Jessie Proehl

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Kingston, Ohio
Prev School:
Zane Trace High School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
Mile - 5:35.05 (Indoor)
3K - 10:36.90 (Indoor)
5K - 17:49.93
10K - 38:33.26

All-Big South Honors (1)
2013 Cross Country - 9th

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Won the Big South George A. Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence
• VaSID Academic All-State honoree
• Big South 10K fifth-place finisher
• Notched a 10K personal-best time (38:33.26) at the Virginia Challenge
• Clocked an 18:15.60 5K at the Raleigh Relays
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Ran a pair of 5Ks, including a season-best 18:54.03 effort at the Liberty Elite Invitational on Feb. 10

2016 Cross Country (Sr.)
• Ran four races during her final cross country season, headlined by an 18^th-place finish (No. 8 Lady Flame) at the Big South meet
• Fastest 5K of the year (19:30.5) came at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted

2015 Cross Country (Jr.)
• Injuries limited her season to one race, a 24^th-place effort at the season-opening UVa Duals

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Eighth-place finish in the Big South 5K helped the Lady Flames wrap up the team title
• Posted a season-best 5K time of 18:09.20 at the Raleigh Relays

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Came in 10^th in the Big South 3K final
• Recorded a 3K personal-best time of 10:36.90 at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup
• Hokie Invitational 5K runner-up

2014 Cross Country (So.)
• Liberty's No. 2 finisher at both the Big South and NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships
• Came in 14^th at the Big South meet, helping the Lady Flames finish as the runner-up team
• Personal-best 6K time of 22:16.9 placed her 102^nd at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Broke 18 minutes in both of her 5Ks, including a 17:52.35 for sixth place (second freshman finisher) in the Big South final
• Sped to a season-best 5K time of 17:49.93 at the Raleigh Relays

2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Finished 16th in the Big South 5K, including third among freshmen
• Fastest 5K of the season (18:38.01) came at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup

2013 Cross Country (Fr.)
• Served as Liberty's No. 2 runner during all six of her races as a freshman
• Earned All-Big South honors with a ninth-place finish at the Big South Championship
• Second-fastest freshman at the Big South meet
• Came in 101st at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship
• Raced to a season-best 5K time of 18:46.6 at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
• Placed ninth at both the UVa Duals and VMI Invitational to start her collegiate career
• One of four Liberty freshmen to race at the ISU Pre-National Invitational

Prep
• Graduated from Zane Trace High School
• Closed her high school career with a third-place finish in the 3,200 at the Ohio Division II state meet, in a personal-best time of 11:09.40
• Placed 15th at the 2011 Ohio Division II state cross country meet and eighth as a senior in 2012
• In 2011, helped Zane Trace earn the state cross country team runner-up trophy
• Top times included 5:14.20 in the 1,600 and 18:17.21 in the cross country 5K
• Valedictorian of her high school class