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Tarleton State University Athletics

2022 Cross Country Roster

Vashaun Newman
Vashaun Newman

Jenna Brazeal

  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Hometown Little River, TX
  • High School Academy HS
  • Prev School Academy HS

Biography

Junior (2021) 
Raced in three meets during Tarleton’s first full Division I cross country season … Was the Texans top finisher at the WAC Cross Country Championships, as she finished 51st and notched a 6k personal record of 22:38.20 … Started the season with a 17th-place finish and 5k personal record (18:57.80) at the UTA XC Invite … Placed 25th at the Texas A&M Invitational on the 5k course in 19:04. 

Sophomore (2021) 
Raced in the Incarnate Word Invitational on Jan. 29 in Tarleton’s abbreviated spring 2021 season … Finished 26th on the 6k course in 23:26.17 and was the Texans’ top finisher … Ran Tarleton’s fastest 6k time of the season at the meet. 

Freshman (2019) 
Competed in all five meets and was the second-fastest finisher for Tarleton in each … Finished second and set a personal record in the 8,000m (19:42.30) at the Bob Gravett Invitational … Placed 16th at the Lone Star Conference Championships (23:44.63) and 75th at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships (24:10.29) … Also finished seventh and 21st, respectively, at the Angelo State Blue/Gold Classic and Texas Tech Open. 

Academy High School 
Ran cross country and track & field for fours under head coach Brian Pursche ... Was a four-year team captain in both ... Won two state titles in cross country (2017, 2018) … Nabbed four District Championships in cross country (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) ... Also a three-time Regional Champion in cross country (2015, 2017,2018) … Earned All-State honors in both cross country and track and field each year … Won two UIL Track and Field State Championships in the 1,600m and medaled in the 800m all four years … Four-time District and Area champion in the 800m … Won four Area championships three District and Regional titles in the 1,600m and Named Girls Athlete of the Year by the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) … Given second team accolades by triathlete.com … Also played varsity basketball … Helped team win four District titles and take third place at the 2016 UIL Girls Basketball State Championships. 

Personal 
Nickname is "JB” … 2019 graduate of Academy HS in Little River, TX ... Daughter of JP and Jodi Brazeal ... Has a brother, Scout ... Majoring in business ... Born on Sept. 30.  

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior