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2021 Women's Cross Country Roster

Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Bill Salyer, Illinois State Athletics
Bill Salyer, Illinois State Athletics
Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
Daniel Newton- UIS Athletics
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Jennifer Comastri Head Shots

Jennifer Comastri

  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Indianapolis, IN
  • Highschool
    Franklin Central
  • Major
    Kinesiology (Nutrition)

Biography

Career Results

OVERALL: Is a combined five-time All-American, six-time All-Midwest Region honoree, four-time GLVC Champion and 14-time All-GLVC award winner.

2021-22
CROSS COUNTRY
: Named the NCAA II Midwest Region Runner of the Year after winning the regional with a time of 20:24.50, giving her All-Region honors…named GLVC Female Runner of the Year and earned All-GLVC honors after winning the GLVC Championships…honored as the GLVC Female Cross-Country Scholar Athlete of the Year…competed in five meets including a second-place finish in the UAH Charger Invite…did not finish in the NCAA II National Championships...earned Academic All-GLVC laurels.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in her third-straight NCAA II National Championships by qualifying in the 5,000 meters, finishing 18th…named All-Region and GLVC Female Track Athlete of the Week…won the mile in the Bellarmine Open and the 3,000 meters in the EIU Friday Night Special…placed in the top-10 five times in the mile, 3,000 meters, and 5,000 meters between six meets…finished third in the 5,000 meters and 3,000 meters in the GLVC Indoor Championships.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Concluded her career with 21st place in the NCAA II National Championships in the 10,000 meters…won the GLVC Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meters…placed second in the 5,000 meters in the GLVC Championships…nabbed first and second-team All-GLVC for her efforts in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters in the GLVC Outdoor Championships…competed in five meets, placing in the top-10 four times...named Academic All-GLVC.

2020-21
OVERALL: Named USI's Female Student Athlete of the Year after collecting a pair of All-America awards, two All-Midwest Region accolades, a GLVC title and three All-GLVC awards.
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-GLVC and Academic All-GLVC honors with her fourth-place finish at the GLVC Championships...was USI's top finisher in all three races in the Fall, posting a second-place overall finish at the GLVC East Divisional after placing second overall at the season-opening GLVC Triangular.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned first-team All-America honors with her fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA II Indoor Championships...broke her own school record with her time of 16:27.76 at the NCAA II Indoor Championships...earned All-Midwest Region in the 5,000 meters after posting a pair of NCAA II provisional times in the event during the regular season...scored a first-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the UIndy Last Chance...also had a pair of first-place finishes and NCAA II provisional qualifying times in the 3,000 meters and had another provisional qualifying mark in the mile...was twice named GLVC Track Athlete of the Week.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Collected second-team All-America honors with her 12th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA II Outdoor Championships after finishing 13th in the 10,000 meters at the national meet two days earlier...punched her ticket into the 10,000-meter field when she posted an NCAA II automatic qualifying and school-record time of 33:51.43 in her first-place run at the St. Francis Fighting Chance Invite...was the GLVC champion in the 5,000 meters, collecting first-team All-Conference honors in the event after finishing second and earning second-team All-GLVC honors in the 1,500 meters at the GLVC Championships...was USI's top performer in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters en route to earning All-Midwest Region in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters...her 5,000-meter time (16:15.29) at the national meet ranks second on USI's all-time list...earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

2019-20
CROSS COUNTRY:
Named Academic All-GLVC...earned All-America honors after finishing 23rd at the NCAA II National Championships...was All-Midwest Region after finishing fifth at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...also received All-GLVC honors with a fifth-place finish at the GLVC Championships...was USI's top finisher in all of her six meets in 2019...earned GLVC Runner of the Week Honors.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned Academic All-GLVC honors after competing in six meets for USI in the mile, 3,000 and 5,000 meters...earned All-America honors in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters...recorded six different NCAA II provisional qualifying marks...GLVC champion in the 3,000 meters (9:49.16) and GLVC runner-up in the 5,000 meters as well (16:51.65)...set new USI records in both the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters...named to USTFCCCA's All-Midwest Region team in the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters...GLVC Athlete of the Week recipient. 

2018-19
CROSS COUNTRY:
Earned All-GLVC and Academic All-GLVC honors following a fifth-place finish at the GLVC Championships and a 35th-place showing at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...was USI's top finisher in every meet in 2018...won the Stegemoller Classic and was seventh at the Festival Year Fiasco.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Scored an eighth-place finish in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the GLVC Championships...appeared in five meets and three events (mile, 3000m and 5000m) during the indoor season.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Garnered second-team All-GLVC honors with a second-place finish in the 10,000 meters and a third-place showing in the 5,000 meters at the GLVC Championships...also ran the 1,500 meters during an outdoor season that saw her make four appearances...earned Academic All-GLVC laurels.

2017-18
CROSS COUNTRY:
Earned All-GLVC honors after finishing sixth at the GLVC Championships...finished 30th at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships...competed in five meets, running top three for the Eagles in each race...was USI's No. 1 finisher when she placed seventh overall at the Stegemoller Classic.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the GLVC Championships...also competed in the distance medley relay as well as the mile during the indoor season.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Earned second-team All-GLVC honors after finishing second in the 5,000 meters at the GLVC Championships...recorded a pair of NCAA II provisional qualifying times in the 10,000 meters during the outdoor season...won the 3,000 meters and the 1,500 meters at the KWC Invitational.

2016-17
Attended USI, but did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Franklin Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she was a two-time state qualifier in the 4x800-meter relay.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior

  • 2021Senior