2016 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA All-West Region indoor in 4000 distance medley relay (2015). ... All-GNAC outdoor in 3000 steeplechase (2015).
Sophomore (2016): INDOOR – Injury limited her to just one meet, as she ran the mile at UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 16. OUTDOOR – Placed 14th in the GNAC 3000 steeplechase in 12:11.77. ... Participated in seven meets, racing either the 1500 or the steeple. ... Had season-best times of 4:53.86 in the 1500 on March 19 at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open, and 11:58.56 in the steeplechase on March 26 at the Doris Heritage Distance Festival.
Freshman (2015): INDOOR – Ran the leadoff 1200-meter leg on the 4000 distance medley relay that placed 9th at GNAC in 11:40.68, just .01 away from a top-8 All-American finish. ... Also ran the DMR leadoff leg at the Husky Classic on Feb. 13, helping the Falcons get onto the NCAA provisional qualifying list in 11:50.92. ... Ran the leadoff leg again at the SPU Final Qualifier on Feb. 28, helping the team secure the last qualifying berth to nationals. ... Placed 9th in the mile at GNAC Championships in 5:10.39. ... Placed 16th in the GNAC 3000 in 10:43.74, her first track race at that distance. ... Made her college debut with a 2:24.32 in the 800 and 5:06.70 in the mile at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview. Both of those times still stand as her Falcon indoor PRs. OUTDOOR – Placed 3rd in the 3000 steeplechase at GNAC, picking off two runners in front her to make the podium with a 10:55.10. ... Came back the following day to place 5th in the 1500 with a PR time of 4:36.55 after coming into the race seeded a non-scoring No. 9. ... Posted a PR and NCAA provisional qualifing steeple time of 10:52.79 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival on April 3. In fact, made NCAA provisional in all four of her 3K steeple races.
Henry M. Jackson High School: Posted PRs of 1:04.77 in the 400, 2:18.50 in the 800, 4:45.45 in the 1500, 4:59.77 in the 1600, 10:29.93 in the 3000, and 11:01.77 in the 3200 as a senior in 2014, and 30.02 in the 200 in 2013. ... Placed 12th in the 1600 at the Washington 4A state meet in 2014. ... Placed 14th in the 1600 at state as a freshman in 2011. ... All-Wesco 1st team all four years in cross country, and ran in the state meet all four years, placing 21st as a junior.
Personal: Jessica Kathryn Rawlins. ... Born Feb. 19, 1996. ... Major undecided. ... Older sister graduated from SPU after the 2014 fall quarter. ... Mother received her teaching certificate from SPU.
Fun facts: Started as a cross country runner, then her high school coach convinced her to turn out for track as a freshman. ... Also played basketball for 10 years before deciding to focus solely on running. ... Book she just couldn't put down was "The Hunger Games." ... Favorite sport to watch is basketball. ... Favorite junk food is ice cream. ... Favorite healthy food is watermelon. ... Favorite TV program is "Modern Family." ... Favorite sports team is the Seattle Seahawks. ... Favorite athlete is runner Jenny Simpson. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Jenny Simpson "because she's an amazing runner," and she would serve pasta. ... If she could be any action hero or heroine, she would be anyone who can fly. ... Her friends call her Jess. ... In 10 years, plans to be living and working in Washington and running marathons for fun. ... Went to Honduras with the Christian Relief Fund to help in a children's home and help build houses for the community.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:24.32 (1/17/2015)
Mile: 5:06.70 (1/17/2015)
3000: 10:43.74 (2/21/2015)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
1500: 4:36.55
Steeple: 10:52.79
CAREER RESULTS
