Jenelle Rogers

Jenelle Rogers - Javelin at Texas Relays

Position:
Jumps/Multis
Class:
Senior
High School:
Oswego
Hometown:
Oswego, Ill.

Jenelle Rogers TFRRS Career Results

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 4x All-American (2023 outdoor; 2024 indoor; 2024 outdoor; 2025 indoor) ... MAC Team Champion (2023) ... 7x conference champion ... 15x conference medalist ... 2x conference MVP (2023, 2024) ... 4x MAC most outstanding performer (2023, 2024, 2024, 2025) ... 4x first-team All-MAC (2023-25), second-team in 2023 ... earned Academic All-MAC (2022-2023) … earned USTFCCA All-Academic Team (2022) … earned Academic All-District (2023) … named second-team All-MAC (outdoor 2023) … named first-team All-American (outdoor 2023) ... MAC Outdoor Championships record 5,667 points in the heptathlon in 2024 ... MAC overall record 6,018 points in the heptathlon at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships (5th) ... fourth at 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships with 5,991 points in the heptathlon..

2024 OUTDOOR: Competed in eight meets ... won the heptathlon at the 96th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (Mar. 27-28) with a score of 5825 ... competed in four events at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 13), winning the shot put (15.35 meters) and the 100-meter hurdles (13.93), finishing second in the long jump with a mark of 6.12 meters and finishing third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.29 ... competed in four events at the Outdoor Music City Challenge (Apr. 26-27), finishing second in the long jump with a mark of 6.10 meters, sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.58, eighth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.09 and was part of the second place 4x100-meter relay team ... was a dominant competitor at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 9-11), winning the heptathlon with a score of 5657, the long jump with a mark of 6.21 meters and the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.55, finished second in the shot put with a mark of 15.48 meters, third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.76 and fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.73 meters ... competed in the long jump at the NCAA East First Round (May 23), finishing 23rd overall with a mark of 6.05 meters ... qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (Jun. 5-6) in the heptathlon, finishing fourth overall with a score of 5991 and achieving personal bests in the 800-meter run and javelin throw ... USA Olympic Trials qualifier and 10th-place finish in heptathlon ... second-best shot put throw (51-8.5) in heptathlon shot put in Olympic Trials history ... qualified for the Thorpe Cup (Jul. 20-21) in the heptathlon, representing Team USA in Germany with a fifth place finish and a score of 5878.

2024 INDOOR: Competed in eight meets ... opened the 23-2024 season at the BGSU Tom Wright Open (Dec. 9) with a sweep, winning the shot put (14.20 meters), the long jump (5.83 meters) and the 60-meter hurdles (8.60) ... finished second in the high jump with a mark of 1.65-meters, fourth in the shot put with a mark of 14.32-meters and fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.73 at the Hawkeye invite (Jan. 13) ... won the shot put (14.22 meters) and 60-meter hurdles (8.52), as well as finishing second in the long jump with a mark of 5.61 meters at the Bob Parks Memorial meet (Jan. 20) ... similarly, won the shot put (14.79 meters) and 60-meter hurdles (8.58), and took second in the long jump with a mark of 5.93 meters at the IUPUI Invitational (Jan. 26-27) ... won the pentathlon at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2) with a score of 4163, achieving personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles (8.42) and the high jump (1.76 meters) ... took first in the long jump at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 9) with a mark of 5.86 meters ... won the pentathlon at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 23-24) with a score of 4056 while also finishing first in the long jump (6.26 meters), fourth in the high jump (1.72 meters) and fourth in the shot put (14.90 meters) ... qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the pentathlon, finishing as the Division I runner-up and achieving a new personal best score of 4430.

2023 OUTDOOR: Competed in eight meets … placed fourth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.30 and eighth in the 200m with a time of 25.23 at the Margaret Simmons Invite (Mar. 25) … placed sixth in the long jump at the Joe Walker Invitational (Apr. 7) with a jump of 5.85m … placed seventh in the shot put at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 15) with a throw of 13.34m … placed tenth in the shot put with a throw of 13.99m, placed first in the long jump with a jump of 5.81m, and ran a college-best time of 12.18 in the 100m at the Jesse Owen’s Track & Field Classic (Apr. 21-22) … placed fourth in the high jump at the Music City Challenge (Apr. 29) with a jump of 1.73m … placed first in the heptathlon with 5667 points, achieving the top placement in the shot put with a throw of 13.74m, the 200m with a time of 24.38, and the long jump with a jump of 6.11m at the Mid-American Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11) … also placed 12th and threw a college-best in the javelin with a throw of 31.05m, placed sixth in the high jump with a jump of 1.69m, placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 14.46m, placed second and jumped a college-best in the long jump with a distance of 6.21m, and ran a college-best in the 100m hurdles preliminaries with a time of 13.71, finishing sixth in the finals with a time of 13.84 at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 12-13) … placed fifth and achieved a college-best score of 6018 in the heptathlon at the NCAA Divison I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (Jun. 9-10), finishing first and throwing a college-best in the shot put round with a throw of 15.55m, finishing third and running a college-best in the 200m with a time of 23.59, and finishing 10th running a college-best in the 800m with a time of 2:21.55.

2022-23 INDOOR: Competed in seven meets … placed second in the long jump at the Tom Wright Open (Dec. 10) with a jump of 5.69m … tied for sixth in the high jump at the Hawkeye Invite (Jan. 14) with a jump of 1.60m … placed fourth in the long jump with a jump of 5.60m and seventh in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.96 at the 2023 Gladstein Invitational (Jan. 21-22) … placed first in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.81, second in the long jump with a jump of 5.88m, and helped the team finish third in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:53.19 at the 2023 Indiana University Relays (Jan. 27-28) … placed third in the pentathlon with a score of 3962, specifically finishing first in the shot put with a throw of 13.34m, achieved a college-best and finished second in the high jump with a jump of 1.73m, and ran a collegiate-best and placed fifth in the 60m hurdles at the 2023 Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3) … tied for second in the high jump with a jump of 1.63m and placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 12.77m at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 10-11) … placed second in the pentathlon with 3938 points, specifically finishing first in the shot put with a throw of 12.60m, second in the long jump with a jump of 5.79m, third in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.75, fifth in the high jump with a jump of 1.63m, and 6th in the 800m with a time of 2:28.13 at the Mid-American Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb 24) … also helped the team place fourth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:51.58, placed fourth in the long jump with a jump of 5.79m, and placed seventh in the high jump with a jump of 1.70m at the Mid-American Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 24-25).

2022 OUTDOOR: Competed in eight meets … tabbed Academic All-MAC … selected to USTFCCA All-Academic Team … placed fifth in the heptathlon at the MAC Outdoor Championships (May 12) with 4,981 points … placed second in the long jump at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (March 26) with a jump of 5.64m … finished ninth in the heptathlon with 4,720 points at the Tennessee Relays (April 7) … set season-best time of 14.75 in the 100-meter hurdles at the We Fly Challenge (April 16) … jumped a season-long 5.83m in the long jump at the Jesse Owens Classic (April 22) … placed third in the shot put with a throw of 12.26m at the Jack Shaw Invite (April 29).

2022 INDOOR: Competed in six meets … tabbed Academic All-MAC … placed fifth in the pentathlon with 3,546 points at the MAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) … won shot put portion of the pentathlon at the same meet with a throw of 12.56m … set season-best mark of 12.59m in the shot put at the Hoosier Open (Dec. 10) … ran season-best time of 26.83 in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.83 at the Jim Green Invitational (Jan. 15) … helped 4x400-meter relay team to finish second with a time of 3:52.57 at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 22).

2021 OUTDOOR: Competed in eight meets … placed second in the long jump with a mark of 5.33m at the Blizzard Buster (March 20) … placed second in the high jump at the Louisville Invitational (April 2) with a mark of 1.71m … took second in the high jump (1.71m) and triple jump (11.68m) at the Black & Gold Invitational (April 16) … won the triple jump at the RedHawk Invitational (April 24) with a jump of 11.62m.

2021 INDOOR: Competed in five meets … won the high jump at both the Bowling Green Opener (Jan. 16) and Sid Sink Invite (Jan. 29) with cleared marks of 1.65m and 1.69m, respectively … set season-best triple jump mark at 11.12m and took fourth at the Bowling Green Opener (Jan. 16) … ran season-best 400-meter time of 1:00.67 at the Ball State Tune-Up (Feb. 18).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner on the track & field team at Oswego for coach Jamie Bechina … two-time all-state honoree and three-time All-Southwest Prairie Conference selection in the high jump … established the program record in both the indoor (5'-8") and outdoor (5'-9") high jump as a junior … placed second at the state meet in the high jump as a junior, following a third-place finish her sophomore campaign … also a member of the Panthers pro-gram-record setting 4x400m relay which placed 13th at the IHSA 3A Girls State Track & Field Championships with a time of 4:00.91 last season … named Oswego's Field MVP in each of the last two seasons and is a two-time Kendall County Now's MVA Athlete of the Week … helped lead her program to a pair of SPC Championships, as well as a sectional runner-up finish her junior season … also played two-and-a-half seasons of varsity basketball at Oswego, moving up from the junior varsity squad during her sophomore season … named program's Best Defensive Player as a freshman and sophomore, while earning Best Offensive Player honors as a junior … two-time Kendall County Now's MVA Athlete of the Week and was named the Kendall County Now's Girl's Basketball Player of the Year as a junior.

PERSONAL: Has one sister, Jennah, who also competes on Ball State’s track and field team … chose Ball State because of the location and distance, as it's not too far away from home, in addition to being a good match for her both academically and athletically.