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Stanford: Arguably thenation's most versatile middledistance and distance runner... This ten-time All-Americanwas a member of the 2000 U.S.Olympic Team in the 1,500meters ... The 2000 NCAAoutdoor champion in the1,500 meters and the NCAA indoor champion inthe mile ... An NCAA track qualifier from the 800 tothe 5,000 meters during his career at Stanford ... Hiscross country feats have included the U.S. Junior titlewhich qualified him for the IAAF World JuniorChampionships in 1997 ... Career goals include winningthe Olympic gold medal and setting the worldrecord in the 1,500 meters.
2000 Cross Country Season (Junior): Did notcompete.
1999 Cross Country Season (Sophomore): Helpedlead the Cardinal to an NCAA West Regional titlewith his fourth place finish ... Also competed at theNCAA's at Indiana ... Captured the BYUInvitational.
1998 Cross Country Season (Freshman): Began the season with a big win at the Stanford Invitational ...Finished 27th at the Pre-NCAA Meet ... Competedat the Pac-10's.
1997 Cross Country Season: Redshirted ...Captured the Junior National Cross CountryChampionship in Portland and secured a spot on histhird U.S. national team ... It was the fourth straightyear that a Stanford athlete had won the race ... Hisvictory helped Stanford win the team title.
U.S. Olympic Trials: Captured first place honors inthe 1,500 meters to win a spot on the U.S. OlympicTeam ... Ran a career-best 3:35.90, then the top timeby an American in 2000.
2001 Track & Field Season (Junior): An NCAAqualifier in the 800 meters (1:46.83, #3 all-time atStanford) and 1,500 meters (3:37.56) ... Capturedthe Pac-10 title in the 1,500 meters (3:43.30) for asecond straight season as the Cardinal finished 1-2-3-4 ... Later at the NCAA's in Eugene, finished sec-ond... Placed third in the 800 meters at the conferencechampionships ... Helped lead Stanford to victoryin the distance medley relay at the 2001 NCAAIndoors ... At the USA Outdoor Championships, finishedfourth in the 1,500 meters in a time of 3:38.02.
2000 Track & Field Season (Sophomore): Helpedlead the Stanford men's track & field team to its firstNCAA team title in 66 years ... Captured the NCAAtitle in the 1,500 meters in a time of 3:37.76 ... Alsoran an NCAA qualifying time in the 5,000 meters at13:44.60, the third best time in school history ... Ranthe anchor leg on Stanford's winning distance medleyrelay team at the Drake Relays ... Ran the 1,600meters in 3:56.5, equivalent of a 3:57.6 mile ... Hehelped lead Stanford's distance medley relay team toa time of 9:32.86, the fastest outdoor collegiate timeJennings also placed seventh in the 3,000 meters(8:04.96) at the NCAA Indoors ... Winner of theStanford's Block "S" Outstanding Male SophomoreAward ... Ran a 3:59.91 in the outdoor mile at thePrefontaine Classic in Eugene.
1999 Track & Field Season: Redshirted ... However,he ran several impressive races unattached ...Finished seventh in an extremely strong field in the1,500 meters at the U.S. Track & FieldChampionships ... Won the Vancouver Sun HarryJerome Classic 1,500 meter title at 3:40.41 ... Amember of the USATF middle distance developmentcrew that competed in Europe ... Ran a 3:39.83 inBirmingham, England ... Competed indoors wherehe helped the team win the MPSF indoor crownwith fourth place points in the 3,000 meters and as amember of the distance medley relay team.
1998 Track & Field Season (Freshman): An outstanding freshman season ... Finished a close secondin the 1,500 meters to gain All-America honors atthe NCAA Outdoors ... Ran the fastest time in theprelims, 3:40.54, also a then-freshman record ... AnNCAA qualifier in three events, the 800, the 1,500and 3,000 meters, the only freshman in the nation todo so ... Ranked as the #1 freshman in the UnitedStates at 1,500 meters, the mile, and the 3,000 meters... Ranked as the #2 freshman in the United States at5,000 meters behind teammate Jonathon Riley ... Atthe Pac-10 meet, finished third in the 5,000 meters... Finished fourth in the 3,000 meters at the NCAAIndoor Championships to gain All-America honors... The first American Junior to run a sub-4:00 mile(3:59.32) in 12 years ... His time of 7:58.40 for 3,000meters is the second fastest ever by an AmericanJunior ... Also at the NCAA Indoors, helped theCardinal distance medley relay team to a fourthplace finish to gain All-America honors ... Enjoyed ahighly productive summer, winning the 1,500meters in a stifling heat at the U.S. Junior Track &Field Championships in Edwardsville, Ill. ... Thentwo hours later, he took first place in the 5,000meters (14:48.03) to become the first to win bothdistance events in the 28-year history of the meet ...His victories qualified him for the World JuniorChampionships in Annecy, France, where he finishedfifth ... Also during the summer of 1998, tooksixth place in an extremely strong field in the 800meters (1:46.99) at the U.S. Track & FieldChampionships in hot and muggy New Orleans.
High School: Considered one of the best highschool milers in the last 25 years ... Won nine statetitles and set the Wisconsin 1,600 meter record of4:04.97 ... Also took the high school 1,500 meterstwo straight years at the Penn Relays ... At thePrefontaine Classic in Eugene in 1997, ran a 4:02.81in the mile, then a personal best by five seconds andthe fastest prep mile in 23 years ... Jennings' time wasthe seventh best in prep history and the fastest sinceRichard Kimball ran a 4:02.4 in 1974 ... At the 19971997 Junior Pan Am Games in Cuba.
Cardinal Catalogue: Math major ... A CoSidaDistrict-8 Academic selection in 2000 ... A 1998 and1999 Pacific-10 All-Academic cross country selection... A 2000 and 2001 Pac-10 Track & Field first teamAll-Academic selection ... Grew up in Forks ofSalmon, a tiny outpost on the Salmon River inSiskiyou County, before his family moved toMadison ... 3.8 GPA at Madison East High School ...