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2012 Women's XC Roster

Danielle Jewkes

  • Class Junior
  • Height 5-2
  • Highschool American Fork HS
  • Hometown American Fork, Utah

Biography

OUT 2013: Competed in five meets during the outdoor season, racing in the 800-meter, 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter runs and in the 4x400-meter relay ... finished third in the 1,500-meters at the Stanford Invitational ... finished ninth in the 5,000-meters at the Big Sky Championship ... garnered academic all-Big Sky honors.  OUT 2012: Competed in eight meets during the outdoor season, racing in the 800-meters, 1,500-meters, 5,000-meters and 4x400-meter relay ... finished first in the mile at the SUU/NAU Dual and second in the 5,000-meters at the Azusa Pacific Invite ... tallied points for the T-Birds with a third-place finish in the 1,500-meters and 11th-place finish in the 800-meters at the Summit League Championship ... named an all-Summit League athlete and garnered academic all-Summit League honors.  OUT 2011: Did not compete ... garnered academic all-Summit League honors.

IN 2013: Did not compete. IN 2012: Competed in five meetsd during the indoor season, racing in the 800-meters, mile, 3,000-meters and 4x400-meter relay ... finished first in the mile at NAU's Mountain T Invite. ... finished sixth in the mile and 11th in the 3,000-meters at the Summit League Championship ... set a third-place Southern Utah record in the 3,000-meters.  IN 2011: Competed in two meets during the indoor season, running in the 800-meters, mile and 3,000-meters.

XC 2012: Competed in six meets during the season, finishing in the squad's top four at every meet ... helped the women to a second-place conference finish with a sixth-place individual finish at the Big Sky Championship ... went on to finish 16th at the NCAA Mountain Region ... garnered all-Big Sky and all-Region status.  XC 2011: Competed in five meets during the season ... finished 78th at the Mountain Region ... garnered academic all-Summit League and Distinguished Scholar recognition.  XC 2010: Competed in all seven meets of the season ... Recorded personal best times in the 3K (11:06), 5K (17:35.3) and 6K (21:55.4) ... Finished 13th at the Summit League Cross Country Championship helping the Thunderbirds to a second place finish ... Named to the Summit League all-conference team and academic all-conference team.

Prep: Competed at American Fork HS, helping the Cavemen to the Utah state cross country championship ... earned all-state honors in the 800- and 1,600-meters ... broke a 17-year-old school record in the 800-meters ... four-time academic all-region honoree.

Personal: Parents are Terry and Susan West ... majoring in biology ... married SUU distance runner Nate Jewkes in Spring, 2012 ... younger brother Austin, is also on the SUU T&F team.

Personal Bests

800-meters: 2:13.63

Mile: 4:55.54

1,500-meters: 4:25.98

3,000-meters: 9:51.36

5,000-meters: 16:32.78

6,000-meters: 21:55.4

10,000-meters: 16:59.55

Historical Player Information

  • 2010Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2011Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2012Junior

    5'2"