| Jennifer Smith |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Spokane, WA
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| High School:
Ferris
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| Last College:
Colorado
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| Birthdate:
07/07/1979
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| Experience:
1V
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| Major:
Psychology
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1999-2000: Utilized a red-shirt season … Did not compete during either the cross country or track and field seasons. 1998-99: Transferred from Colorado following her freshman year ... Competed in track during the indoor season and early in the outdoor campaign before sitting out the remainder of the year ... A top-three Husky cross country finisher in every race she ran ... Helped the Huskies to a ninth-place finish at the NCAA cross country championships with an 82nd-place performance ... The teams fastest finisher, placing third overall, at the Michigan Interregional ... Topped all Huskies with a fourth-place Pac-10 result ... Placed 23rd in the NCAA West Regional race. 1997-98 (Colorado): Two-time track All-American for the Buffaloes ... Helped Colorado to a third-place NCAA cross country finish, placing 51st ... Finished 15th at the regional meet and second at the Big 12 championships ... Earned first-team All-Big 12 honors ... Voted the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ... On the track, placed eighth in the 3,000 meters at the NCAA Championships with a personal-best 9:27.60 ... Won five 3,000-meter races, including the Big 12 championship ... Finished fourth in the 1,500 at the Big 12 meet ... Placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 1,500 (4:43.39) ... Won the Big 12 indoor 3,000-meter championship (9:39.95) ... Also led CU’s distance medley relay team to a Big 12 indoor title ... The Big 12 indoor mile runner-up. High School: A prep All-American and the 1997 National Scholastic Outdoor mile winner (Meet record 4:45.33) and 3,200-meter runner-up ... Two-time Washington state 3,200 champion ... Won the 1997 state mile title ... Garnered Foot Locker second-team All-Western Region honors as a junior ... Ferris cross-country team placed fifth at state in 1997, second in 1996 and third in 1995 ... Twice won district and regional cross country championships, in 1995 and 1996 ... An all-state honoree her senior year ... A three-time All-GSL team member in both cross country and track ... Also a three-time MVP of both cross country and track teams ... Upon graduation, held Ferris prep records in the mile (4:45.33) and 3,200 (10:28.66), as well as the GSL record in the 3,200 (10:40.2) and the regional record in the 3,200 (10:39.00) ... Graduated with a 3.93 GPA.
