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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Katja Jackson

  • Class Senior
  • High School Lowell HS
  • Hometown San Francisco, Calif.

Biography

PERFORMANCE REFERENCE



2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Started her season with a 14th place finish in the 6k at the 2023 Yellowjacket XC Invitational (22:54.5) … set a personal best in the 5k with an 18:28.7-minute run at the Battle in Beantown … posted a 61st place finish in the 6k at the IC4A/ECAC XC Championship.

2022 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Set a personal best in the 6k at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (College), running it in 21:34.6 minutes… earned eighth in the 6k with a 21:41.6 minute run at the LHU XC Invitational/ Open… took 83rd in the 6k with a 23:47.9 minute run at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships… finished 14th in the 4.8k with an 18:42.0 minute run at the Harry Lang Invitational… earned 16th in the 3.11M with a 19:59.5 minute run at the Fordham Fiasco.

PRIOR TO CORNELL  
She earned top-10 in school history in the 100m-hurdles, 800m, 1600m, 3200m, 3 mile, and 5k... San Francisco All City Champion in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles in 2019... San Francisco All City Champion in the 800m run in 2022... sprinter team captain in 2022... 2nd place in the Mariner Invitational in 2021 (XC)… 8th place in the Clovis Invitational in 2021 (XC). 
 
PERSONAL  
Katja Lisbet Jackson is the daughter of Patrick Jackson and Mari Tuominen... has a sister... she is enrolled in the College of Human Ecology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior