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Furman University

2019-20 Furman Cross Country / Track & Field Roster

Jennifer Stephenson

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • High School Village Christian Academy
  • Hometown Fayetteville, N.C.

Biography

Jennifer Stephenson's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2019 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (10,000m)
2018 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (Second Team)
2018 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (10,000m)
2017 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (10,000m)
2016 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (Second Team)

Senior Year (2019-2020):  Posted a fourth-place finish in the 5,000m (17:19.37) and seventh-place mark in the 3,000m (10:08.04) at the 2020 SoCon Indoor Track & Field Championships...ran a career best of 10:05.64 in the 3,000m at the Samford Bulldog Invite to place seventh...finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Carolina Challenge, posting a time of 17:31.95...opened cross country season with an 11th place finish (18:58.9) at the Charlotte Cross Country Opener...recorded a ninth place finish at the Eye Opener Cross Country Festival 5,000m with a time of 18:34.4...posted a season-best 5,000m mark of 18:05.8 at the Royals Cross Country Challenge to finish in 20th place.

Junior Year (2018-19):  Named to the All-SoCon second team after placing 14th with a time of 18:29.3 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships…also earned All-SoCon accolades in the 10,000m during outdoor season…finished sixth at the Eye Opener cross country meet…placed 16th at the Royals Challenge cross country meet…won the 3,000m with a time of 10:15.45 at the Clemson Indoor Opener…notched a personal-best time of 10:13.94 in the 3,000m at the Bulldog Indoor Invitational, finishing sixth…placed fourth in the 5,000m (17:29.51) and eight in the 3,000m (10:14.93) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…recorded a personal-best time of 4:47.83 in the 1,500m at the USC Outdoor Open, good for eighth place…finished third with a personal-best time of 36:54.73 in the 10,000m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…also placed fifth in the 5,000m at the league outdoor meet…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team.

Sophomore Year (2017-18):  Placed 17th with a time of 18:07.4 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships…finished third with a time of 38:22.71 in the 10,000m and sixth at 18:05.03 in the 5,000m at the league outdoor meet…posted a personal-best 6K time of 21:39.8 for ninth place at the Furman Cross Country Classic…finished fourth at the High Point University Vertcross meet…recorded a personal-best mile time of 5:15.15 for sixth place at the Catamount Outdoor Classic…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2016-17):  Named to the SoCon All-Freshman team for cross country and outdoor track (5,000m and 10,000m)…finished tenth with a time of 17:39.3 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships, earning a spot on the All-SoCon second team…placed eighth with a time of 18:38.8 in the Eye Opener Cross Country Invitational…scored a sixth-place finish with a time of 17:56.85 in the 5,000m at the SoCon Indoor Championships…finished eighth in the 5,000m (17:53.43) at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational…placed second in the 10,000m (37:14.95) and fifth in the 5,000m (17:38.98) at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…posted a time of 10:15.11 to take fifth place in the 3,000m at the Tiger Outdoor Track Classic…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School:

3,200 meters – 11:03.53

5,000 meters (XC) – 18:07 

 

NCISAA North Carolina State XC Champion

Four-time NCISAA North Carolina State Runner- Up

Won the state cross country championship as a junior and finished sixth as a senior...a four-time runner up in Class 1/2A NCISAA track championships...placed second in the 1,600m and 3,200m at the state outdoor championships her junior season...named to the all-state team...competed in the New Balance Outdoor Nationals Emerging Elite 2 Mile...posted a personal-best time of 11:03.53 in the 3,200m.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'2"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'2"