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Furman University

2010-11 Track and Field

Jenna Callahan

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Fort Mill
  • Hometown Ft. Mill, S.C.

Biography

Junior Year (2009-10): Placedamong the top ten in five of seven cross country events, with bestfinish of second at the Citadel Invitational...posted a 4Kpersonal-best time of 14:58 to placed seventh in the Winthrop FallClassic...ran a season-best 5K time of 18:47 for a ninth placefinish at the Eye Opener Invitational...recorded a personal-besttime of 2:21.98 for fifth place in the 800m at the indoor TigerTune Up...placed ninth in the mile at the Southern ConferenceIndoor Championships with a personal-best time of5:13.84...finished 15th with a personal record time of 2:21.62 inthe 800m at the Southern Conference Outdoor Championships...placedsecond in the 1,500m (4:49.33) at the Furman OutdoorInvitational.

Sophomore Year (2008-09): Placedthird with a 5K time of 19:19.29 at the Citadel Cross CountryInvitational...finished seventh with a time of 2:25.07 in the 800mat the indoor Tiger Invitational...took tenth place at the SouthernConference Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:53.25 in the1,500m.

Freshman Year (2007-08):Earned four top-ten finishes during cross countryseason...team’s top finisher on four occasions...finishedthird in the 5K at the Disney Classic with a career best time of18:05.66...recorded a career best time of 2:22.35 in the indoor800m...competed on both the indoor and outdoor 4x400m relayteams...finished third in the outdoor 800m at the CSUInvitational...ran a career best time of 4:55.12 in the outdoor1,500m for a fifth-place finish at the Emory Invite.

High School: Led her FortMill cross country team to two regional championships and twofourth-place state finishes as a junior and senior...finishedsecond in the state as a senior and eighth in the state as ajunior...named Runner of the Year for four consecutiveyears...named Rock Hill Herald CC Runner of the Year in2007...personal best record and school record of 18:26 in the5K...finished third in the state in the 1600m run as a junior andsixth as a senior...finished fourth in the state in the 800m run asa sophomore...holds school records in the 1600m (5:08.04), 800m(2:19.19), 4x400m relay (4:01.24) and 4x800m relay(9:40.16)...named track MVP all four years.

Personal: Jenna Callahan was bornon December 1, 1988 in Fort Mill, S.C....daughter of Jack andSereeda Callahan...majoring in sociology.