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Gabi Jenkins

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Papillion, Neb
  • Highschool Papillion-LaVista South

Biography

2015: Ran to a GPAC runner-up finish in the 5,000 meters at the GPAC Indoor Championships … earned two All-Conference honors at the GPAC Outdoor Championships … placed 5th in both the 3,000 steeplechase and 5,000 meters … now has earned 11 All-GPAC awards for her career … part of Distance medley team that competed at Drake Relays running third best time in NWU history … won the Steeplechase at the NWU-Doane dual and entered all-time charts with 8th fastest time (11:45.87) … also competed at the GPAC Indoor Championships in the 3,000 and just missed All-Conference honors with a 9th place finish … a Pflieger-Olson Scholar Athlete. 

2014: A two-time conference champion and national qualifier in her sophomore season … ran at the 2014 NCAA III Indoor Championships in Lincoln in the 3000 and placed 14th … won the GPAC Indoor Championship in the 5,000 … also won the 5,000 at the GPAC Outdoor Championships … won four total All-GPAC awards … finished as GPAC Runner-up in the 1500 at the Outdoor Meet … placed 5th in the 3,000 at the GPAC Indoor meet … shattered the NWU school record in the 3,000 at the Point National Qualifier with a  time of 9:48.94 … was named GPAC Track Athlete of the Week in February after winning the Frank Sevigne Invitational 3,000 meters race … a Pflieger-Olson Scholar Athlete.

2013: Conference champion in the 5,000 at the GPAC Indoor Championships in her first season … earned a total of four All-GPAC awards … placed fifth in the 5,000 at the GPAC indoor meet … added two more All-GPAC honors at the outdoor championships … placed fifth in the 10,000 and seventh in the 5,000 … won the 10,000 at the Prairie Wolf Invite … during indoor season won the 3,000 at the NWU Quad meet.

Academic: Exercise Science major.

In High School: A three-time state placer in track & field at Papillion-La Vista South … was fifth in the 4x800, seventh in the 3,200 and eighth in the 1,600 at the Class A State Track Meet … had career best times of 5:27 in the 1,600 and 11:24 in the 3,200 … placed 11th at the 2010 Class A State Cross Country meet.

Personal: Born 6/8/94, daughter of David and Stephanie Jenkins … also a member of NWU cross country team where she was 2014 GPAC Runner of the Year and an All-American.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior