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Grace Jenkins Track & Field Bio

JUNIOR (2016-17): Competed in six events this season … second place finish at Will Wilson Invitational is highest of career, clocking a time of 20:30.90 … finished first of all Bulldogs at 18th with a time of 24:36.0 at College of Charleston Invitational … clocked fastest time of the season at Upstate Invitational (20:10.70) en route to 39th place finish … finished second CofC Invitational with a time of 20:11.6 … completed season with a 37th place finish at SoCon Championships, recording a time of 20:13.79 … took 209th place in a time of 25:01.60 at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships.

SOPHOMORE (2015-16): Competed in all six events … second place finish at Will Wilson Invitational is highest of career, clocking a time of 20:30.90 … finished first of all Bulldogs at 18th with a time of 24:36.0 at College of Charleston Invitational … clocked fastest time of the season at Upstate Invitational (20:10.70) en route to 39th place finish … finished second CofC Invitational with a time of 20:11.6 … completed season with a 37th place finish at SoCon Championships, recording a time of 20:13.79.

FRESHMAN (2014-15): Competed in seven events over the course of her rookie season … made a 29th place finish in the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 22:04.1 … logged a time of 26:18.5 at the 6k Furman Classic before posting her best finish of the season, 21st, at the Will Wilson Citadel Invitational with a time of 21:01.6 … eclipsed the 20-minute mark as she finished the 5k 2014 SoCon Championships in 19:58.2 … competed in the 6k NCAA Division I Southeast Region Championships where she placed 240th with a time of 25:07.7.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in cross country (four), track (three) and ice hockey … named cross country team Most Valuable Player on three occasions (freshman, sophomore, senior) ... qualified for regionals in cross country as a senior ... named cross country first-team all-conference in both her junior and senior year … ran her personal-best 5k time of 20:11 while earning career-best times in the 3200 of 12:19 and in the 1600 of 5:40 ... won the conference championship in ice hockey in 2013-14 season.

PERSONAL: Grace Catherine Jenkins ... daughter of Darlene and James Jenkins ... her father James played quarterback at Purdue (1973-76) ... competed in the Cleveland Rite Aid Full Marathon, Cincinnati Flying Pig Full Marathon and River Run Half Marathon ... played ice hockey for 12 years and soccer for 10 ... majoring in biology.