Grace Jenkins

Hometown:
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
High School:
Bloomfield Hills

PERSONAL RECORDS

Cross Country

5k: 20:12.8* - at EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 21), course measured over scheduled 5,000 meters

6k: 24:59.7

Indoors

600: 1:42.14

800: 2:20.31

Mile: 5:21.98

Outdoors

400: 1:00.60

800: 2:20.72

1500: 5:13.38

2023 (Outdoor): Ran four meets participating in the 400, 800, 1500, and 4x400 ... finished the 400 in a personal best 1:00.60 at the Golden Grizzly T&F Invite (April 8) placing ninth ... ran the 800 at the GVSU Al Owens Classic (April 21) in 2:20.72 placing 13th ... ran a personal best 5:13.38 in the 1500 at the Spartan Invite (March 31) placing 48th ... ran the 4x400 Relay at the GVSU Al Owens Classic (April 21) in 4:02.61 placing fourth overall.

2022-23 (Indoor): Participated in five meets running the 600, 800, Mile, 4x400 and Distance Medley Relay ... finished in a personal best 1:42.14 in the 600 at the Jack Skoog Open (Jan. 21) placing third ... finished the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11) with a personal record of 2:20.31 as the first Chippewa to cross the line and finished 10th overall ... ran a personal record 5:21.98 at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 17) Mile placing 12th overall ... finished the 4x400 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11) in 4:03.64 placing fourth overall ... ran the Distance Medley Relay at the SVSU-Jet’s Pizza Invitational (Jan. 27-28) in 12:53.94 placing fourth.

2022 (Cross Country): Participated in three outings ... finished with a personal record in the 6k posting a time of 24:59.7 at the BGSU Falcon Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 14) placing 110th ... finished 25^th at the EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 21).

High School: Personal Records: 400m (58.4), 800m (2:26.00), 5k (19:40) … earned all-state accolades for the 4x400 and 4x200 in 2021 … named to academic all-state cross country team in 2022 … competed with Bloomfield Hills High School to earn regional championship title in 2019, 2020.

Personal: Daughter of Robyn and Evan Jenkins … twin sister Kate competes in cross country and track at CMU … has two older sisters, Elizabeth and Shelby … sister Elizabeth ran cross country and track and field at Florida State from 2017-2020 … aspires to become a physician assistant.