2020 Women's Cross Country Roster
Jerrica Hanson
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- South Oldham HS
- Hometown:
- Crestwood, Ky.
Awards/Accolades
Season-by-Season
2020 (Jr.)
Before Mercer
High School
- 2018-19 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
- Fall 2019 Academic All-SoCon Team
- 2019-20Â SoCon Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 Academic All-SoCon Team
Season-by-Season
2020 (Jr.)
- Competed in all five meets as a junior
- Had her best finish of the year in the season opener. Finished 23rd at the Julius Johnson Invitational (Sept. 19) and helped the Bears win the event with a time of 21:40.0.
- 5K season PR of 20:44.5 came at the Florida State Invitational (Oct. 2)
- Finished inside the top-25 in Mercer’s second home meet, the Mercer Invitational (Oct. 30), with a time of 21:30.0
- Competed in all six of Mercer’s races
- Set three PRs
- Ran a 16:14.4 4K PR at Jacksonville State (Aug. 30)
- Finished 31st at the JSU which was the first race of the season
- Set PRs in the 5K (19:39.9 – Oct. 11) and 6K (23:28.1 – Oct. 18)
- Finished inside the top 60 at the SoCon Championships (Nov. 2)
- Qualified for the South Region Championships (Nov. 15)
- Ran a 23:38.6 6K at the South Region Championships
- Ran in all five of Mercer's events as a freshman
- Season-best 5K: 20:03.20 at Upstate Invitational (Sept. 29)
- Was Mercer's third-best finish at the SoCon Championships 5K (20:13.17)
Before Mercer
High School
- Four-year letterwinner in cross country & track at South Oldham High School (Crestwood, Ky.)
- Competed in 5K event
- Was a four-time Academic All-State First Team runner (2014-17)
- Named school's best female runner (2017) & best teammate (2016)
- Recognized for Best Championship Performance (2015) and Best Performance by a Freshman (2014)
- Two-time recipient of Edward Jones' Outstanding Player of the Week honor (2017, 2018)
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude from South Oldham
- Also was an AP Scholar with Distinction & World Languages Outstanding Senior in Spanish
- Earned President's Award for Educational Excellence & Larry McCloskey Award for Mathematics
- Member of South Oldham's Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, National Beta Club, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Recycling Club, Bridging our Differences Club & Link Crew
- Full name is Jerrica Faith Hanson
- Born April 22, 2000 in Minneapolis, Minn.
- Daughter of Gina & Gordon Hanson
- Has two brothers, Jordan & Justin
- Older brother, Justin, lettered in cross country at Mercer
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