Jessi Smith Season 2019-20

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Personal Bests
Indoor
600m: 1:31.88p (2/22/19)
800m: 2:12.08 (2/2/19)
1,000m: 2:56.31 (1/11/19)
Outdoor
400m: 59.28 (4/15/17)
800m: 2:11.25A (4/27/18)
1,500m: 4:52.62 (4/14/18)
400m Hurdles: 1:05.07 (4/27/17)

Big Ten Championships
2020 (I): 600m - 1:36.88o (18th); 4x400m - 3:45.16o (10th)
2019 (I): 600m - 1:32.99 (8th)
2018 (O): 800m - 2:13.50p (22nd)

2020 (Junior/COVID-19 Pandemic)
Indoor: Finished 10th as a member of the 4x400m relay team at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 3:45.16o and was 18th in the 600m with a time of 1:36.88o...posted season-bests in the 600m (1:33.07) at the Mark Colligan Memorial and 800m (2:23.50) at the adidas Classic...won the 600m crown at the Mark Colligan Memorial and Nebraska Tune-Up...was also a member of the winning DMR team at the Graduate Classic and 4x400m relay squad at the Mark Colligan Memorial.

Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.

2019 (Sophomore/Redshirt)
Indoor: Placed eighth in the 600m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 1:32.99...set PR's in the 800m (2:12.08) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and 1,000m (2:56.31) at the Graduate Classic...also ran a PR in the 600m with a time of 1:31.88p at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, the current No. 7 time in NU history...won the 600m title at the Mark Colligan Memorial and was part of the winning distance medley relay at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Redshirted...did not compete.

2018 (Freshman/Sophomore)
Indoor: Set a season-best in the 600m and placed fifth at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 1:36.71.

Outdoor: Finished 22nd in the 800m with a time of 2:13.50 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships...ran a personal-best time of 2:11.25A and claimed the 800m title at the Texas Tech Shootout...ran a PR of 4:52.62 in the 1,500m at the John McDonnell Invitational...won the 800m at the John McDonnell Invitational with a time of 2:15.12.

2017 (Redshirt/Freshman)
Indoor: Redshirted...competed in one indoor meet...placed third in the distance medley relay (12:28.71) and placed 22nd in the 800m (2:31.96) at the Holiday Inn Invitational.

Outdoor: Competed in five regular-season meets...set a PR in the 400m (59.28) at the Tom Botts Invitational...placed fourth and posted a personal best in the 400m hurdles (1:05.07) at the Prairie Wolf Invite...took fourth and set a season-best in the 800m (2:17.14) at the Nebraska Invitational.

Before Nebraska
Was a middle distance standout at Bayard High School in Bayard, Nebraska...captured five state titles in her high school career...won the Class C state titles in both the 400m and 800m in 2014 and 2015...won the 300m hurdles title as a senior in 2016 while finishing second in the 400m, fourth in the 200m and fifth in the 100m...as a junior in 2015, set a 400m best of 57.18...set an 800m prep best of 2:15.27 to win the state title as a sophomore.

Personal
Born June 2, 1998 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska...parents are Jeff Smith and Celeste and Teddy Nutter...major is communication studies.