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Jennifer Burris
Jennifer Burris

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Chino Hills, Calif.

High School:
Ayala

Height:
5-7

Event:
Distance

Birthdate:
05/13/1980

Arizona: Ran as a consistent No. 4 runner for the 2001 cross country team… Finished 15th (21:38.2) at the Pac-10 Championships, 16th (21:57.3) at the NCAA West Regional, and 82nd (21:58) at the NCAA Championships... Ran well at the right time, late in the season, for the 2000 Cross Country team... Finished as the team's second runner in 15th place (21:00) at the NCAA West Regional to earn All-Region honors... Was the team's No. 3 runner in 122nd (22:09.2) at the NCAA Championships... Placed 26th (21:44.47) at the Pac-10 Championships... Academic All-Pac-10 honorable mention... Qualified for the Pac-10 Championships during the 2000 track and field season with a time of 4:38.22 in the 1,500m at the Jim Click Shootout... Finished ninth in the event at the Pac-10 meet, running 4:39.23... Ran 4:59.88aa in the indoor mile at the MPSF Championships where she finished sixth... 2000 Mary P. Roby Academic Achievement Award Winner... Academic All-Pac-10 honorable mention... Was the No. 3-4 runner for the 1999 Cross Country team... Finished 34th (18:11) and was the team's No. 3 runner at the NCAA West Regional... Also the team's No. 3 runner, finishing 158th (18:22.20) at the NCAA Championships... Ran the team's best 1,500m time of 1999, 4:30.52, at the ASU-NAU-UA double-dual meet... She won that race and later finished 12th (4:43.63) at the same distance at the Pac-10 Championships... Ran 2:16.90 in the 800m at the Arizona Elite Classic... 1998 Cross Country... Was the team's No. 5-6 runner throughout the season... Finished 203rd, Arizona's No. 6 runner at the NCAA Championships (19:12.58)... Was 45th at the NCAA West Regional (18:17)... Preceded that performance with a 41st-place finish at the Pac-10 Championships (18:57).

High School: Attended Ayala H.S. in Chino Hills, Calif... Lettered three times in cross country and four times in track and field... Two-year team captain... All-Sierra League pick four years... All-CIF Southern Section four years in a row... All-state twice... School's Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1996 and 1998... Holds school records in the 1,500m, 1,600m, 3,000m, 3,200m, 5,000m and three miles...

Personal: Jennifer Christine Burris... Born 5-13-80 in Orange, Calif... Daughter of Richard and Claire Burris... Has one brother, Matt, and two sisters, Katie and Meghan... Majoring in nutritional science with a minor in chemistry... Would like to become a nutritionist or a teacher.

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