Jenna Schifferer

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Batavia
Hometown:
Batavia, Ill.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Earned Academic All-MAC (2023).

2024 OUTDOOR: Did not compete in any meets due to injury.

2024 INDOOR: Did not compete in any meets due to injury.

2023 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four meets ... finished seventh at the We Fly 2023 Collegiate Cross Country Invitational (Sep. 1) with a 5k time of 19:50.4.

2023 OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets … placed fifth in the 800m at the Blizzard Buster (Mar. 17) with a time of 2:26.33 … placed fifth in the 5000m at the Margaret Simmons Invite (Mar. 25) with a time of 18:34.53 … ran a college-best in the 800m (2:23.12) and 1500m (4:49.33) at the Joe Walker Invitational (Apr. 8) … won the 10000m at the Ball State We Fly Challenge (Apr. 14) with a time of 39:30.50 … placed sixth in the 5000m at the Music City Challenge (Apr. 29) with a time of 17:47.37.

2023 INDOOR: Competed in three meets … placed ninth in the 3000m at the Gladstein Invitational (Jan. 20) with a time of 10:37.10 … improved 3000m time to 10:22.45 and ran a college best at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11).

2022 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four meets … improved 6k time from 23:53.0 at the BGSU Falcon Classic (Oct. 14) to 22:55.7 at the MAC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 29).

2022 OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets … set season-best 10,000-meter time of 39:46.84 at the MAC Outdoor Championships (May 14) … earned victory in 10,000-meter run at the We Fly Challenge (April 16) with a time of 40:19.30 … set season-best time of 10:59.02 in the 3,000-meter run at the Blizzard Buster (March. 18) … earned outdoor-best times in both the 800-meter run (2:31.65) and 1,500-meter run (4:55.65) at the Redbird Invite (April 2) … also set 5,000-meter season-best and placed sixth with a time of 18:41.43 at the Jack Shaw Invite (April 30).

2022 INDOOR: Competed in three meets … helped distance medley relay team to finish sixth at the MAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 26) with a time of 12:12.86 … ran season-best mile time of 5:32.27 at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 5) … helped distance medley relay squad to cross the line in 12:15.05 and finish sixth at same meet … set 5,000-meter season-best time of 18:56.84 at the Doug Raymond National Qualifier (Feb. 12).

2021 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six meets … finished 22nd and ran season-best 5k time of 18:35.6 at the Butler Twilight (Sept. 3) … improved 6k time from 23:09.8 at the Bradley Pink Classic (Oct. 15) to 22:43.9 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 12) … ran 22:57.2 at the MAC Championships (Oct. 30).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at Batavia High School … competed for head coach Chad Hillman … was an all-conference performer four times in cross country and twice in track … named the team MVP in cross country as a junior … received the team’s leadership award in both cross country and track as a senior … helped the 4x800-meter relay team break the school record … guided team to a fourth-place finish in state in cross country as a junior … led team to sectional championship in track as a senior … team won regional championship during freshman, sophomore and junior campaigns … named to the honor roll all four years in high school … member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Andrew and Kimberly Schifferer … has two siblings: Isaac and Celia … plans to major in dietetics … chose Ball State because of the dietetics program, campus, coaches, teammates and professors.