Jenna Hutchins
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Nationality | American |
Born | Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. | March 25, 2004
Height | 5'4" (1.62 m) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and Field, Cross Country |
Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m, 3200 m, 5000 m, Cross Country |
Team | Science Hill |
Coached by | Joan Hunter |
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Jenna Hutchins (born March 25, 2004),[1] is a high school and "Under 20" record-breaking American long distance runner from Johnson City, Tennessee. She ranked within the global top 100 for 5000 metres athletes in 2020.[2]
Early life
Hutchins lived in Johnson City, but the family also lived just across the border in North Carolina. They moved to Pflugerville, Texas when she was ten years old, staying a few years, after her father got a work promotion. She ran there and doubled as a forward and midfielder in soccer.[3][4] Hutchins is an accomplished violinist and has volunteered locally as a youth running coach and at the Johnson City Public Library. "She has a great work ethic," said Frankie Nunn, head coach of Tennessee High. She maintained a 4.0 Grade Point Average at the school.[5] In 2021, Hutchins committed to attending Brigham Young University,[6] and was scheduled to start classes in January 2022.[7]
Competition
2015
Hutchins ran the 3,000 meters twice when she was 11, winning in 11–12-year-old girls in 12:24.5 at the Speedster Cross Country Classic, and finishing second in the 3K at the South Texas Junior Olympic Championships in 12:13.0.[4]
2019
Hutchins was named the 2019–2020 Tennessee Girls Cross Country Gatorade Player of the Year, winning the Footlocker South Regional Cross Country Championships in 16:54,[5] She was ranked 9th in the nation at the mile, with a time of 4:43.33, and fifth at two miles, in 10:25.01.[8] In December, as a sophomore, Hutchins finished fifth in the Footlocker national cross country championship race. [9]
2020
In January, she won both the mile and two-mile runs at the Virginia Showcase in Lynchburg. In February, she finished 4th in the Millrose Games indoor mile, setting a state indoor record at 15-years-old.[10] At 16, she took the women's 5000 at the Five & Dime Athletics Meeting in South Carolina with a time of 15:34.47. It was a new (pending) national high school record,[11] and also the new American youth (under 18) best, American junior (under 20) outdoor standard[12] and the North American junior record.[13] That mark was the fastest girls' U18 time in the world in 2020.[14] Hutchins was selected as Athlete of the Week by USA Track & Field as a result.[15] She also ran the first-ever high school girls' cross-country 5,000 in less than 16 minutes, in Huntsville, Alabama.[12] She was ranked third indoors in the U.S. at 1600m, running 4:48.10, fifth in the mile at 4:45.12, and 5th at 1500m at 4:26.77. Outdoors she ranked first at 3200m, running 9:49.83.[8]
2021
Before injury shortened her season, Jenna posted nation-leading times in the 1600 (4:44.13) and 3200 meters (9:52.33) and lowered her own Science High 800 meter record to 2:13.65.[6]
Honors and awards
During her sophomore year in 2018–2019, she won the Tennessee Gatorade Female Track & Field Player of the Year award, earning her the opportunity as a part of Gatorade's "Play it Forward cause marketing platform," to award a $1,000 grant to her choice of a local or national youth sports organization, and duplicated the honors in 2020 and 2021.[5][6] In 2019 she earned All-American status for a second straight year at the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.,[5][10]
References
- ^ Jenna HUTCHINS, World Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ senior outdoor 2020 5000 Metres women. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ Jenna Hutchins Talks One Last Race, XC And The Maze Runner, Milesplit, Cory Mull, August 6, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ a b Meet the April SportsKids of the Month!, Sports Illustrated, April 7, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ a b c d SCIENCE HILL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETE NAMED GATORADE TENNESSEE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR, Gatorade, January 27, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c Science Hill distance star Jenna Hutchins NET female athlete of the year, Kingsport Times-News, Tanner Cook, June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ Science Hill’s Hutchins leaves larger-than-life mark on area running, Johnson City Press, Tanner Cook Dec 25, 2021/ Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- ^ a b [1], Milesplit, December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ 2019–2020 TENNESSEE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY PLAYER OF THE YEAR, Gatorade, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ a b A run of success: victories, records and awards piling up for Hutchins, News & Neighbor, Dave Ongie, February 11, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ Girls High School record, Track and Field News, December 14, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ a b Jenna Hutchins Emerges As The Fastest HS 5000 Runner Ever, Track and Field News, Tanner Cook, December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Dawson, Andrew (2020-12-14). Jenna Hutchins Adds to Her Record Collection, Breaking the U20 5K Record. Runner's World. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ U18 Outdoor 2020 5000 Metres Women World Athletics, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ Hutchins, Moore earn USATF Athlete of the Week honors. USATF (2020-12-17). Retrieved 2021-01-24.