2024 Women's Cross Country Roster
Kate Jenkins
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- Height:
- 5-5
- High School:
- Bloomfield Hills
- Major:
- Marketing
PERSONAL RECORDS
Cross Country
5k: 19:04.8
6k: 23:02.1
Indoors
800: 2:32.6
Mile: 5:18.18
3000:10:39.98
5000: 18:17.78
Outdoors
800: 2:21.64
1500: 4:54.84
5000: 18:05.67
2023 (Outdoor): Ran in three meets running the 800, 1500, and 5000 ... set a personal record in the 800 at the Spartan Invite with a time of 2:31.64 finishing 38th ... ran a personal record 4:54.84 in the 1500 at the Spartan Invite (March 31) placing 31st ... finished the 5000 at the GVSU Al Owens Classic (April 21) in a personal best 18:05.67 being the second Chippewa to finish and placed sixth overall.
2022-23 (Indoor): Participated in six separate meets running the 800, Mile, 3000, 5000, and 4x400 ... ran the 800 at the Jack Skoog Open (Jan. 21) in 2:32.6 placing ninth ... finished with a personal record of 5:18.18 in the Mile at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11) placing 20th overall ... set a personal record of 10:39.98 in the 3000 at the SVSU- Jets Pizza Invitational (Jan. 27-28) placing 15th overall ... ran the 5000 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 10) in 18:17.78 placing ninth ... placed seventh during the 4x400 at the BGSU-Falcon Early Bird Open (Jan. 14) with a time of 4:39.23.
2022 (Cross Country): Ran five meets participating in the 5k and 6k ... finished the 5k in a personal best of 19:04.8 at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Sept. 2) placing 14th overall ... finished the 6k at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Sept. 30) in a personal best of 23:02.1 placing 149th overall.
High School: Personal Records: 800m (2:24.32), 1600m (1600m (5:12.47), 3200m (11:12.81), 5k (18:56.68) … earned all-state accolades for the 4x400 event in 2021 … earned a regional title in the 3200m event in 2022.
Personal: Daughter of Robyn and Evan Jenkins … twin sister Grace also runs cross country and track and field at CMU … has two older sisters, Elizabeth and Shelby … sister Elizabeth competed in cross country and track and field at Florida State University from 2017-2020 … intends to pursue social media marketing … Fun fact: “I never wear matching socks when I race- it doesn’t matter what socks they are, as long as they don’t match!”
Why CMU?: “When I first talked to Coach Swieton it was on the phone, but I could tell right away how much she cared for me outside of running. It was very obvious that she wanted to see me achieve the goals I set for myself and was going to do what she could to help me. Meeting the team and seeing campus, I could tell CMU was where I belonged and where I would succeed.”
