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2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Jacob Jensen

Jacob Jensen

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Belcourt, N.D.
  • Highschool:
    Turtle Mountain Community

Summary

Biography

2022-23 Junior Season
Named an USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete. …Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence for outdoor track and field. ...Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence for indoor track and field. ...Named to Fall 2022 President's List. ...Named to Spring 2023 President's List. ...7th in the 1,500 in 3:53.46 at the NSIC Outdoor Championship and 10th in the 5,000 in 14:59.08. …4th in the mile in 4:13.07 at the NSIC Indoor Championship, 7th in the DMR in 10:18.27, and 9th in the 3,000 in 8:38.33. …PR and Minot State NCAA D-II era record in 3,000 (indoors) of 8:25.41, finishing 6th at the Bison Open.

2021-22 Sophomore Season
15th in the 1,500 meters in 4:07.83 at the NSIC Outdoor Championships. …Ran career-best 1:58.34 in the 800 meters at the South Dakota Challenge and career best and Minot State All-time record in the 1,500 meters of 3:51.93 at the Bryan Clay Invitational outdoors. …7th in the Mile in 4:19.64, 11th in the 5,000 meters in 15:14.97, 19th in the 3,000 in 8:52.61, and part of the Beavers’ 6th-place DMR (10:18.94) at the NSIC Indoor Championships. …Ran career-best a Minot State All-Time record in the mile of 4:09.75 indoors at Alex Wilson Invitational, a career-best and Minot State All-Time record in the 5,000 meters indoors of 14:38.79 at the GVSU Holliday Open, and a career-best in the 1,000 of 2:33.85 at the Marauders Indoor Opener.

2020-21 Freshman Season
5th in the 10,000 meters in a career-best 31:46.35 and 13th in the 5,000 in 15:09.69 at the NSIC Outdoor Championship. …2nd in the DMR (10:25.54) earning All-NSIC honors and 7th in the mile (4:20.68) and 3,000 meters (8:39.63) at the NSIC Indoor Championships.

2019-20 Season (First Year)
Competed in the 5000m run on the track and field team during his first season with the Beavers, also, competed in the Distance Medley Relay, and the Mile Run... Clocked a time of 4:24.65 in the mile run at the South Dakota Indoor Classic... Posted a time of 10:34.29 in the Distance Medley Relay for an 8th place finish at the 2020 NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Chose MSU
"Close to home, affordable, athletic scholarship, and athletics in general."

High School
A 2019 graduate from Turtle Mountain Community High School that participated in cross country (head coach Chad Davis), track & field (head coach Mary Blue), and basketball (head coach Mike Vandal)... Salutatorian... Honor Roll... National Honor Society. 

Personal
Academic / career goals: Get my bachelor in Computer Science and have minor Mathematics. Not sure what to do for my career... Favorite TV show: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (right now). I love Star Wars and I haven't got around watching the animated series yet... Greatest athletic achievement: Getting to complete at a collegiate level... Fun fact: I can solve a Rubik's Cube... Summer (2020): Trained and spent time with family.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    D
    5'9"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance
    5'9"