TicketsTFRRS STATS
HONORS & AWARDS:
AAC Academic All Conference: 2022,2021,2020,2019
2025 All Big 12 Outdoor – 1500m
2025 NCAA East First Round Qualifier – 1500m
2025 All Big 12 Indoor– DMR
2024 All Big 12 – 1,500m
2021 AAC OUTDOOR All-CONFERENCE: 1500m (3rd), 800m (2nd)
2021 AAC CROSS COUNTRY All-CONFERENCE: 2020-21 (14th)
2021 NCAA OUTDOOR WEST FIRST ROUND QUALIFIER: 1500m
2020 AAC INDOOR ALL-CONFERENCE: Indoor DMR (Champion)
2024-25 SEASONS
2025 OTF: Competed in seven meets... All Big 12 in the 1500m... Qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the 1500m, advancing to the semifinals where he went on to place 22nd with a time of 3:47.66... Clocked a personal best in the 1500m (3:40.60) preliminaries at the Big 12 Championships, in the final he earned seventh place, logging a time of 3:40.67... Victorious at the Clark Wood Open in the 1500m (3:42.34)... Notched the win at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational with a time of 3:46.35 in the 1500m... Third place finish after clocking a time of 3:42.95 in the 1500m at the Wake Forest Invitational. 2025 ITF: Competed in six meets... Had a great showing at the Music City Challenge, earning personal bests in both the 3000m (8:07.28) to earn fourth place and the mile (4:00.14) to garner a sixth-place finish... At the Rod McCravy Memorial, he competed in the 1000m (2:26.83) and placed second overall… Victorious in the mile at the Husker Invitational after registering a time of 4:07.71.
2024 XC: Competed in five meets… Placed eighth in the 6k at the Sam Bell Invitational with a time of 18:58.1… Ran a 23:39.2 in the 8k at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational.
2023-24 SEASONS
2024 ITF: Competed in five meets… Four top 10 finishes… At the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships, he clocked a career-best 1000m, placing ninth (2:25.02)… Finished second in the mile at the 2024 Rod McCravy Memorial Track & Field Meet (4:10.74).
2024 OTF: Participated in five meets… At the Clark Wood Open 2024, he notched a career-best 800m, securing second (1:51.65)… Had an incredible outing at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship, with a ninth-place finish, clocking a personal best of 3:42.08 in the 1500m preliminaries and a seventh-place finish in the 1500m final (3:44.16).
2023 XC: Seventh place finish in the 6k at the RedHawk Rumbl,e logging a personal best time of 18:14.0.
PRIOR TO UC: He spent the first four years of his career at Wichita State (2018-22) before attending Oklahoma for one year (2022)
OKLAHOMA:
XC – As a sooner, he only competed during the cross country season, appearing in only one race.
WICHITA STATE:
XC: Earned All Conference honors after placing 14th overall at the AAC Championships in 2020… Appeared twice at the NCAA Midwest regional with his best finish coming in 2021, where he placed 68th with a 10k time of 32:00.81… Holds a personal best 8k time of 24:13.7, which he ran at the Gans Creek Classic in 2021.
ITF: Was a member of the 2020 AAC Championship winning DMR team that posted a time of 10:01.78… In 2021, he ran his personal best mile with a time of 4:06.03 at the Washburn DI Challenge.
OTF: had a breakout year in 2021… Was a NCAA West First Round qualifier in the 1500m, where he placed 28th overall with a time of 3:46.57… Earned AAC All-Conference honors in both the 1500m and 800m… He placed second overall in the 800m with a time of 1:52.19 and placed third in the 1500m with a personal best time of 3:43.98… Ran a personal best 5000m at the Rock Chalk Classic with a time of 14:24.66… Recorded his 800m personal best at the John McDonnell Invite with a time of 1:51.90. Earned four All-Conference honors while at WSU…
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in cross country, track and field...Was an eight-time OSSAA 6A state qualifier in cross country and track and field...Won the OSSAA 6A state cross country championship with a time of 15:47.0 on the 5K course...He was a three-time state champion in track and field in his senior season, winning the 800m,
PERSONAL: James "Jed" Helker is a native of Edmond, Okla., born on July 20, 1999… Son of Eddy and Carolyn Helker… Has one older brother, Evan, and one older sister, Hannah...Sister Hannah ran track at Oklahoma Baptist and ran professionally for the Brooks Beasts… Evan played soccer at Oklahoma Christian University and his father, Eddy, wrestled at Oklahoma State… Jed graduated from WSU with a degree in Business Marketing in 2022 and will pursue a master's in Sports Administration at UC.