| Jillian Smith |
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At Michigan ... Two-time 2011 All-American (DMR, 800-meter run) ... Big Ten Indoor Freshman of the Year (2010) ... Indoor All-Big Ten first team (2010, 2011) ... Two-time Big Ten indoor 800 champion (2010, 2011) and DMR champion (2010, 2011) ... Academic All-Big Ten (2011) ... Two-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award (2010, 2011).
Sophomore (2011) ... Two-time Indoor All-American (DMR, 800) ... Two-time Big Ten champion (DMR, indoor 800) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award winner.
Outdoor
Placed 19th in the 800-meter run (2:07.33 finals, 2:08.14 prelims) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26-27) ... Finished third in the 1,500-meter run (4:27.68) at the Big Ten Championships (May 15) ... Ran on the sixth-place distance medley relay team (11:07.76) at the Penn Relays (April 28) ... Won the 1,500-meter run in a new PR time of 4:14.65 at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic (April 16) ... Set a new PR time of 2:06.87 in the 800-meter run at the Joyner/Johnson Invitational (April 9) ... Ran on Michigan's winning 4x1,500-meter relay team (18:04.14) at the Colonial Relays (April 2), setting a new meet and facility record.
Indoor
Two-time All-American (DMR, 800-meter run) ... Finished runner-up (2:04.78) in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Championships (March 11) ... Ran the mile leg of the distance medley relay team, helping Michigan to a sixth-place finish (11:07.38) at the NCAA Championships (March 12) ... All-Big Ten first team ... Two-time Big Ten champion (800, DMR) ... Won the 800-meter run (2:06.92) and helped the DMR to a first-place finish (11:17.34) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26-27) ... Finished second in the 800-meter run (2:04.20) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11), posting an NCAA automatic time ... Also ran on the runner-up 4x400-meter relay team (3:44.92) at Grand Valley ... Helped the DMR to a win and an NCAA automatic time (11:04.26) while helping the 4x400-meter team to a third-place finish (3:43.64) at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 4-5) ... Finished fourth in the invitational section of the mile (4:43.88) at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 28) ... Won the mile run (5:01.63) and finished second in the 800-meter run (2:09.95) against No. 23 Ohio State (Jan. 15).
Freshman (2010) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award.
Outdoor
Redshirted.
Indoor
Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... All-Big Ten first team ... Part of 10th place DMR team (11:19.33) at the NCAA Championships (March 12) ... Won the 800-meter run (2:08.12 finals, 2:07.83 prelims) at the Big Ten Championships ... Ran the opening leg of the Big Ten champion DMR team (11:21.55) ... Ran a season-best time of 2:06.09 in the 800-meter run at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 12) ... Won the 800-meter run (2:10.89) at the Akron Opener (Jan. 8).
Prep ... Graduated from Southern Regional High School (2009) ... National Honor Society ... Named Athlete of the Year by the Star Ledger, Ashbury Park Press and Press of Atlantic City newspapers ... Two-time Millrose Games mile champion (2008, '09) ... Captured the 2008 Boston Indoor Games title in the junior-division mile ... Won the freshman mile at the 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals ... Contributed to 4x800-meter relay titles at the 2009 Nike Indoor Championships and Nike Outdoor Championships ... Also captured two national titles in the distance medley relay -- at the 2006 Nike Indoor meet and the 2007 Nike Outdoor meet ... Claimed runner-up honors in the sprint medley relay at the 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals ... Six-time New Jersey Meet of Champions 800-meter champion -- three apiece at the indoor and outdoor meets (2007, '08, '09) ... Established the NJ Meet of Champions record in the 800m (2:04.67) ... Two-time Meet of Champions 1,600-meter winner (2008, '09) and two-time 1,600m runner-up (2006, '07) ... Contributed to Southern Regional HS' 4x400-meter title at the 2008 NJ Meet of Champions ... Claimed cross country runner-up honors at the 2007 New Jersey Meet of Champions ... Two-time all-state selection in cross country.
Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts ... Born on July 2, 1991 ... Daughter of Steven and Joan Kerwick Smith.
Personal Bests
| Event |
Time |
Date |
| 600m (I) |
1:30.97 |
1-16-10 |
| 800m (I) |
2:04.20 |
2-11-11 |
| Mile (I) |
4:40.37 |
1-28-12 |
| 800m (O) |
2:06.87 |
4-9-11 |
| 1,500m (O) |
4:13.94 |
4-29-12 |