Invitational … both performances ranked among the top-10 best all-time at Davidson … ran first leg outdoors of Davidson top-10 4x400m relay team that placed fifth in 3:19.53 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational … ran anchor leg of winning 4x400m (3:20.65) effort and tied for sixth in the 400m (49.58) at the Emory Invitational … member of school-record breaking outdoor 4x400m relay team that placed third in 3:18.01 and third-place finishing 4x100m relay team (43.08) at the Charlotte Invitational … led team in the 100m (11.34) and 200m (22.58) while also contributing to another Davidson all-time top-10 performance in the 4x400m (3:18.28, seventh) at the Duke Invitational … took third in the 200m (22.47) and sixth in the 400m at the Radford Collegiate Invitational … competed in the prestigious Penn Relay Carnival on Davidson’s 4x400m team, which ran a Davidson top-10 3:17.20 … reached semifinals in the 400m at the Korean National Athletics Championship.

2005-06: Set season-best time in the 200-meter with a time of 22.84 at the Carolina Fast Times ... earned all-conference honors as part of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished third at the SoCon Outdoor Championships ... set 400m personal best of 49.45 in post-season meet.

Prior to Davidson: Earned all-league, all-division, all-country and all-state accolades as a junior and senior at The Stony Brook School in Long Island, N.Y. ... captured the 100m and 200m championship while also anchoring the winning 4x100m relay team ... ran the 100m in 10.8 seconds and 200m in 22.56 seconds ... chosen to the county all-academic team.

Personal: Son of ChoonHoon Song and Jung Kim ... sibling Mee-Sun Michelle Song ... major is economics ... following sophomore year at Davidson, served as staff sergeant/official interpreter in the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) ... regulated and managed 10-20 sorties based on aircraft configuration and mission and scheduled air tasking orders daily ... mediated numerous operations between ROKAF 38th Fighter Group and U.S. Air Force 8th Fighter Wing ... won official commendation for being an exemplary soldier from the 38th Fighter Group Commander ... hopes to make Korean national team as a 4x400m relay team member for the World Athletics Championships in 2011 in Daegu, Korea.