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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Lea Jerkovic

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Bremen, Germany

Biography

Career and Season Results
NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional
2022: 175th - 22:56.0
2023: 145th - 23:07.1
2024: 183rd - 22:52.2
Academic Honors
3x American Conference All-Academic Team - 2023, '24, '25
7x AD Honor Roll - Spring 2022, Fall '22, Spring '23, Fall '23, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25
2024-25 (Junior): Cross Country – Raced in five meets…Ran a season-best 6K time of 22:26.6 at the Bradley Pink Classic…Finished 71st at the AAC Championships with a time of 23:40.6…Took 183rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 6K time of 22:26.2. Indoor – Competed in five meets, recording four top-five finishes…Ran the seventh-fastest 1,000-meter time at the Steve Miller Invitational, finishing second in 2:56.83…Ran on the winning distance medley relay at the Ichabod Invitational…Finished 42nd in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:27.76 and ran on the eighth-place DMR at the AAC Indoor Championships, helping the team score one point. Outdoor – Raced in six meets, recording four top-three finishes including two wins…Won the 1500 meters at the ESU Relays with a time of 4:45.65…Won the 1500 meters at the Coyote Classic with a time of 4:40.04…Ran a season-best 800 time of 2:14.85 to finish ninth at the TCU Horned Frog Invite…Ran a season-best 1500-meter time of 4:35.28 in the prelim to advance to the final at the AAC Outdoor Championships…Finished 11th in the 1500-meter final and 25th in the 800 meters at the AAC Outdoor Championships.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Raced in all six meets for the Shockers, scoring once at the NCAA Midwest Regional…Opened her season with an 11th-place finish at the JK Gold Classic…PRed by almost a minute in the 5K at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational, placing 32nd with a time of 18:31.99…Ran a season-best 22:58.9 in the 6K at the Gans Creek Classic to finish 88th…Placed 83rd at the AAC Championships with a time of 23:29.2…Finished 145th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 23.07.1. Indoor – Raced in five meets, claiming two individual wins and one relay win…Opened her season with an 800 meters win at the KU-KSU-WSU with a time of 2:21.18…Won the 1,000 meters at the Prairie Wolf Invitational and ran on the winning DMR at the Ichabod Invitational…Ran a season-best 2:16.62 in the 800 meters at the Ichabod Invitational…Finished fifth in the mile at the Triangular with a time of 5:07.87…Finished 46th in the 3,000 meters and ran on the fifth-place DMR at the AAC Championships. Outdoor – Competed in six meets, recording three individual top-five finishes…Took second in the 1500 meters at the Friends Spring Open…Finished third in the steeplechase at the Ward Haylett Invitational…Ran on the school record-breaking 4x800-meter relay at the Friends Spring Open…Ran a season-best 4:35.36 in the 1500 meters prelim at the AAC Championships, going on to finish ninth in the final with a time of 4:36.73…Finished 24th in the 800 meters at the AAC Championships with a time of 2:18.73.

2022-23 (Redshirt-Freshman): Cross Country – Raced in five meets for the Shockers…Opened her season with an 11th-place finish at the JK Gold Classic…Ran a season-best 6K time of 23:39.4 at the AAC Championships, placing 75th…Finished 175th at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Indoor – Competed in five meets…Ran on the winning 4x400-meter relay at the Herm Wilson Invitational…Finished second in the mile at both the Herm Wilson Invitational and the USD Alumni Meet, running a season-best 5:14.73 at the latter…Competed in three events at the AAC Indoor Championships, scoring 0.5 points in the DMR with an eighth-place finish and placing 14th and 36th, respectively, in the 800 meters and 3,000 meters. Outdoor – Competed in six meets…Ran on two winning 4x800-meter relays at the Friends Spring Open and the Kansas Relays…Won the 1500 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic with a time of 4:38.32…Ran a season-best 4:34.50 to finish 16th in the 1500 meters at the AAC Outdoor Championships and placed 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:17.77.

2021-22 (Freshman): Indoor – Competed unattached in the 800 meters at the Herm Wilson Invitational, placing fifth. Outdoor – Competed unattached in two meets…Placed second in the 400-meter hurdles at the Shocker Spring Invite and fifth in the 800 meters at the Friends Spring Open.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Mid-Distance/Hurdles
  • 2022-23Redshirt Freshman

    Distance
  • 2023-24Redshirt Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2024-25Redshirt Junior

    Distance
  • 2025-26Redshirt Senior

    Distance