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2010 Track and Field Roster

Jenna Matthews

Jenna Matthews

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Otsego
  • Hometown:
    Otsego, Mich.

Summary

Biography

CROSS COUNTRY PERSONAL BESTS:

4K 5K 6K
15:28.00 18:35.00 21:59.30

INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS:

800m Run Mile Run 3,000m Run 5,000m Run
2:22.62 5:11.28 10:11.37 17:47.89

OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS:

1,500m Run 3,000m Run 5,000m Run 3,000m Steeplechase
4:41.16 10:44.03 17:36.03 10:41.47

2010-11: Cross Country: Competed in all seven meets on the season, finishing in WMU's top four in every meet ... ran a personal-best 5k time of 18:35 to finish 23rd overall and as WMU's third finisher at the Notre Dame Invitational (10/1) ... was WMU's second finisher at the Penn State Nationals with a 6k time of 22:24 (10/15) ... ran a personal-best 6k time of 21:59.30 to take 28th overall and finish as WMU's third finisher at the MAC Championships (10/30).

Track & Field: Named Academic All-MAC for outdoor season ... competed in eight meets during the indoor season, primarily in the mile, 3000m, and 5000m run ... placed sixth in the mile to open up the season at the Toledo Icebreaker (1/7) ... recorded back to back personal best times of 5:11.28 in the mile and 2:22.62 in the 800m run at the BGSU Challenge (1/15) ... placed fifth in the mile at the Wisconsin Invitational (1/28) ... ran a career best time of 17:47.89 in the 5000m run at the GVSU Big Meet (2/12) ... recorded a personal best time of 10:11.37 in the 3000m run at the MAC Championship (2/25) ... took second in the steeple chase at the Alabama Relays (3/26) ... took third place in the 1,500m run with a personal-best time of 4:41.16 at the EIU Big Blue Classic (4/2) ... finished in first place in the 3,000m run at the Miami Invite (4/9) ... ran a personal-best and school record time of 10:41.47 in the steeple chase to take fifth place and score at the Outdoor MAC Championship (5/12).

2009-10: Cross Country: Competed in six of seven meets on the season, finishing in WMU's top three in ever one she competed in ... ran a 5k time of 19:24 to place ninth overall and help WMU to a second place finish at the Valparaiso Invitational (9/4) ... took sixth overall and finished as WMU's third finisher with a 6k time of 23:02.15 to help the Broncos defeat Eastern Michigan at the George Dales Invitational (9/18) ... was WMU's second finisher and turned in a season-best 5k time at the Loyola Lake Front Invitational with a time of 18:59 (10/3) ... competed at the MAC Championship with a 6k time of 24.10.8 (10/31) ... competed at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship with a season-best 6k time of 22:45.48 (11/14).

Track & Field: Competed in the 3,000m run and mile run during the indoor season ... took third in the 3,000m run with a time of 10:27.42 at the Gladstein Invitational (1/22) ... ran a personal-best time of 5:13.29 in the mile run to take fifth place at the CMU Invitational (1/30) ... ran a personal-best time of 10:15.95 in the 3,000m run at the MAC Championship (2/26) ... competed in the 3,000m run, 5,000m run and 3,000m steeple chase during the outdoor season ... took third place in the 5,000m run and crushed her prevous personal best with a time of 17:58.52 at the Alabama Relays (3/25) ... ran a personal-best 3,000m run time of 10:43.71 to take fifth place at the Illinois Twlight Meet (4/30) ... ran a personal-best time of 11:11.75 to take seventh place and score at the Outdoor MAC Championships for the first time in her career (5/15).

2008-09: Was WMU’s third-best finisher at the Crusader Invitational 5k with a time of 19:24 ... helped the Broncos win the George Dales 6k Invitational with personal best time of 23:02.10 ... turned in a season-best performance at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational 5k with a time of 18:59 ... was WMU's second finisher at the MAC Cross Country Championships ...  was named to Academic All-MAC Team for cross country season ... opened the indoor season at the EMU Invitational by taking first place in the 3,000m run ... ran a personal-best time of 5:19.65 in the mile run to finish in eighth place at the Michigan Intercollegiates ... ran a season-best time of 10:34.00 in the 3,000m run at the Meyo Invitational ... competed in the 3,000m and 5,000m run at the indoor MAC Championships ...  ran a personal-best time of 11:36.47 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the SeaRay Relays ... set a new personal best in the 1,500m run with a time of 4:53.63 at the Central Collegiates ... competed in the 3,000m steeplechase and the 5,000m run at the outdoor MAC Championships, breaking her personal-best in the 5,000m by nearly 10 seconds with a time of 18:35.68.

2007-08:
Competed in both the 4k and the 5k during the cross country season ... finished in second place in the 3000m at the Toledo Icebreaker ... competed in the 3000m at the Indoor MAC Championships ... took sixth place in the 5000m in the Alabama Relays ... took fourth in the 1500m and third in the 3000m at the Jack Shaw Classic ... competed in the 5000m at the Outdoor MAC Championship.

High School:
Four-time all-conference, all-region, and all-state recipient for cross country ... member of the 2003 Wolverine Conference championship team ... member of the 2003 Regional championship team... named a USA Track & Field Cross Country All-American in 2005, 2006, and 2007 ... four-time team MVP ... named all-conference and all-region her junior year (2006) for track ... named all-state in track her senior year (2007) and set the school record in the 1,600 meter run.

Personal:
Majoring in business ... daughter of Tom and Jerrie Matthews ... born Sept. 2, 1989.

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