Jenni Capista

Hometown: Shorewood, IL High School: Joliet West Event: Distance

2005 -- Indoor - ran season-best mile (5:24.18) at Gold Country Classic... placed eighth in mile (5:24.63) at UNI Invite... Outdoor - ran collegiate-best 3,000 meters (10:43.95) at Musco Twilight VII... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2004 -- Indoor - placed fifth in mile with collegiate-best 5:22.58 at UNI Invite... Outdoor - placed fourth with collegiate-best 1,500-meters (4:59.54) at UNI Twilight and ninth with collegiate-best 5,000 meters (18:47.14) at Iowa Musco Twilight VI... academic all-Big Ten ... Cross Country - team captain... competed in five of six races... ran collegiate-best in 6,000 meters at Pre-National Invite (23:29:90) ... placed fourth (11:27) at Hawkeye Invite, 17th (15:42) at Hawkeye Triangular and 66th (19:19:70) at Murray Keatinge Invite...academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2003 -- Indoor - ran season-best mile (5:27.81) at Cyclone Classic... Outdoor - redshirted... Cross Country - one of four Hawkeyes to compete in every race... ran collegiate-best 5,000 meters at Willamette Invite (19:15) and season-best 6,000 meters at Pre-National Invite (23:43)... placed seventh (23:51) at Big Ten Championships, 10th (11:33) at Hawkeye Invite and 20th (20:36) at Iowa State Open... academic all-Big Ten.

2002 -- Indoor - ran personal-best 800 meters (2:26.58) at Cyclone Classic... placed 13th in 800 meters at Minnesota Classic (2:29.13) and Meyo Invite (2:29.69)... placed eighth in mile (5:45.7) at Iowa Open... Outdoor - placed second in the 800 at UNI Open (2:34.42) and seventh at UMKC Quad (2:30.14)... Cross Country - placed 37th at Missouri Challenge with a season-best 20:05.60 in 5,000 meters... placed 30th (21:48) at UNO/CU Invite.

2001 -- Cross Country - ran personal-best 16:02 in 4,000 meters at Stanford Invite and season-bests in 5,000-meters (20:39) at Illinois Invite and 6,000 meters (25:28.7) at NCAA Midwest Regional... placed 91st (20:43.4) at Big Ten Championships.

High School -- three-time all-section in track... all-conference selection four times in track, twice in basketball and once in cross country... three-time track and two-time cross country team captain... team placed second at regional meet twice... personal best times were 15:27 in cross country, 2:25.1 in 800, 5:27.3 in 1,600 and 12:08.7 in 3,200 meters... lettered four years in basketball and twice in volleyball... four-time team captain in basketball, earning all-conference honors twice... basketball team won two sectional and one region title... National Honor Society member... high honor roll student... academic all-conference and member of Chicago Tribune all-academic team senior year... 2001 Illinois state scholar... track coach was Chuck Mueller.

Personal -- born August 1, 1983... daughter of Anthony and Vicki Capista... accounting major.

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