PERRYSBURG – Perrysburg track and cross country standout Jordan Doore will continue her running career at
the University of Toledo next year after signing her national letter of intent in November.
Doore was recruited heavily by both Toledo and Bowling Green, but knew her decision right away.
“When I took my official visit to Toledo, I loved the team, and the coaches were great,” Doore said. “I
felt like I really fit in right away.”
Coming from a successful Perrysburg program, Doore said she feels prepared to take her career to the
college level.
“It wasn’t too hard to be successful,” she said. “I was surrounded by hard workers who want to succeed
which drives us. It’s different than someone just running for fun. With this team and this coach it’s
not crazy hard to do.”
Now that her decision is made, all of Doore’s attention is on her senior track season. She and her
teammates will look to defend their three 4×800 meter state titles, two of which were indoor and one
outdoor.
“I’m not focused too much on Toledo right now,” Doore said. “I’m focusing on this last season. I’m going
to work as hard as I can and see where that leads me.”
The Perrysburg’s girls cross country team entered the state meet ranked third in the state polls, but
went on to finish fifth for the second consecutive year. Doore placed 54th overall with a time of
19:16.6.
Though the team had the potential to place higher, Doore said she was content with the finish.
“We lost our best two runners for this season, so it was an accomplishment getting the same spot despite
losing them,” she said.
Doore has been involved with cross country just two years in high school after quitting volleyball to
focus full time on running. It was then Doore knew running was something she could pursue.
 “After I switched to cross it was something that became real to me and I realized I could do it in
college,” she said.
That limited experience merely gives her that much more of an upside Jon Monheim said, Doore’s head coach
for both cross country and track.
With Toledo graduating 11 of its cross-country roster, Monheim expects Doore to have an immediate impact.

“She’s only run cross a couple of years, so her window of improvement is a little better than others,” he
said. “She’s going to be a contributor right away at a really good program, one of the better in the
Midwest.”
Doore will join former teammate Emily Wyrick at Toledo. Though joining Wyrick didn’t necessarily
influence Doore’s decision, she said it’s just an added bonus of joining the Rockets.
What makes Doore special, according to Monheim, is her combination of speed and strength.
“She’s very fast under the 400 meter mark but can also run a 5K very fast as well,” he said. “She can run
the fast and short stuff really well. Her big range is probably what was most attractive to the
University of Toledo.”
Along with her talent, Doore’s work ethic also stands out from the pack.
 “She’s part of a group of girls in the last years that have raised the bar with their commitment and
work ethic,” Monheim said. “She’s better than most of the people in the area because she works harder
than most of the people in the area.”
Doore’s goals for her final season are to focus more on the 800 meter and 1600 meter as well as defending
the 4×800 state title. Now that her college decision has been made, Monheim expects Doore’s full
attention to be on achieving those goals.
We’ve been fortunate to have some of her close friends graduate recently and she saw how they finished
with a bang,” Monheim said. “She’s not going to have a case of senioritis because she’ll want to go out
the same way.”