Jessica Gronke
Jessica Gronke
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Park Ridge, Ill.
  • High School:
    Maine South

Bio

3-year letterwinner

2015 (junior)
Competed in six varsity meets ... ran a season-best 6k time of 25:12.7 to place 7th on the team and 169th overall at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational (9/25) ... placed 5th on the team and 38th overall at the IIAC Championships ... placed 6th on the team and 140th overall at the NCAA Regional Championships.

2014 (sophomore)
Competed in seven varsity meets ... ran a season-best 6k time of 24:50.0 to place 5th on the team and 124th overall at the NCAA Regional Championships ... placed 6th on the team and 47th overall at the IIAC Championships.

2013 (freshman)
Competed in six varsity meets ... ran a season-best 6k time of 24:56.7 to place 2nd on the team and 199th overall at the Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitational ... placed 5th on the team and 69th overall at the IIAC Championships ... placed 2nd on the team and 140th overall at the NCAA Regional Championships.

High School
A 2013 graduate of Maine South High School in Illinois ... coached by Jeff Downing ... helped the 2012 varsity team place in the top ten in the state ... lettered in both track and cross country ... a member of National Honor Society ... a member of Varsity club.  

Personal
Born Nov. 25, 1994 ... daughter of Glenn and Mary Gronke ... has one brother, Glenn Jr. ... majoring in pre-medicine with a minor in sociology.