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2018 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Piper Jensen

  • Position Jumps
  • Indoor Senior
  • Outdoor Sr.
  • Hometown Shorewood, Minn.
  • High School Minnetonka HS

Biography

Jensen's Performance History & Personal Bests

2017-18 SEASON

 
Indoor (Senior): Summit League champion in the long jump, leaping 20-00.25 (6.10m) at the conference meet to rank 3rd all-time at NDSU … Placed 3rd at the Summit League Championships in the triple jump, posting a mark of 40-08.75 (12.41m) to rank 3rd in NDSU history … Won 7 straight event titles in the long jump and triple jump to open the indoor season, sweeping the events at the Dakota Classic, Thundering Herd Classic and Jim Emmerich Invitational … Set the Dakota Classic triple jump record at 39-05.75 (12.03m).
Outdoor (Senior): NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the triple jump and long jump … Placed 3rd in the triple jump and 5th in the long jump at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Career-best triple jump mark of 42-00.75 (12.82m) at the conference meet, ranking 3rd all-time at NDSU … Career-best long jump mark of 20-01.00 (6.12) at the South Dakota Invitational on Apr. 11 to rank 4th all-time at NDSU.

2016-17 SEASON
 
Indoor (Junior): Placed 5th in the triple jump and 8th in the long jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Season-best triple jump mark of 37-09.25 (11.51m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 4, winning the event … Season-best long jump mark of 17-11.75 (5.48m) at the Bison Open.
Outdoor (Junior): Summit League champion in the triple jump, leaping a personal-best 39-03.75 (11.98m) for her first conference title … Also placed 5th in the long jump at the Summit League Championships with a wind-aided 19-03.50 (5.88m) … Top wind-legal long jump mark was 18-11.25 (5.77m) … Ended the season tied for 8th all-time at NDSU in the outdoor triple jump.

2015-16 SEASON
 
Indoor (Sophomore): Posted a season-best long jump mark of 18-00.50 (5.50m) for 2nd place at the Dakota Classic on Dec. 4 … Season-best triple jump mark of 37-02.50 (11.34m) at the Bison Classic on Jan. 16.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Posted a season-best long jump mark of 17-10.25 (5.44m) at the Lyle Hokanson Classic on Apr. 23 … Triple jump season-best of 36-03.00 (11.05m) at the Lyle Hokanson Classic.

2014-15 SEASON
 
Indoor (Freshman): Placed 8th in the long jump and 10th in the triple jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships in Fargo … Season-best triple jump mark of 37-05.75 (11.42m) and season-best long jump mark of 18-03.25 (5.57m) at the Thundering Herd Classic on Feb. 7 … Finished 3rd in both events at the Thundering Herd Classic.
Outdoor (Freshman): Finished 10th in the triple jump and 22nd in the long jump at the Summit League Championships in Macomb, Ill. … Season-best triple jump mark of 37-09.50 (11.52m) at the Baldy Castillo Invitational on Mar. 21 … Long jump season-best of 16-11.50 (5.17m) at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge on Apr. 4.
 
High School:  Two-time Minnesota Class AA state champion in the triple jump, with marks exceeding 38 feet in the event ... Won state titles in the triple jump as a freshman in 2011 and again as a junior in 2013, while placing fifth as a sophomore in 2012 ... Earned a fifth-place finish at the state meet in the long jump as a junior.

Personal: Majoring in marketing. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

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  • 2016Sophomore

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  • 2017Junior

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  • 2018Senior

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