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Jennifer Angles - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Jennifer Angles

Position Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Overland Park, Kan.
High School St. Thomas Aquinas HS
Position Distance
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Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Posted a second-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at the Emporia State Relays (4/1) with a time of 17:42.95 … Finished fifth in the 5,000 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28), clocking in at 17:52.86 … Posted an eighth-place finish at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:49.88.

2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a time of 10:20.43 … Posted an 11th-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) recording a time of 10:14.03.

2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.)
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 … Took the bronze at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) with her 5K clocking of 18:30.5.

2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Claimed fourth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:04.97 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) … Finished seventh at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a 5,000-meter time of 18:42.69 … Clocked a time of 18:29.12 in the 5,000 meters at the Nike Texas Relays (4/2), placing 22nd.

2016 INDOOR (RSo.)
Runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) after clocking a time of 10:21.42 …. Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:13.10 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) … Took fifth overall at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) with a 3,000-meter time of 10:26.14 … Turned in a top-50 finish in the 5,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic (2/13), finishing the race in 17:51.18 and earning 45th overall.

2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.) 
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 Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2015 OUTDOOR (So.)
Came on strong for the Jayhawk distance squad in her second season running outdoors … Posted a 14th-place finish in her first-career 10,000-meter race at the Big 12 Championship (5/17), finishing in 37:18.07 … Opened her outdoor campaign with a win in the 5,000 meters at the ESU Spring Open (3/28) after she posted a time of 17:40.72 … Turned in back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/17) and the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2), finishing in 17:37.15 and 17:27.39, respectively … Named Academic All-Big 12 Second Team for the first time.

2015 INDOOR (RS-Fr.)
Picked up a runner-up finish in the 3,000 meters in her first-career indoor race at the Bill Easton Classic (1/9), crossing the finish in 10:12.90 … Fastest 3,000-meter time of the season came at the Husker Invitational (2/7) when she posted 10:02.33 en route to a seventh-place finish … Competed at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) for the first time, notching a 37th-place finish in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:15.20 … Lone 5,000-meter finish of the season came at the Iowa State Classic (2/14) when she placed 43rd with her time of 17:25.75.

2014 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
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 5K time of 19:21.10 … Finished 36th at the Rim Rock Classic (10/4) with a 6K time of 23:19.8.

2014 OUTDOOR (Fr.) 
Set a personal record in the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/17), completing the race in 18:04.99 and placing 10th … Ran the 3,000 meters at the Battle on the Bayou (4/5), placing ninth with a time of 10:21.43 … Her best finish came at the Sun Angel Classic (4/11), finishing the 5,000 meters in 18:11.27, placing seventh.

2014 INDOOR (Fr.) 
Utilized redshirt season.

2013 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.) 
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 (27), Steven (24), Bridget (22) and Paul (18) … 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.