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Jennifer Angles - Cross Country - Kansas Jayhawks

Jennifer Angles

Height 5'8''
Class Senior
Hometown Overland Park, Kan.
High School St. Thomas Aquinas HS
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CAREER RESULTS

SENIOR (2016)
Competed in all five of the Jayhawks’ team meets in 2016 … Member of the squad that competed in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/11), where she placed 115th after finishing the 6K with a time of 22:07.7 … Claimed 46th at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) with her 6K time of 22:17.8 … Season-best 6K time came at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1), where she completed the course in 21:57.5, good enough for 15th place … Took the bronze at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) with her 5K clocking of 18:30.5.

JUNIOR (2015)
Competed in all six of the Jayhawks’ meets in 2015 … Member of the squad that competed at the NCAA Championships (11/21) and finished 248th overall with a 6K time of 22:48.7 … Turned in a top-50 finish at the Big 12 Championship (10/31) after she completed the 6K course in 22:14.9 for 42nd overall … The Jayhawks’ sixth finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13) after she crossed the 6K finish in 21:48.5 to place 72nd overall … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

SOPHOMORE (2014)
Competed in four meets for the Jayhawks … Kicked off her season with a third-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/30) after posting a 5K time of 19:21.10 … Finished 36th at the Rim Rock Classic (10/4) with a 6K time of 23:19.8.

FRESHMAN (2013) 
Saw action in four meets in her first season as a Jayhawk … Opened her collegiate career by leading her team at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/31), posting a second-place finish with her 5K time of 19:16.53 … Member of the Jayhawks’ Big 12 Championship (11/2) team and earned a 61st-place finish after completing the 6K in 22:37.7, a season best … Took 53rd in the Open Race at the ISU Pre-National Invitational (10/19) after crossing the 6K finish line in 23:24.73.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time all-state performer with a seventh-place finish at the Kansas state cross country meet as a senior … Three-time member of All-EKL (Eastern Kansas League) cross country team … Member of state champion team as a freshman and senior and the state runner-up team as a sophomore and junior … Holds third-fastest 4K time in school history with a mark of 15:15 … Competed on the varsity basketball team for three seasons and soccer team as a freshman and junior … Four-time member of the honor roll.

PERSONAL
Jennifer Nicole Angles is the daughter of Ignacio and Marybeth … Has four siblings: Erin, Steven, Bridget and Paul … Father, Ignacio, played baseball at Johnson Country Community College and basketball at UMKC … Mother, Marybeth, aunt and two uncles attended KU … Majoring in strategic communications.