Jess Engel (Sturgis HS, SD; Oklahoma)

Jessica Engel

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Sturgis, S.D.

High School:
Sturgis

Squad:
Varsity

• 2011 All-Midwest Region
• 2011 All-Big 12 Conference
• 2008 All-Big 12 Conference

2011
Qualified as an individual at the NCAA Championships as she placed 86th with a time of 20:54 ... Finished fifth at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 21:04.33 ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team ... Placed fifth overall and first among the Oklahoma women at the Big 12 Championships, clocking a time of 19:47.1 to earn her second All-Big 12 honor ... Finished eighth at the Chile Pepper Festival with a time of 20:27.9 ... Placed 12th overall at the Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 21:02.

2010
Redshirted.

2009
Finished 11th (22:02) out of 193 runners at the Roy Griak Invitational

2008
Received All-Big 12 honors with an 18th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships ... Covered the course in a time of 21:49 ... Improved 17 spots from freshman season at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing 28th with a time of 21:48 ... Took seventh (17:52) in first action of the season at the Missouri Southern Stampede ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 team.

2007
Enjoyed the best season of all newcomers, including finishing third in her first collegiate event ... Took the bronze in the Golden Hurricane Invitational with a two-mile time of 11:19, just 33 seconds behind the leader ... Was second on the team in the Roy Griak Invitational, finishing 69th ... Continued her season-long streak as the first newcomer to cross the finish line by finishing 62nd in the Penn State National Invitational, 1:42 behind the leader.

High School
2007 state champion (4:57.98) in 1600-meter run and runner-up (2:14.78) in 800 ... Runner-up (11:04.93) in 3200 and sixth (5:04.10) in 1600 at 2006 state meet ... Sixth in 1600 (5:08.82) and 3200 (11:13.97) at 2005 state meet ... Placed third at 2006 Class AA state cross country meet after finishing fourth in 2005 and ninth in 2004.

Personal
Daughter of Del and Rhonda Engel ... Has one brother, Billy Byfield, and one sister, Jennifer Brinkman.

Courtesy Oklahoma