Amanda Jenkins

Class:
Senior
High School:
Cypress-Fairbanks
Hometown:
Houston, Texas

Career Best: Mile - 5:13.56; 5,000 - 17:42.91 2010 (FRESHMAN): Ran indoor mile in 5:13.56 for third place in Texas dual meet ... Clocked 5:23.26 for 11th at Texas A&M Invitational ... Also placed eighth indoors, running 17:42.92 in the 5,000. HIGH SCHOOL: 2009 graduate of Cypress-Fairbanks High School ... Lettered four years in track and cross country ... Coached by Tom Kennedy ... Also lettered in golf ... Named team's Most Valuable Runner in cross country as a junior and senior ... Placed 21st in 2008 Region II-5A cross country meet after fifth-place effort at District 15-5A meet ... As a junior finished 28th at Region III-5A cross country meet after placing sixth at District 17-5A meet ... Finished third in 3,200 (11:40.3) at District 15-5A track meet ... Also an officer in National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Amanda Jenkins is the daughter of Robert and Diane Jenkins, born in Houston, Texas, on March 6, 1991 ... Has an older sister, Megan, and younger brother, Robbie ... Megan competes in track and cross country at SFA ... Family members who have attending Texas A&M include an uncle and two cousins ... Chose Texas A&M for its cross country and track team as well as a great engineering program ... Majoring in Aerospace Engineering.