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Jen Dufner
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Fargo, N.D.
- High School:
- West Fargo HS
Dufner's Performance History & Personal Bests
2021-22 SEASON
Cross Country (Senior): No. 4 finisher for the Bison at the Summit League Championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional … Placed 15th at the conference meet, running a season-best 6k time of 22:19.3 … Peaked as NDSU’s No. 3 runner at the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 24.
Indoor (Senior): Placed 12th in the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Ended her indoor track career ranked 11th all-time at NDSU for the 5000m.
Outdoor (Senior): Placed 8th in the 10,000m and 12th in the 5000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Ended her outdoor track career ranked 10th-fastest in NDSU history for the 10,000m.
2020-21 SEASON
Cross Country: Top finisher for the Bison women at the Summit League Championships, placing 7th overall for All-Summit League first team honors ... 22:17.4 for the 6k at the conference meet.
Indoor: Placed 4th in the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships, running an indoor personal-best time of 17:15.23 ... Ranked 10th all-time at NDSU in the indoor 5000m ... Also placed 9th in the 3000m at the conference meet in a season-best 10:01.51.
Outdoor (Junior): Finished 8th in the 10,000m and 14th in the 5,000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships ... Season-best 5000m time of 17:42.63 at the Tennessee Relays.
2019-20 SEASON
Cross Country (Junior): Placed 9th at the Summit League Championships to earn second-team All-Summit League honors and help the Bison women win the conference title … Among NDSU’s top three finishers at four meets on the season … Season-best 6k time of 21:50.0 at the Summit League Championships on Nov. 2 in Fargo, serving as the No. 3 finisher for the Bison … Season-best 5k time of 17:59.3 at the UND Ron Pynn Classic on Oct. 19, taking 8th place in the meet.
Indoor (Junior): Season-best 3000m time of 10:23.16 at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic on Feb. 1 … Season-best mile time of 5:13.85 at the UND Tune-Up on Feb. 22.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Cross Country (Sophomore): Among the top four finishers for the Bison at all six meets on the season … No. 3 finisher for NDSU at the Summit League Championships, placing 8th overall for second-team All-Summit League honors … Season-best 6k time of 21:40.48 at the conference meet … No. 3 finisher for the Bison at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 105th overall … Runner-up to teammate Kelby Anderson at the UND Ron Pynn Classic on Oct. 13 … Took 5th place at the Bison Open on Aug. 31.
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 7th in the 3000m, 9th in the mile, and 10th in the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Season-best mile time of 5:00.01 at the SDSU Indoor Classic on Feb. 9 … Season-best 3000m time of 9:56.97 at the Mark Colligan Memorial on Jan. 26 … 3000m runner-up at the Bison Team Cup on Jan. 19.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished 9th in the 10,000m and 18th in the 5000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Season-best 1500m time of 4:45.98 at the IMG Academy Invitational on Mar. 16.
2017-18 SEASON
Cross Country (Freshman): Placed 17th at the Summit League Championships on Oct. 28 … NDSU’s No. 5 finisher at the conference meet … Among NDSU’s top five finishers at five of the six meets she entered … No. 4 finisher for the Bison at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 10, taking 104th overall in a season-best 6k time of 21:49.2 … Placed 9th at the Bison Open on Sept. 1 in her first collegiate race.
Indoor (Freshman): Ran the leadoff 1200m leg on NDSU’s distance medley relay that claimed the Summit League title … Also finished 11th in the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Season-best mile time of 5:05.70, winning the event at the UND Indoor Tune-Up on Feb. 17 … Season-best 3000m time of 10:06.81 at Washington on Feb. 10.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 7th in the 1500m and 9th in the 5000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Ran a personal-best 4:36.58 in the 1500m at the conference meet … Clocked a 5000m PR of 17:09.49 at the Drake Relays on Apr. 26 … Also ran 2:18.31 in the 800m at Concordia on Apr. 21.
High School: Earned a fourth-place finish at the North Dakota Class A state cross country meet as a junior in 2015 and took fifth as a senior in 2016 … In track, Dufner placed in the top six at the state meet in the 1600m and 3200m as a sophomore, junior and senior, in addition to finishing fifth in the 800m her junior and senior seasons ... All-conference in the EDC for six straight years in cross country … High school personal-bests of 5:03 for the 1600m and 11:05 for the 3200m ... Holds West Fargo HS school records in the 3200m and 1600m.
Personal: Daughter of Dave and Bev Gravdahl ... Has four brothers, Jayce, Andy, Matt and Adam ... Majoring in nursing.
2021-22 SEASON
Cross Country (Senior): No. 4 finisher for the Bison at the Summit League Championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional … Placed 15th at the conference meet, running a season-best 6k time of 22:19.3 … Peaked as NDSU’s No. 3 runner at the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 24.
Indoor (Senior): Placed 12th in the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Ended her indoor track career ranked 11th all-time at NDSU for the 5000m.
Outdoor (Senior): Placed 8th in the 10,000m and 12th in the 5000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Ended her outdoor track career ranked 10th-fastest in NDSU history for the 10,000m.
2020-21 SEASON
Cross Country: Top finisher for the Bison women at the Summit League Championships, placing 7th overall for All-Summit League first team honors ... 22:17.4 for the 6k at the conference meet.
Indoor: Placed 4th in the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships, running an indoor personal-best time of 17:15.23 ... Ranked 10th all-time at NDSU in the indoor 5000m ... Also placed 9th in the 3000m at the conference meet in a season-best 10:01.51.
Outdoor (Junior): Finished 8th in the 10,000m and 14th in the 5,000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships ... Season-best 5000m time of 17:42.63 at the Tennessee Relays.
2019-20 SEASON
Cross Country (Junior): Placed 9th at the Summit League Championships to earn second-team All-Summit League honors and help the Bison women win the conference title … Among NDSU’s top three finishers at four meets on the season … Season-best 6k time of 21:50.0 at the Summit League Championships on Nov. 2 in Fargo, serving as the No. 3 finisher for the Bison … Season-best 5k time of 17:59.3 at the UND Ron Pynn Classic on Oct. 19, taking 8th place in the meet.
Indoor (Junior): Season-best 3000m time of 10:23.16 at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic on Feb. 1 … Season-best mile time of 5:13.85 at the UND Tune-Up on Feb. 22.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Cross Country (Sophomore): Among the top four finishers for the Bison at all six meets on the season … No. 3 finisher for NDSU at the Summit League Championships, placing 8th overall for second-team All-Summit League honors … Season-best 6k time of 21:40.48 at the conference meet … No. 3 finisher for the Bison at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 105th overall … Runner-up to teammate Kelby Anderson at the UND Ron Pynn Classic on Oct. 13 … Took 5th place at the Bison Open on Aug. 31.
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 7th in the 3000m, 9th in the mile, and 10th in the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Season-best mile time of 5:00.01 at the SDSU Indoor Classic on Feb. 9 … Season-best 3000m time of 9:56.97 at the Mark Colligan Memorial on Jan. 26 … 3000m runner-up at the Bison Team Cup on Jan. 19.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished 9th in the 10,000m and 18th in the 5000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Season-best 1500m time of 4:45.98 at the IMG Academy Invitational on Mar. 16.
2017-18 SEASON
Cross Country (Freshman): Placed 17th at the Summit League Championships on Oct. 28 … NDSU’s No. 5 finisher at the conference meet … Among NDSU’s top five finishers at five of the six meets she entered … No. 4 finisher for the Bison at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 10, taking 104th overall in a season-best 6k time of 21:49.2 … Placed 9th at the Bison Open on Sept. 1 in her first collegiate race.
Indoor (Freshman): Ran the leadoff 1200m leg on NDSU’s distance medley relay that claimed the Summit League title … Also finished 11th in the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Season-best mile time of 5:05.70, winning the event at the UND Indoor Tune-Up on Feb. 17 … Season-best 3000m time of 10:06.81 at Washington on Feb. 10.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 7th in the 1500m and 9th in the 5000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Ran a personal-best 4:36.58 in the 1500m at the conference meet … Clocked a 5000m PR of 17:09.49 at the Drake Relays on Apr. 26 … Also ran 2:18.31 in the 800m at Concordia on Apr. 21.
High School: Earned a fourth-place finish at the North Dakota Class A state cross country meet as a junior in 2015 and took fifth as a senior in 2016 … In track, Dufner placed in the top six at the state meet in the 1600m and 3200m as a sophomore, junior and senior, in addition to finishing fifth in the 800m her junior and senior seasons ... All-conference in the EDC for six straight years in cross country … High school personal-bests of 5:03 for the 1600m and 11:05 for the 3200m ... Holds West Fargo HS school records in the 3200m and 1600m.
Personal: Daughter of Dave and Bev Gravdahl ... Has four brothers, Jayce, Andy, Matt and Adam ... Majoring in nursing.
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