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2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Austin Jenkins

Austin Jenkins

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Trenton, NJ
  • High School:
    Hamilton West

Summary

Biography

Graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in accounting in May 2018.

2017: CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient...Hofstra Provost's List student in both semesters...CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee... Ran in all seven competitions as a senior...Placed seventh in 16:53 in the 5K Hofstra Quad...Clocked a career-best 8K time of 26:25 to place 171st in the Princeton Invitational...Posted a time of 26:43 to place 79th at the Lehigh Paul Short Run...Recorded his best-time ever in a CAA Championship with a 35th place finish in 27:27...Finished 200th in 35:55 at the 10K NCAA Regional.

2016: CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient..Ran in all six meets as a junior…Clocked a season-best 8K time of 27:05 to finish 180th at the Princeton Invitational…Placed 101st in 28:28 at the 8K Virginia Panorama Farms Invitational…Posted a time of 28:32 to finish 47th at the CAA Championships…Recorded a career-best 10K time of 35:33 to finish 225th at the NCAA Northeast Regional…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…Two-time Hofstra Dean’s List honoree.

2015: CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient..Competed in five meets as a sophomore…Recorded a season-best 6K time of 21:51 to place 70th at the Manhattan Invitational…Clocked season-best 8K times in three consecutive meets…Posted a season-best 8K time of 28:25 to place 47th in the CAA Championships…Finished 72nd in 28:38 at the 8K Brown Rothenberg Run…Clocked a time of 35:56 to finish 233rd at the NCAA Northeast Regional…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…Two-time Hofstra Provost’s List honoree.

2014: CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient..Ran in seven meets as a freshman…Posted a season-best 5K time of 16:43 to place 13th at the St. John’s-Hofstra Fall Festival…Clocked an 8K best time of 27:00 to place 26th at the LIU Post Invitational…Recorded a time of 27:16 to finish 242nd at the Princeton Invitational…Placed 48th in 27:41 at the 8K CAA Championships…Posted a time of 35:41 for 249th place in the NCAA Northeast Regional…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…Two-time Hofstra Dean’s List honoree.

High School: Four-year member of the outdoor track team, three years on the swimming team and two years on both the cross country and soccer teams at Hamilton High School West in Trenton, New Jersey…Most Valuable Runner in cross country as a junior and a senior…Hamilton West Athlete of the Year as a senior…Posted scholastic best times of 16:50 for the 5K…Member of the Hornets’ outdoor track county championship team.
 
Personal: Born June 21, 1996…Has one brother…Owns and operates his own DJ business…Accounting major.



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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

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  • 2015Sophomore

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