Adolphus "Dolly" Jones (born 24 July 1984) is a Kittitian and Nevisian

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athlete and

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player. In the

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he competed for his native country at the

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, the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

, and the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in 2008 and 2009. He holds several Saint Kitts and Nevis records in athletics, including 7258 points in the decathlon and 5475 points for the indoor heptathlon. He played as

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for the

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in two matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Career

Early life

Born in

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, he began taking part in both

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and soccer as a teenager. At the 2003 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics he competed in a variety of events, winning medals in the

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high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

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and javelin throw. He entered the 800 m and

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at the

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, placing sixth and seventeenth, respectively. He was selected for the

in 2004 and was the

for two of their games in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In November that year, he conceded thirteen goals over two matches against

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. He had better outings in the 2005 Caribbean Cup qualifiers, keeping a

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in a 2–0 win against

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and winning 6–1 against

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, although the team lost to

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by a goal to nil.

Senior competition

In 2006, he began studying at Paul Quinn College in

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, United States. He competed athletically for the school in track events, as well as soccer. In his first year there he finished fourth in the high jump at the NAIA national men's outdoor track and field championship, setting a school record and Saint Kitts and Nevis national record of . He competed at July's

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, where he jumped a height of for tenth place. Later that month he made his senior debut international performance in track and field, running in the 800 m heats and placing twelfth in the high jump at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.Adolphus Jones
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-04-10. Two further outings came in 2007, both in July. First, he made his

debut at the

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, coming second with 6092 points to Darwin Colón in a two-man contest. The following week both men entered the

at the

, although Jones failed to complete all ten events. He also ran with the 4×400 m relay team in the heat stages. Jones gave two national record performances in 2008, having a high jump best of and a decathlon best of 6852 points. His high jump mark came in the decathlon competition at the

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, which he failed to finish. He enrolled at The University of Texas at Arlington, majoring in

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studies. Competing on the Texas-Arlington Mavericks team, he scored 5146 points in the indoor heptathlon at the

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Indoor ChampionshipsAdolphus Jones
UT Arlington Mavericks. Retrieved on 2014-04-10. Outdoors he scored a best of 6980 points at the

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before setting a national record mark of 7178 points for fourth at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. His third and last decathlon outing that year was at the

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, where he came seventh with 6774 points in total. In the individual events he set seven personal bests outdoors, including national records in the

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(15.19 seconds) and the

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().

2010 Commonwealth Games

Working with track coach Eric Francis, who grew up in Saint Kitts, he opened his 2010 indoor season with a 5532-point heptathlon at the Iowa State Track and Field Classic (on an oversized track not suitable for record purposes). Following this he set a series of national indoor records at the Southland Conference meet: he ran 8.46 seconds for the

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, recorded in the high jump, in the pole vault, and a total of 5475 points in the heptathlon. His sole major outdoor performance that year saw him improve his decathlon national record to 7258 points, which was enough for seventh place at the

and included a 110 m hurdles national record of 14.89 seconds. He was the highest rankings Caribbean athlete in the event. Despite this result, he ceased competing internationally that year. He returned to Saint Kitts and became involved with Garden Hotspurs FC, a Basseterre soccer club, and played for the team as well as being appointed as club Vice President in 2013.

Personal bests

;Outdoor *

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

– 11.06 sec (2008) *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 48.92 sec (2008) *

– 1:56.81 min (2003) *

– 4:22.77 min (2008) *

– 14.89 sec (2010) *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

– (2014) *

Pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

– (2009) *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

– (2010) *

Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

– (2010) *

Discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

– (2010) *

Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

– (2009) *

Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

– 7258 points (2010) ;Indoor *

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior at ...

– 7.19 sec (2010) *

– 49.43 sec (2007) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

– 2:51.13 min (2010) *

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

– 8.46 sec (2010) *

– (2010) *

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

– 5475 points (2010) *''Heptathlon over-sized track: 5532 points (2010)''

International competition record

Notes

* Some sources list his birthday as 29 January 1984.Adolphus JONES
. AthleCac. Retrieved on 2014-04-10.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Adolphus 1984 births Living people People from Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis male decathletes Saint Kitts and Nevis footballers Saint Kitts and Nevis international footballers Association football goalkeepers University of Texas at Arlington alumni Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Saint Kitts and Nevis Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Saint Kitts and Nevis Garden Hotspurs FC players