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Girls Track & Field - Tennessee

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Jenna Hutchins

Middle distance/distance
SCIENCE HILL HS
JOHNSON CITY , TENNESSEE
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

4

State indoor records

13

School records

No. 9

Recruit ranking
“Her times [this winter] were definitely impressive, and seeing her indoor results really back up what I have always thought about Jenna from watching her. She just flat knows how to compete. The higher the level of competition, the better Jenna runs. No moment seems to be too big for her.”
Sean O’Neil
Head Coach - Head coach of Knoxville Catholic High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year and also the state’s 2019-20 Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year, the 5-foot-3 sophomore set four state indoor records this winter in the 1,500-meter run, the 1,600-meter run, the mile and the 3,200. Hutchins ranked in the Top 10 nationally among prep competitors in all four of those events as well as the 2-mile run during the 2020 indoor season. The owner of 13 school records as well as the state record in the outdoor mile, she is ranked as the No. 9 recruit in the Class of 2022 by MileSplit.com.

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Academic Achievement

Hutchins has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

An accomplished violinist, Hutchins has volunteered locally at the Johnson City Public Library and as a youth running coach.