Jacqueline Izzo '22 Recruiting Profile

Hello, my name is Jacqueline Izzo.  My coaches and teammates call me Jackie or Jax for short. They describe me as quiet leader, tenacious trainer and fierce competitor with incredible lofty goals. I am a goal orientated student- athlete.  I prefer structure, direction and love to be challenged. I’m very disciplined and versatile mid-distance and distance runner.  Initially, I began running in middle school to improve my strength and endurance for premier soccer and AAU basketball.   It wasn’t until the summer before my freshman year of high school that I shifted my focus to running.  I discovered my passion to run and compete after attending a North Kingdom running camp (NKRC) in Vermont.  It was a memorable experience meeting and training with runners from across the country and Canada.

Unfortunately, my Indoor track season has been canceled by this pandemic. Despite, losing yet another track season I remain focused on my training in an effort to get stronger as a runner.  I’m looking forward to the opportunity to continue my running career at the collegiate level.  I’d like to run at a school that has both cross country and track programs.  I currently have an Individualize Education plan (IEP). Therefore, learning about any student athlete support and or tutoring programs will be important.

Freshman Year Highlights:

• All Conference, MVP Runner (XC) MVP Freshman Runner (Outdoor Track)
• Broke School Records: 5K (XC) 5000M and 4X800 (Outdoor Track)
• Qualified and competed at CT State Open and New England’s in ME 4X800

Sophomore Year Highlights:

• XC All Conference, All-State, and All New England’s
• MVP Runner XC/TF and Record Journal Runner of the Year, All New Britain Herald Runner
• Broke School Records: 5K (XC) 1000M, 1600M, 1Mile, 3200M, 4X800 and DMR (Indoor Track)
• Qualified and competed at New England’s XC, finished top 25 (22)
• Qualified and completed at CT State Opens and New England’s in Boston Indoor Track 4X800
• Qualified for NB Nationals Indoor & Outdoor 4X800 / 5000M (cancelled due to Covid)

Junior Year Highlights:

• Returning from injury to compete. I missed summer base training and the beginning of my 2020 XC season due to injury.  I maintained my fitness level by cross training by swimming and using stationary bike daily.
• All Conference, All-State XC
• CCC XC Regional Conference Champions
• Qualified and competed in Nike Cross Virtual Championship

Canceled due to Covid.19:

• NB National Indoor Emerging Elite
• NB National Outdoors Championship
• 2020 Outdoor Track season
• 2021 Indoor Track season
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