Jackie Areson Class: Senior Hometown: Delray Beach, Fla. High School: Atlantic Community Height: 5-4

2008: Saw action in six meets, contributing to the team cause in five of those and running individually at the NCAA Championships...Best outing of the season was the NCAA South Regional, where she placed second on the team and 11th overall in 21:15.52 to earn one of four regional at-large berths to the NCAA Championships...She also garnered All-South Region accolades for the second time in her career...At the national meet, she covered the 6K course in 21:14.7 to finish 104th out of 252 runners...Was her team's fourth scorer and took 29th at the SEC Championships, running 21:51.29...Ran second for UT at two other 6K races, placing 27th at the Brooks Paul Short Run in 21:07 and 31st at the Penn State National Invitational in 21:22...For carrying a 3.61 GPA, Jackie was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the second time and made the SEC's Academic Honor Roll for the third occasion.

2007: Took part in four of Tennessee's six meets as a sophomore before a foot injury ended her season...Helped the Lady Vols to a runner-up finish at the SEC Championships by placing fifth on the team and 38th overall in 22:01.58 for 6,000 meters during her final appearance of the 2007 campaign...Ran second for UT and was 13th at the Penn State National Invitational in 21:31...Came in third on the team and fifth overall at the season-opening 4K Belmont Opener in 14:33.73...Logged a time of 22:15 to score in fourth position and wind up 77th overall at the 6K Brooks Paul Short Run...Academically, she was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second time.

2006: Competed in all seven meets as a rookie and contributed to the scoring cause each time...Was one of four Lady Vols to earn All-South Region acclaim and narrowly missed adding All-SEC to her list of accomplishments as well...Held down UT's number-two spot and placed 10th overall at the 6K NCAA South Regional in 21:35.4...At the SEC Championships, she was the team's third finisher in 15th place with a career-best 6K readout of 20:42.65 that left her one spot out of all-league acclaim...Ran second for Tennessee at the 6K Paul Short Run, winding up 16th in 21:19...Crossed the line third for her team and 55th overall in 21:16.2 at the "White Race" at the ISU Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind....About two months later, she returned to the same course for the NCAA Championships, running fourth for Team Orange and taking 161st overall in 22:35.6...Also scored in the fourth and fifth slots, respectively, for UT at the season's first two meets...Those performances left her 12th at the 4K Belmont Opener in a personal-best 14:32.81 and ninth at the 5K Tennessee Invitational in 18:49...Was recognized for her work in the classroom by being named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll...Also earned USTFCCAA All-Academic Team honors in track & field.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in cross country and track & field during her high school career, which included stints at Cardinal Newman for the 2002 cross country season, Pope John Paul II High School from 2003-05 and Atlantic Community High School in 2005-06...Jackie was the runner-up twice at the Florida 2A Cross Country championships (18:45 in 2003 and 18:25 in 2004) and was third at the 4A meet (19:02) in 2005...Finished seventh in the 2002 FHSAA 2A Cross Country Championship as a freshman with a time of 19:46...Areson is the state record-holder for both the Florida high school mile (4:45.01 converted) and middle school mile...She was also part of the 2004 PJP squad which broke the Florida distance medley record with a 11:56 readout...Jackie is a four-time high school state champion...She won championships in the 800m twice (2:13.54 in 2004 and 2:12.25 in 2005), and once each in the mile (4:55.72 in 2006) and the 4x800m relay (9:30.75 in 2004)...Competed in four Nike National indoor and outdoor meets, winning the mile in 4:50.13 indoors in 2006, taking third in the freshman mile indoors in 2003 at 5:18 and grabbing fifth in the indoor mile (4:55) in 2004, sixth in the outdoor mile (4:46.67) in 2005 and eighth in the outdoor mile (4:54) in 2006...Was a Nike All-American each season...With Pope John Paul II, Jackie enjoyed a 2003 Florida 2A team state championship...Other top finishes for Areson include a third-place finish in the 800m during her senior campaign (2:14) and a fourth-place outcome in the 1,600m in 2003 (5:08.26)...In 2000, she finished 13th in the 3,000m at USATF Junior Olympics...Career bests include 2:12.25 for 800m, 4:46.67 for the mile, 10:33.00 for 3,200m and 17:40 for 5000m...Academically, she was a four-year honor roll student and a member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Jackie is majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology...Would like to one day compete in the Olympics and World Championships...Chose UT because of the "relaxed, but hard working and disciplined, program"...She has two brothers, William, 23, who attended Florida Atlantic University, and James, 19...Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" Areson was born in Hong Kong on March 31, 1988...Her parents are Mary E. Areson and William H. Areson.