Cera Schenck '26 Recruiting Profile

I started running cross country in the fall off my 7th grade year. I was very successful throughout Junior High, winning every race and becoming undefeated running the 3200 for my school (Frontenac). After my 8th grade year running for Frontenac, I ran individually at Junior High State in Emporia Kansas. A few days following this meet, I got a call from Coach David Ramsey asking me to run for the Browcaw Blazers at CC Coaches National Youth Championships in Paris Kentucky. My PR for the 3200 meter was 11:36. 

Junior High track was a pretty different experience for me as I was running anything between the 100 meter to the 3200 meter. Some of my most impressive times were 12:35 for the 3200 meter, 5:39 for the 1600, 2:37 for the 800 meter, and 1:09 for the 400 meter. I would say that by this point in my career I had been pretty successful. 

My freshman year I started my cross country season off well running a 20:44 for my first ever 5k race. I had an overall great season qualifying for 3A State in Lawrence Kansas placing 42. Although this wasn’t my best race it was still an exciting experience that has prepared me for my following High School years. By the end of my freshman season, my PR was a 20:02. After this season I also competed at the CC National Youth Championship for Coach David Ramsey. 

During my freshman year track I ran the 3200 meter through the 400 meter. I feel that I ran good times in all of my events, 13:10 in the 3200 meter, 5:56 in the 1600 meter, 2:42 in the 800 meter and my team ran a PR of 11:21 in the 4x800 meter. I had a tough year in my regional meet but still made it to state in the 4x800 meter with the help of my team and we placed 16th. 

I would like to attend a college that can pursue my academic needs to become an acupuncturist. To do this I need to complete either my master's degree, my master's and bachelor’s degree, or my doctorate. In college, I will try my best to make my school and coaches proud by running fast and keeping good grades.