UNLV REBELS

Jessica Zarndt

Class: Senior Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev. High School: Cheyenne HS

Position: Distance Birthdate: 09/21/1980 Experience: 1L

UNLV Profile: A talented and dedicated athlete...Through her hardwork and commitment to running, has accomplished great things and will continue to do so in the future.

(2001-02 Junior): Qualified for the NCAA West Regionals in cross country…Finished 40th with a time of 23:01.60…The Rebels’ top finisher at the MWC Cross Country Championships placing 15th with a career and season best time of 22:09.00…Finished second (highest finish of the season) at the UNM Lobo Invitational in a time of 22:46.00...An Academic All-Mountain West Conference honoree.

Nevada, Reno: Earned two letters in both cross country and track and field for the Wolf Pack…2000 Big West Conference champion in the 10,000 meters.

High School: A 1998 graduate of Cheyenne High School in Las Vegas…Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track and field for coach John Dixon…Led the Desert Shields to a pair of cross country state titles and one state championship in track and field…A four-time all-state, all-conference and all-zone selection in both cross country and track and field…Cross country state runner-up in 1997.

Personal: Jessica Raelynn Zarndt…Born Sept. 21, 1980 in Las Vegas, to parents Len and Donna Zarndt…Father, Len, was a two-year letterwinner for the UNLV men’s basketball team from 1969-71…Dean’s list student…Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB)...Kinesiology major at UNLV.

UNLV Career Bests 
Cross Country
5K	17:40.00	at Stanford Invitational (9/30/00)
6K	22:09.00	at MWC Championships (10/27/01)	
Outdoor
1,500M   4:44.00	at Boise State Invitational
3,000M	10:05.60	at Cal-Nevada State Championships (4/29/00)
5,000M	18:26.37	at Long Beach Invitational (4/20/02)
10K	36:21.79	at Mt. SAC Relays (4/14/00)