2020-21 Cross Country Roster
Barker, Jenna

Jenna Barker
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Ind.
Bio
2022-2023
Cross Country:
Made season debut at the Coaching Tree Invitational with a 6K time of 21:21.0 ... finished 64th at Paul Short Invite (6K) with a time of 20:32.4 ... ran 21:27.5 in the 6K at the Nuttycombe Invitational ... finished 84th at the Big Ten Championships in 21:59.9 ... crossed the line in 53rd at the Great Lakes Regional with a time of 21:17.0.
2021-22
Cross Country:
Academic All-Big Ten honoree...finished 82nd at the Big 10 Championship, crossing the line at 22:35.2…won the Hoosier Invitational with a time of 22:02.0…crossed 30th in the 5k with a time of 19:11.7 at the John McNichols Invitational…picked up 34th and a time of 18:21.5 in the Joe Piane Invitational 5k…placed 61st with a time of 22:50.8 in the “B” race at the Nuttycombe Invitational…finished 82nd at the Big 10 Championship, crossing the line at 22:35.2.
2020-21
Cross Country:
Picked up 28th at the Big Ten Championships and secured a time of 21:21.2…had the opportunity to compete at the NCAA National Championships with the Hoosiers.
Indoor:
Secured eighth in the 800m with a time of 4:46.45 at Big Ten Championships…took home the bronze medal with the distance medley relay squad at Big Ten Championships…set a personal record in the 3000m in a time of 9:38.37 at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational…nabbed fourth at the Gladstein Invitational in the mile and clocked a time of a 4:45.53…raced to fifth in the 800m in a time of 2:10.25 at the Hoosier Hills Invitational…placed second with the distance medley relay squad at the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Invitational.
Outdoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree… Academic All-Big Ten Honoree…saw the opportunity to compete in the 1500m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round…took 10th in the 1500m at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 4:36.22…set a personal best time of 4:22.45 in the 1500m at the Big Ten Indiana No. 4…crossed the finish line first with the 4x1600m meter relay team at Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays…also nabbed fourth the distance medley relay team at the same meet.
2019-20
Cross Country:
Made the seven-person roster for NCAA Championships…clocked a time of 21:53.1 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships… crossed the finish line 51st in a personal best time of 21:21.7 during the Big Ten Championship 6K…finished 16th at the Miami Opener with a time of 22:25.8in 6K…ran the Commodore Classic 6K in a time of 22:14.5 to place 33rd overall…set personal best in the 5K by clocking a time of 17:31.7 at Joe Piane Invite.
Indoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…named an Academic All-Big Ten Honoree…tabbed for USTFCCCA All-Academic... part of the DMR squad that placed fifth at Big Ten Championships…also competed in the mile at Big Ten Championships…won the mile at Vanderbilt Invitational in a time of 4:48.49…took gold in the mile with a time of 4:51.72 and fourth in the 3000m in a time of 10:07.24 at IU vs. Tennessee Duals…competed in the 800m and clocked a time of 2:09.70 to place second at Gladstein Invitational…raced to bronze with a time of 2:51.94 in the 1000m at Hoosier Open…picked up fourth in the mile at Indiana Relays in a time of 4:49.60…won with the 4x800m relay at Gladstein Invitational…notched first as part of the DMR squad at Indiana Relays.
Outdoor:
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was canceled.
2018-2019
Cross Country:
Saw her best finish of third place at the Illini Open in a time of 18:24.0… crossed 22nd at the Miami Open with a time of 23:11.90… competed at the Bradley Pink Classic where she clocked a time of 22:04.7.
Indoor:
Competed at Big Ten Championships in the 800m…was runner-up in the mile at IU vs. Tennessee Duals with a time of 4:56.15…placed fifth in the 1000m in a time of 2:54.67 at Hoosier Open…secured fifth at Hoosier Hills in the 800m and clocked a time of 2:14.08…won with the 4x800m relay squad at Gladstein Invitational…took bronze with the DMR at Indiana Relays…competed with 4x400m relay team on two occasions—placed fourth at IU vs. Tennessee Duals and finished in fifth at Hoosier Open.
Outdoor:
Did not compete in a meet.
Prior to Indiana:
Personal Bests: 800m: 2:13.73, 1600m: 5:03.20, 3200m: 10:59.85
5th at the 2018 IHSAA State Championships (800m)
Cross Country:
Made season debut at the Coaching Tree Invitational with a 6K time of 21:21.0 ... finished 64th at Paul Short Invite (6K) with a time of 20:32.4 ... ran 21:27.5 in the 6K at the Nuttycombe Invitational ... finished 84th at the Big Ten Championships in 21:59.9 ... crossed the line in 53rd at the Great Lakes Regional with a time of 21:17.0.
2021-22
Cross Country:
Academic All-Big Ten honoree...finished 82nd at the Big 10 Championship, crossing the line at 22:35.2…won the Hoosier Invitational with a time of 22:02.0…crossed 30th in the 5k with a time of 19:11.7 at the John McNichols Invitational…picked up 34th and a time of 18:21.5 in the Joe Piane Invitational 5k…placed 61st with a time of 22:50.8 in the “B” race at the Nuttycombe Invitational…finished 82nd at the Big 10 Championship, crossing the line at 22:35.2.
2020-21
Cross Country:
Picked up 28th at the Big Ten Championships and secured a time of 21:21.2…had the opportunity to compete at the NCAA National Championships with the Hoosiers.
Indoor:
Secured eighth in the 800m with a time of 4:46.45 at Big Ten Championships…took home the bronze medal with the distance medley relay squad at Big Ten Championships…set a personal record in the 3000m in a time of 9:38.37 at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational…nabbed fourth at the Gladstein Invitational in the mile and clocked a time of a 4:45.53…raced to fifth in the 800m in a time of 2:10.25 at the Hoosier Hills Invitational…placed second with the distance medley relay squad at the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Invitational.
Outdoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree… Academic All-Big Ten Honoree…saw the opportunity to compete in the 1500m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round…took 10th in the 1500m at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 4:36.22…set a personal best time of 4:22.45 in the 1500m at the Big Ten Indiana No. 4…crossed the finish line first with the 4x1600m meter relay team at Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays…also nabbed fourth the distance medley relay team at the same meet.
2019-20
Cross Country:
Made the seven-person roster for NCAA Championships…clocked a time of 21:53.1 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships… crossed the finish line 51st in a personal best time of 21:21.7 during the Big Ten Championship 6K…finished 16th at the Miami Opener with a time of 22:25.8in 6K…ran the Commodore Classic 6K in a time of 22:14.5 to place 33rd overall…set personal best in the 5K by clocking a time of 17:31.7 at Joe Piane Invite.
Indoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…named an Academic All-Big Ten Honoree…tabbed for USTFCCCA All-Academic... part of the DMR squad that placed fifth at Big Ten Championships…also competed in the mile at Big Ten Championships…won the mile at Vanderbilt Invitational in a time of 4:48.49…took gold in the mile with a time of 4:51.72 and fourth in the 3000m in a time of 10:07.24 at IU vs. Tennessee Duals…competed in the 800m and clocked a time of 2:09.70 to place second at Gladstein Invitational…raced to bronze with a time of 2:51.94 in the 1000m at Hoosier Open…picked up fourth in the mile at Indiana Relays in a time of 4:49.60…won with the 4x800m relay at Gladstein Invitational…notched first as part of the DMR squad at Indiana Relays.
Outdoor:
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was canceled.
2018-2019
Cross Country:
Saw her best finish of third place at the Illini Open in a time of 18:24.0… crossed 22nd at the Miami Open with a time of 23:11.90… competed at the Bradley Pink Classic where she clocked a time of 22:04.7.
Indoor:
Competed at Big Ten Championships in the 800m…was runner-up in the mile at IU vs. Tennessee Duals with a time of 4:56.15…placed fifth in the 1000m in a time of 2:54.67 at Hoosier Open…secured fifth at Hoosier Hills in the 800m and clocked a time of 2:14.08…won with the 4x800m relay squad at Gladstein Invitational…took bronze with the DMR at Indiana Relays…competed with 4x400m relay team on two occasions—placed fourth at IU vs. Tennessee Duals and finished in fifth at Hoosier Open.
Outdoor:
Did not compete in a meet.
Prior to Indiana:
Personal Bests: 800m: 2:13.73, 1600m: 5:03.20, 3200m: 10:59.85
5th at the 2018 IHSAA State Championships (800m)
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