Shannon Klenke Season 2014-15

Height5-5
ClassSr
HometownHouston, Texas
Shannon Klenke
Shannon Klenke
#RazorFacts

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic (2015)

  • Three-Time NCAA All-Region (2012, 2013, 2014)

  • 2014 All-SEC second team

  • 2013 All-SEC first team


TFRRS Profile


As A Senior (2014)
Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... NCAA All-Region ... All-SEC second team … Competed in seven of the eight … Collected three top five finishes … Placed in Arkansas’ scoring rotation in all seven races she’s competed in … Opened her final year at Arkansas with a fifth-place finish at the adidas/UCI Invitational (Sept. 6), where she ran a 5K time of 17:34.00 … Collected her highest finish ever at Arkansas after coming in second place (5K; 16:58.52) at the Missouri Southern Stampede (Sept. 20) … Set a personal-best in the 5K (16:25.70) at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 4), where she finished third … Placed 57th at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 17) with a 6K time of 20:47.00 … Earned All-SEC second time honors with her 12th-place finish at the SEC Championship (Oct. 31) after completing the 6K course in 20:24.62 … Earned her third-straight NCAA All-Region after an 11th-place finish (20:32.90) at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 22) … Ended her cross country career by running a 21:10.90 at the NCAA Championship to place 94th overall.

As A Junior (2013)
Competed in six meets ... Earned All-SEC first team honors by finishing second at the SEC Championships (Nov. 1) with a time of 20:10.62 to help Arkansas win its 14th conference championship ... Named to the NCAA All-Region team after finishing third (20:13.90, 6K) at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 15) to help her team finish first at the NCAA Regionals ... Finished in the top three in four races ... Ran a career-best 19:59.00 in the 6K at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 19) ... Opened the season with back-to-back third-place finishes at the Aztec Invitational (Sept. 21) and Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 5).

As A Sophomore (2012)
Ran in six meets and scored in two during her sophomore season ... Named to the NCAA All-Region team with a 22nd-place finish (21:49, 6K) ... Best finish came at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 14:39.60 on the 4K course ... Finished top five for Arkansas at the SEC Championship when she placed 26th in the 6K race with a time of 21:25.99.

As A Freshman (2011)
Ran three times for Arkansas and once as an individual ... Collected a 10th-place in her college debut with a 4K time of 15:12.1 at the Razorback Invitational (Sept. 2) ... Finished 49th on the 6K course at the SEC Championship with a time of 22:11.52 (Oct. 31) ... Ran unattached at the Notre Dame Invitational and finished 26th with a 5K time of 19:03 ... Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

High School
Named a two-time TAPPS Female Athlete of the Year at Duchesne Academy ... Earned six Texas state championships, including three individual titles in cross country ... A four-time team MVP ... Helped her team to a fourth-place finish at the state cross country championship as a junior ... Also a two-time state champion in the mile, won the state crown in the two-mile as a freshman and helped her team to a bronze finish at the state meet as a junior ... Hold four school records with marks in the 800m (2:19), 1,600m (5:09), 3,200m (11:01), and 4x400m relay ... Earned three letters on the Duchesne’s soccer team.

Personal
Born on Feb. 1, 1993 ... Daughter of Allan and Connie Klenke ... Oldest of seven children with siblings Collin, Mary Kate, Creigh Patrick, Bridget, Maeve, and Quinn ... Majoring in international economics, with a minor in spanish and marketing.