Kate Jenkins

Photo by: Lauren Verellen

Photo by: Kat Fulcher

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Height:
5-5
High School:
Bloomfield Hills
Major:
Marketing

PERSONAL RECORDS
Cross Country
5k: 18:01.1
6k: 21:34.6

Indoor
800: 2:21.73
Mile: 5:10.9
3000: 10:03.59
5000: 17:34.44

Outdoor
800: 2:31.64
1500: 4:40.09
5000: 17:13.28
10000: 36:40.27

2025 (Outdoor): Competed in five meets, ran the 1500, 5000, and 10000 … set a personal best of 4:40.09 in the 1500 at the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet (April 26) … won the 5000 at the Spartan Invite (April 4) with a time of 17:21.26 … set a personal best in the 5000 of 17:13.28 at the Jesse Owens Track & Field Classic (May 2-3) … set a season best in the 10000 of 37:09.95 at the Raleigh Relays (March 27-29)

2025 (Indoor): Competed in seven meets, ran the Mile, 3000, 5000, and 4x400 … set a personal best in the mile of 5:10.9 at the Chippewa Invite (Feb. 8) … set a personal best of 10:03.59 in the 3000 at the MAC Track & Field Championship (Feb. 28) … won the 3000 at the Bob Parks Memorial (Jan. 25) with a time of 10:06.44 … set a personal best in the 5000 of 17:34.44 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 14)

2024 (Cross Country): Competed in six meets … set a season best of 18:02.2 in the 5k at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 4) … set a personal best of 21:34.6 in the 6k at the George Dales Invite (Sept. 20)

2024 (Outdoor): Competed in five meets, ran the 1500, 5000, 10000, and 4x400 … finished the 1500 in 4;49.49 at the Chippewa Challenge (April 13) … set a season best in the 5000 of 17:52.39 at the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet (April 25) … set a personal best in the 10000 of 36:40.27 at the Raleigh Relays (March 28-30)

2024 (Indoor): Competed in six meets, ran the 800, Mile, 3000, and 5000 … set a personal best in the 800 of 2:21.73 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 10) … set a season best of 5:14.08 in the Mile at the Jack Skoog Open (Jan. 20) … finished the 3000 in 10:14.92 at the SVSU Jet’s Pizza Invitational (Jan. 26-27) … set a season best of 17:51.93 in the 5000 at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23-24)

2023 (Cross Country): Competed in five meets … set a season best in the 5k of 19:03.4 at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Sept. 1) … set a season best of 22L37.8 in the 6k at the 2023 MAC Championships (Oct. 28)

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.”