2017-18 Track & Field Roster
Jessica Bryzek
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Indiana Academy
- Hometown:
- Brownsburg, Ind.
BALL STATE TOP PERFORMANCES - TFRRS Career Results Link
Cross Country PRs: 5K - 18:24.80 (9/30/16) | 6K - 23:13.8 (10/18/17)
Indoor PRs: Mile - 5:42.95 (1/31/15) | 3000m - 10:37.49 (1/13/17) | 5000m - 18:09.22 (2/4/17)
Outdoor PRs: 3000m - 10:37.95 (3/19/16) | 5000m - 18:22.54 (4/30/16)
2018 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (R-Jr.): Competed in three meets ... ran a season-fast 5000m of 18:47.68 to place 26th at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (March 31).
2018 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Sr.): Competed in three meets ... ran a season-fast 3000m of 10:54.72 to place 10th at the Mastodon Opener (Dec. 2) ... her season-fast 5000m time of 19:00.20 placed 18th at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3).
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.): Academic All-Mid-American Conference ... competed in six meets … scored in Ball State’s top five once … crossed the line with a career-best 6K time of 23:13.8 to place 71st among scored runners at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Oct. 28) … posted a season-best 5K time of 19:10.95 at the Louisville Classic (Sep. 30) … placed fourth on the team and 15th overall at the RedHawk Rumble (Sept. 23) with a 6K time of 24:13.2.
2017 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (R-So.): Competed in three meets … placed 26th in the 3000m run at the Stan Lyons Invitational (Match 18) with a season-fast time of 11:12.51 … her season fast 5000m run time of 18:34.38 placed 19th at the Illinois Twilight (April 24).
2017 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Jr.): Academic All-MAC … competed in four of Ball State’s eight meets … her career-fast 5000m time of 18:09.22 at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 4) placed seventh at the meet … ran a career-fast 3000m of 10:37.49 to place 29th at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 13).
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.): Academic All-MAC … scored in five of the six meets she competed in … led the Cardinals to the finish line at the Indiana Intercollegiate (Sept. 16) with a 5K time of 19:31.41 … team's second-fastest runner at the Joe Piane Invitational (Sept. 30) with a career-fast 5K time of 18:24.8 … finished fourth on the team at the season-opening Butler Open (Sept. 2), and fifth on the team at the Bradley Pink Classic (Oct. 14) and the MAC Championship (Oct. 29).
2016 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (R-Fr.): Academic All-Mid-American Conference … competed in five meets … turned in a career-fast 5000m time of 18:22.54 to place 14th at the RedHawk Invitational … clocked a career-fast 3000m time of 10:37.95 at the season-opening Stan Lyons Invitational.
2016 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (So.): Academic All-MAC … competed in five meets … turned in a season-fast 5000m time of 18:51.14 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 12) … added a season-fast 3000m effort of 10:54.29 at the BGSU Opener (Feb. 9).
2015 CROSS COUNTRY (So.): Competed in five meets … placed 82nd at the MAC Championships (Oct. 31) with a time of 24:49.3 … turned in a season-fast 6K time of 24:34.1 to place 223rd at the Pre-National (Oct. 17) meet … logged a season-fast 5K effort of 19:37.73 to place 126th at the Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 3).
2015 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Fr.): Redshirted at Ball State.
2015 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Fr.): Competed in five meets … led the Cardinals in the 5000m run with a season-fast time of 20:59.00 at the BG Opener (Jan. 10) … turned in a season-fast 3000m run effort of 10:40.22 at the Ball State Open (Feb. 20), which ranked her second on the squad … also recorded a career-fast mile time of 5:42.95 at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 31).
2014 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.): Competed in all seven meets … was Ball State’s third-best runner at the Ohio Invitational (Sept. 5) with a career-best 6K effort of 24:33.12 to place 18th in the event … her career-best 5K time of 19:30.6 came at the Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 3) … placed 102nd at the Mid-American Conference Championships with a 6K time of 24:35.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended the Indiana Academy, but was a three-year participant and two-year letterwinner at Burris Laboratory School for coaches Bret Nellin (2011), Dave Harmen (2012) and Bill Mitchell (2013) … First-Team All-Conference and team captain her senior year, helping guide the Owls to a conference championship … placed second at the conference meet as a senior, following a seventh-place finish as a junior … turned in a career-best time of 19:45 at the Blackford Invitational her senior year … also placed fourth at sectionals (20:11) and sixth at regionals (19:57) her senior campaign … was also a three-year participant and two-year letterwinner in track & field at Burris for coach Maya Leblanc … earned First Team All-Conference honors as a senior after capturing the MEC 1600m run title in 5:44 and running as a member of the first-place 4x800m relay … also placed third in the 1600m run at sectionals as a senior, clocking in at 5:39 … set three career-best times as a senior; 1600m run (5:39.18), 800m run (2:39.00) and 400m dash (1:08.00) … logged a career-best time of 12:29.88 in the 3200m run as a junior.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Bruce and Jennifer Bryzek… full name is Jessica Anne Bryzek… has one sister, Samantha, and one brother, Ethan… born December 19, 1995 in Indianapolis … maintains a 3.681 grade point average as a biology major.
