Ohio State’s Harris Named Academic All-District for Third-Consecutive Season – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jenna Harris, a senior sprinter on the Ohio State women’s track and field team, was named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in District IV Thursday in voting conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Harris, a multiple Big Ten champion and All-American, earned all-district status for the third year in a row.
A native of Somerset, N.J., Harris carries a 3.95 grade point average (4.0 scale) in marketing. She won the Big Ten 60-meter dash for the second time in her career in 2007. Two weeks later, she added her first All-America honor while shattering the Ohio State record in the 400-meter dash (52.74) at the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Harris, the 2005 Big Ten 60- and 100-meter champion, also was named Academic All-District IV in 2005 and ’06. She was one of 13 members of the women’s team named 2007 Academic All-Big Ten. Harris redshirted the 2007 outdoor season and will complete her collegiate career on the outdoor track in 2008.
