Jennifer Shearer Class: Senior Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN High School: Snider HS Position: Distance Birthdate: 05/16/1987 Experience: 3L

2008: Competed in three indoor and eight outdoor meets in a variety of distance events ... Turned in times of 5:34.68 in the mile and 11:21.28 in the 3,000 meters, both marks good for fourth place, to begin the indoor season at the NAU Invitational ... Ran a career-best time of 10:25.43 in the 3,000 meters at the Husky Invitational ... Competed in four different distance events during the outdoor season ... Ran a 17:23.43 in the 5,000 meters at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, which is the third-fastest time in school history ... Finished sixth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:14.43 at the USC Invitational ... Bettered that time with a personal-best 10:06.06 at the UCSD Invite ... Turned in a career-best time of 4:44.89 in the 1,500 meters at the UCLA Invite ... Ended her season by running a career-best time of 37:22.85 in the 10,000 meters at the MWC Outdoor Championships.

2007: Redshirted during the indoor season ... Competed in five outdoor meets ... Ran a season-best time of 4:56.66 in the 1,500 meters at the UNLV Duel Meet (3/24) ... Also competed in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters.

2006: Competed in four indoor meets ... Began the season by finishing third in the one mile with a time of 5:35.80 at the Silver State Open ... Improved that time by more than seven seconds in finishing third in the one mile at the United Heritage Invitational with a time of 5:28.62 ... Added a ninth place in the one mile at the Albuquerque Invitational with a time of 5:34.20 ... Ran a career-best time of 5:21.56 in the one mile at the MWC Indoor Championships ... Competed in six outdoor meets ... Placed third in 1,500 meters at the first meet of the season, running a time of 5:01.23 at the Aztec Classic ... Added a fourth place in the same event with a time of 5:03.94 at the UNLV Invite ... Best time in the 1,500 meters was 4:56.27, posted at the ASU Invitational (3/25).

High School: A three-year letterwinner for the Snider HS Panthers ... Part of the 4x800 meter relay team that finished eighth at the 5A state meet in 2005 ... That relay team broke the school record in the event with a time of 9:27 ... Ran in the Indiana senior all-star cross country meet.

Personal: Jennifer Chloe Shearer ... Born on May 16, 1987, in Ft. Wayne, Ind. ... The daughter of Greg and Barb Shearer ... Has a sister, Nicole, and a brother, Grant ... Majoring in secondary education with a concentration in mathematics.

SHEARER'S UNLV CAREER BESTS Indoor One mile 5:21.56 at MWC Championships (2/25/06) 3,000 Meters 10:25.43 at Husky Invitational (2/2/08) Outdoor 1,500 Meters 4:44.89 at UCLA Invite (4/14/08) 3,000 Meters 10:06.06 at UCSD Invite (4/25/08) 5,000 Meters 17:23.43 at Pomona-Pitzer (4/5/08) 10,000 Meters 37:22.85 at MWC Championships (5/16/08)