Shelby Jensen | TFRRS Profile
HONORS: First-Team All-American Outdoor: 3,000-Meter Steeplechase (2025); All-Mountain West Outdoor: 3,000-Meter Steeplechase (2025); Mountain West Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week (9/16/25); USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2025 T&F, 2026 T&F); CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2026); Academic All-Mountain West (2023 XC, 2024 T&F, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F, 2025 XC, 2026 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2023 XC, 2024 T&F, 2024 XC, 2025 T&F, 2025 XC, 2026 T&F); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025, 2026).
INDOOR RECORDS: Owns the Utah State record in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:21.31, set in 2026… Ranks third all-time at USU in the mile with a time of 4:44.65, set in 2026… Member of the fifth- and eighth-fastest distance medley relay teams at USU with times of 11:46.95 (2024) and 11:49.89 (2025).
OUTDOOR RECORDS: Owns the Utah State record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:36.61, set in 2025.
2026 (JR)
Cross Country (2025): Placed third at the Utah-hosted Beehive Invitational, leading the Aggies with a 5K time of 17:52.20… Finished 27th at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run with a 6K time of 20:24.6… Took 87th at the Missouri-hosted 2025 Pre-National Invitational with a 6K time of 20:58.7… Placed 21st at the MW Championships with a 6K time of 20:41.1, helping USU finish fourth… Placed 49th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 6K time of 21:50.1… Earned MW Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors on September 16… Received Academic All-MW accolades… MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Finished eighth in the mile and 22nd in the 3,000 meters at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with respective times of 4:51.95 and 9:49.33… Broke the Utah State record in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:21.31 as she placed 15th at the Washington-hosted Husky Classic… Ran a personal-best mile of 4:44.65 (third all-time at USU) the following day, finishing 27th in the Husky Classic field… Won the mile run at the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open with a time of 4:49.58.
Outdoor: Placed fifth in her heat and 14th overall in the quarterfinals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA West First Rounds, finishing in a time of 10:14.77… Took fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 10:15.39… Ran a season-best time of 10:11.00 at the Stanford-hosted Payton Jordan Invitational, placing fourth in the field… USTFCCCA All-Academic Team selection… CSC Academic All-District… Earned Academic All-MW honors… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.
2025 (SO)
Cross Country (2024): Finished 16th at the UC Riverside Invitational with a 6K time of 20:23.1, helping the Aggies to a team title… Took 31st at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run with a 6K time of 20:46.4… Placed 28th at the Princeton Fall Classic with a 6K time of 20:20.5… Finished 44th at the Mountain West Championships with a 6K time of 22:26.6, helping Utah State finish sixth… Took 54th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 6K time of 21:04.9… Received Academic All-MW honors… MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Finished fifth in the DMR and 10th in the mile at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with times of 11:49.89 (eighth all-time at USU) and 5:00.53, respectively… Set a season best in the mile with a time of 4:48.17 as she placed 72nd at the Boston University-hosted Valentine Invitational.
Outdoor: Finished seventh in the final of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Championships with a school-record time of 9:36.61, earning First-Team All-American honors and securing USU’s best-ever national finish in the event… Ran a school-record time of 9:38.01 in the national semifinals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing 10th to advance to the national final… Finished sixth in the quarterfinals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA West First Rounds, qualifying for the national championships with a time of 10:00.46… Broke the Utah State record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:48.44 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, winning a silver medal in the event and earning All-MW Outdoor honors… Won her section of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 10:01.58… Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors… CSC Academic All-District… Academic All-MW honoree… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (FR)
Cross Country (2023): Began her collegiate career by placing sixth with a 5K time of 18:46 at the Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational, helping USU to the team title… Took 132nd with a 5K time of 17:58.8 at the Virginia Invitational… Took 173rd with a 6K time of 21:45.4 at the Wisconsin-hosted Nuttycombe Invitational… Placed 34th with a 6K time of 21:19.9 at the Mountain West Championships… Finished 77th with a 6K time of 21:31.7 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships… Earned Academic All-MW recognition… MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Placed seventh in the mile (4:57.47) and fourth in the DMR (11:46.95) at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, breaking her personal record in the DMR to clock the fourth-best time in school history… Set a season best in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:38.35 as she placed 64th at the Washington-hosted Husky Classic… Placed 32nd in the mile with a season-best time of 4:49.53 at the Washington Invitational.
Outdoor: Finished 22nd in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:32.48 at the NCAA West First Rounds… Placed sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:20.74 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Set a season best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:11.58, which ranks second in school history, as she finished second at the Stanford Invitational… Won the 1,500 meters with a personal best time of 4:28.57 at the Utah Tech Invitational… Following her freshman campaign, won two bronze medals in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:11.65 and 1,500 meters with a time of 4:32.75 at the USATF U20 Championships… Named to the Academic All-MW team… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: A nine-time letterwinner in track & field and cross country, and basketball, at Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs, Utah… Placed first with a time of 10:43.73 in the 3,200-meter run at the 2023 6A state track & field championships as a senior… Placed fifth in the 1,600 meters (4:57.59) and seventh in the 800 meters (2:15.63) at state, while finishing third at the 2022 6A state cross country championships… Helped the Thunder place second in state in track & field during her sophomore campaign in 2021… Ran a leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that captured bronze at the state meet in 2021… Placed sixth individually at the state cross country meet during her junior campaign, while finishing fourth in the 1,600 meters, fourth in the 800 meters and eighth in the 3,200 meters at the state track & field championships… Appeared in all 25 games to help lead Westlake HS to the quarterfinals of the 2023 6A Girls State Basketball Championships… Averaged 3.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.8 assists per game in her senior season for the Thunder… Graduated from Westlake HS with a 4.0 GPA and earned Academic All-State honors all four years.
PERSONAL: One of 15 children of Will and Paula Jensen… Her oldest sibling, Abby, was a fellow distance runner on Utah State’s track & field/cross country teams from 2019-24… Cousin, Austin Banz, played golf at BYU… Majoring in data analytics.
PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
| Event |
Indoor |
Outdoor |
| 1,500 Meters |
4:29.81 |
4:28.57 |
| Mile |
4:44.65 |
|
| 3,000 Meters |
9:21.31 |
|
| 3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
|
9:36.61 |
| DMR |
11:46.95 |
|
POSTSEASON RESULTS:
NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
| Year |
Event |
Place |
Time/Mark |
| 2025 (Eugene) |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (Semifinal) |
10th |
9:38.01 |
| 2025 (Eugene) |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (Final) |
7th |
9:36.61 |
NCAA WEST FIRST ROUNDS
| Year |
Event |
Place |
Time/Mark |
| 2024 (Fayetteville) |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
22nd |
10:32.48 |
| 2025 (College Station) |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
6th |
10:32.48 |
| 2026 (Fayetteville) |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
14th |
10:14.77 |
NCAA CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS
| Year |
Place |
Time |
| 2023 |
77th |
21:31.7 |
| 2024 |
54th |
21:04.9 |
| 2025 |
49th |
21:50.1 |
MW CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
| Year |
Place |
Time |
| 2023 |
34th |
21:19.9 |
| 2024 |
44th |
22:26.6 |
| 2025 |
21st |
20:41.1 |
MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
| Year |
Event |
Place |
Time/Mark |
| 2024 |
Mile |
8th (Prelims) |
4:56.45 |
| 2024 |
Mile |
7th (Finals) |
4:57.47 |
| 2024 |
DMR |
4th |
11:46.95 |
| 2025 |
Mile |
7th (Prelims) |
4:52.93 |
| 2025 |
Mile |
10th (Finals) |
5:00.53 |
| 2025 |
DMR |
5th |
11:49.89 |
| 2026 |
Mile |
7th (Prelims) |
4:50.49 |
| 2026 |
Mile |
8th (Finals) |
4:51.95 |
| 2026 |
3,000 Meters |
22nd |
10:00.69 |
MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
| Year |
Event |
Place |
Time/Mark |
| 2024 |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
6th |
10:20.74 |
| 2025 |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
2nd |
9:48.44 |
| 2026 |
3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
5th |
10:15.39 |
