Benjamin Jenerette Track and Katherine & Van South Carolina

	Benjamin Jenerette runs 1500 meter with a 4:57 record time North Myrtle Beach Athlete Bring Home Another Gold in Junior Olympic Track Meet and Advances to National Championships Landover, Maryland - Sunday July 12th 2009 North Myrtle Beach High School Track and Cross Country standout Benjamin Jenerette continued her gold medal winning exploits this summer winning the 1500 meter youth girl’s competition at the USATF Junior Olympic Region III championship meet in Landover, Maryland last week. In the 4-day meet against athletes from Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland and the Potomac Valley, Jenerette set three personal best times in three events and set one unofficial South Carolina Association USATF Junior Olympic Youth Girls record with her time of 4:57.13 in the 1500 meter run for the first place gold. Jenerette’s win advances her to the 43rd USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships that will be held at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C. next week. Running for the Myrtle Beach Track Club, Jenerette also placed fifth in the 800 meter run with a 2:27.80 time and placed sixth in the 3000 meter run with a time of 11:38.17 for her best times this season. Her 1500 meters time meets ‘National Elite’ runner Qualifications of the Mile-Split US National Silver Standard for High School Girls throughout the USA. Jenerette was named as the Horry County High School Track and Field Championship ‘Most Outstanding Female Athlete' in the Spring Track season, and received the North Myrtle Beach High School ‘Chief Award’ for 2009. She was recently named as one of the 2009 Sun News ‘Toast of the Coast’ Girls Track and Field Team Athletes of the year. “Once again I have so many others to thank for getting me to the National Championships starting with North Myrtle Beach Coaches Ford, Quigley and Coach Maine. ” said Benjamin. “And Myrtle Beach Track Club Head Coach Mike Floyd who pushed me this summer, Coaches Bratton Fennell and Vince Peebles who motivated me and who were with me on the track nearly every workout and of course my mother who rushed up from her Army unit at Fort Bragg to Maryland to be there with me and my father when I set my record time in the 1500 meter race.” Three other Myrtle Beach Track Club athletes advanced to the National Championship with Jenerette; Sara Sweatt in the Youth Girls Javelin throw and Kala Watkins in the Bantam Girls High Jump and the Long Jump. Photo Caption: Myrtle Beach Track and Field Head Coach Mike Floyd and Benjamin Jenerette celebrate her birthday the weekend of her Golf Medal win in the 1500 meter run at the Regional III Junior Olympic Track Meet last week in Landover, Maryland adjacent to the Fed-Ex Sports Complex near Washington, D.C. Benjamin Jenerette sweeps three events and three Gold Medals North Myrtle Beach Athletes Bring Home the Gold in South Carolina Junior Olympic Track Championship Meet Myrtle Beach - Sunday June 14th 2009 Several of North Myrtle Beach High School Track and Field finest athletes participated in the USATF South Carolina Association Junior Olympics State Championship meet that took place at Doug Shaw Stadium in Myrtle Beach June 12-14. Benjamin Jenerette, running for the Myrtle Beach Track & Field Club, brought home three Gold Medals in the State wide championship meet. In the Youth Girls Division Benjamin swept the 800 meters with a 2:34, the 1500 meters with a 5:12 and the 3000 meters with an 11:40 finish. Benjamin was named as the Horry County ‘Most Outstanding Female Athlete' in the Spring Track season for the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters and led the NMB HS Chiefs' second-place 3,200-meter relay team. “I had some great individual coaching with the Myrtle Beach Track Club this summer,” said Benjamin. “I have to thank Coaches Mike Floyd, Bratton Fennell, Vince Peebles and Zola Budd Pieterse who have encouraged and motivated me this season to reach beyond what I had ever done on the track. I owe a special thanks to Coach Alan Connie who coached my mom when she ran for Coastal Carolina University and he has been a inspiration and mentor to me since I started running. Of course I need to thank John Pedersen who cheered me on and who along with Mayor John Rhodes pulled the Junior Olympic Meet into our area of the Grand Strand.” The next stop for Jenerette is the USATF Region III Junior Olympic Championships in Landover, Maryland and if she qualifies there Benjamin will advance to the National Junior Olympic Championships at Greensboro, NC the end of July. Benjamin’s mother, Katherine, will be competing in the USATF SC Open/Masters Track & Field Championships, at Doug Shaw Stadium, in Myrtle Beach later this month which is being hosted by Myrtle Beach Track & Field Club. North Myrtle Beach standout Jeff Linta brought home a Gold Medal for the Pole Vault Intermediate Boys with a 11-10.75 final and Marisa Maher won a 3rd Place Bronze in the 400 Meter Hurdles Intermediate Girls and a 7th place finish in the Pole Vault Intermediate Girls competition. There was a record turnout for the USATF Championship meet and it is scheduled to be held in Myrtle Beach for two consecutive years. Benjamin Jenerette's mother, Katherine is a Volunteer Assistant Coach with the Myrtle Beach Track & Field Club and both her brother Christian and sister Drake are members of the team. Photo Above: Coastal Carolina University Track and Field Coach Alan Connie and Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes congratulate Benjamin Jenerette after her third Golf Medal victory in the 800 meter run at the South Carolina Junior Olympic Track Meet on Sunday. In 1994 Alan Connie coached Katherine Jenerette, Benjamin’s mother, when she was a 10,000 meters runner for CCU and she was awarded NCAA Big South All Conference Honors at the NCAA 'Big South' Championship meet at Liberty University, VA. Photos: Benjamin pre-race warm-up with Myrtle Beach Track & Field Coach Bratton Fennell before the 3000 meter and 800 meter races. Photos top : Benjamin 3000meters and 800 meters race by John Olson, Greenville, SC Jenerette Named 'Most Outstanding Female Athlete' Horry County High School Track Championship Meet Myrtle Beach - Saturday April 18th 2009 Benjamin Jenerette is officially the best High School female distance runner in Horry County and won the Horry County High School Track and Field Championship Most Outstanding Female Athlete award. North Myrtle Beach Chiefs Benjamin Jenerette won three gold and one silver medal Saturday at the Horry Country Track and Field Championships at St. James High School. Jenerette swept the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters and led the Chiefs' second-place 3,200-meter relay team. Benjamin, a seventh grader running High School Varsity track for her first season dominated the distance events and took home more medals than any individual girl in the meet among the county high school teams that participated Saturday. North Myrtle Beach coach Jack Ford said that Benjamin, who is in her first season of track is good enough in the mile to put her in contention at the South Carolina State meet next month. Benjamin's mother, Katherine is the Assistant Girls Track Coach when she is not on Army duty. Photos Above: (Top Left) Benjamin Jenerette and NMB HS Girls Coach Jack Ford; (Top Center) Benjamin Jenerette; (Top Right) Kianne Bradley, Coach Jenerette, Alicia Davenport, Matika Parker, Breeanna Goodyear, Jarret McCray, Ashley Miller. (Right) NMB HS Assistant Girls Track Coach, U.S. Army(R) Lieutenant Katherine Jenerette; 1990: V Corp Track Team U.S. Army Europe Track and Field Championships prior to her deployment to Operation Desert Storm - The Persian Gulf War. After returning from the war as a 'walk-on' at USC Coastal Carolina University Katherine was recognized as one of the regions top runners when she received "All Conference Award"recognition to the NCAA Track & Field Big South Conference in 1994. Jenerette leads North Myrtle Beach HS Team at Beach Run Invitational Track Meet Myrtle Beach - Saturday April 4th 2009 Benjamin Jenerette led the North Myrtle Beach High School Track and Field team in points and earned three medals with a 12:19 first place win in the 3200 girl’s meters and a 5:33 third place photo finish in the 1600 meters. Jenerette also led the girl’s 3200 meter relay team to a third place finish for the bronze. Other members of the relay team were Jennifer Boyer, Melissa Koch and Breeanna Goodyear. Jenerette alone earned 17.5 points of the girls’ team total of 31.5 points of 17 scored events. The Girls and Boys teams participated in the 5th Annual Beach Run Invitational hosted by Carolina Forest High School at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The girls placed 8th out of 17 teams while the boys team finished 13th overall with 16 points. “The meet was a great opportunity for our teams to compete with so many talented athletes from South Carolina and other states,” said girls coach Jack Ford. “Our boys and girls teams did a great job across the board.” Jenerette, a seventh grader, who attends North Myrtle Beach Middle School is currently ranked for the class of 2014 as first in South Carolina in both the 1600 meters and 3200 meters and second in the National Outdoor Track and Field rankings for her class in the 1600 meters. In the boys’ competition, Brentin Fullwood earned a third place finish in the High Jump for a bronze medal with a 6’0 jump. Team scoring was for 1st through 8th place finishers with medals for 1st through 3rd places and ribbons for 4th through 8th place. Other North Myrtle Beach awards were: Girls 400 meter hurdles - Marisa Maher, 1:13.66, 5th place; Girls High Jump - Ashley Buck, 4-04, 6th place; Girls 4x100 Meter Relay - Venyka Dewitt, Danielle Durivage, Melissa Koch, Chella Brown, 56:48, 8th place; Girls Long Jump – Venyka Dewitt, 14-00.50, 7th place. Boys 100 meter dash – Travis Evans, 11:61, 6th place; Boys 800 meter run – Gage Hicks; Boys 4x800 meter relay – Gage Hicks, Steven Goebel, John Grice, Eric Baker, 9:13.27, 8th place; Boys pole vault – Donovan Brown, J9-00, 7th place; Boys Long Jump - Brentin Fullwood, 19-07, 7th place. Source: http://sc.milesplit.us/meets/45383 photos above: (Left) Alicia Davenport, Breeanna Goodyear, Ashley Miller, Jenifer Boyer, Jarret McCray, Benjamin Jenerette, Marissa Verren (Center) Benjamin Jenerette (Right) Benjamin and Katherine Jenerette, Assistant Girls Track Coach Volunteer, NMB HS. NEW: Benjamin and Christian Jenerette Feature: North Myrtle Beach Times - Thursday January 22, 2009 Benjamin Jenerette Named to The Grand Strand 's High School best in girls cross country The Sun News: Toast of the Coast
	Horry County Cross Country Championship Meet, South Carolina: Saturday, October 18, 2008
	Army Mom Drives all Night to Be at Championship Meet Benjamin Jenerette Takes 5th Place in Horry County Varsity Girls Cross Country Championship Benjamin Jenerette's mother, U.S. Army(R) Lieutenant Katherine Jenerette left her unit at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Friday afternoon and drove all night just to see her daughter race in the Horry County Cross Country Championship Saturday. At Socastee High School, seventh grade cross country standout, Benjamin moved into second place on the the NMB High School Varisty lineup, Saturday and took 5th Place Overall marking her as one of the top young runners in the county. North Myrtle Beach Girls Cross Country Team took second place in the Horry County Championship meet. "It was well worth the trip to see both my son and daughter run in the meet," Jenerette said. Two of Katherine’s children, Benjamin and Christian are on the North Myrtle Beach High School varsity cross country team. Benjamin recently won the Junior Varsity Girl’s Race competition in the cross country Pee Dee Classic meet at Francis Marion University which moved her into the Varsity lineup for the Lady Chiefs. Jenerette' mother attended the University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina Campus on a Cross Country and Track scholarship. Katherine and Benjamin's father, Van both competed in the U.S. Army Europe Track and Field Championships in 1990 and as a 'walk-on' at USC Coastal Katherine was recognized as one of the regions top runners when she was named to the NCAA Track & Field Big South Conference in 1994. A former North Myrtle Beach Planning Commissioner, Lieutenant Jenerette has had a fast paced year. Last spring she graduated from the U.S. Army's Airborne school at Ft. Benning, Georgia and became a member of the Army’s elite paratrooper corps. Then Jenerette returned home to run on the Republican ticket for the U.S. Congress 1st District Seat and in a 75-day ‘whirlwind’ congressional campaign finished the primary election in a solid second place in a three-man race garnering nearly 20% of the vote. Days before the June election, Katherine was back at Ft. Benning with her training unit and completed her Officer Leadership course and then she was off to Ft. Leonard Wood for more officers schooling with her branch, the Military Police Corps. Jenerette is currently back at Ft. Bragg. “I’ve been back and forth all year,” said Jenerette. “Luckily, I’ve been able to get back to South Carolina on numerous visits with the family and for the most part we have had a fantastic summer and fall. It's just nice to be back home. ” Jenerette, who grew up in a military family herself, volunteered for a direct commission over two-years ago and knows the challenges that it brings to her husband and four children. “There are thousands of other soldiers, both men and women with families that are serving all over the world for our country,” said Jenerette. “I’m just a small part of a big team but I’ve always believed that service to your community and nation is part of being an American and I want my children to learn from example, not just talk. I’m really proud of my children, my husband and my parents support.” "As a soldier it’s also good to know that your community is supporting you in serving the nation,” Jenerette continued. “and I have been fortunate to have so many of my neighbors, friends, church family, school teachers and colleagues and even some politicians giving their support and assistance to both me and my family.” Jenerette is a U.S. Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War Operation Desert Storm and she has served as a Field Representative for the 1st Congressional District, South Carolina. Jenerette currently is a Commissioned Officer serving in the U.S. Army Reserve and as an Army Paratrooper she is assigned to the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C. Earlier this month, at Fort Leonard Wood, Lt. Jenerette was awarded the prestigious German Armed Forces Badge of Military Proficiency (GAFBMP) Gold medal after competition which included a 200-meter swim, track and field events including sprints, high and long jumps, shot-put, a 5K run, pistol marksmanship, a test in basic first-aid finally a timed road march of 12.5 miles with 22 pounds of gear.

	South Carolina Cross Country State Championship Meet: Saturday, November 8, 2008
	Benjamin Jenerette Leads North Myrtle Beach HS Varisty Girls Cross Country in South Carolina State Championship Meet The North Myrtle Beach High school Varsity Girl’s teams finished in a respectable 16th Place High School AAA Team at the Sandhills Research Center in Columbia, SC Jenerette, a seventh grade runner was the first finisher on the North Myrtle Beach High School team with a 21:55 in the Lady Chiefs varsity line-up. The North Myrtle Beach girls varsity team was lead by Jenerette - 21:55 followed by Caroline Keener - 22:43, Jill Transou - 22:48, Jennifer Boyer - 23:01, Marisa Maher - 23:08, Maggie Young - 23:48, Mackenzie Baldwin - 23:59. Myrtle Beach High girls placed 24th in the varsity team competition. Jenerette’s brother Christian, who also runs for the North Myrtle Beach High School team finshed with a 19:59 overall in the boys varsity competition. The North Myrtle Beach boys team placed 18th overall. North Myrtle Beach High School team page at: http://sc.milesplit.us/teams/NMB

	Francis Marion University South Carolina Pee Dee Classic Cross Country: Saturday, September 27, 2008
	North Myrtle Beach HS Jenerette takes girls cross country meet JV 1st Place Honors Benjamin Jenerette won the Junior Varsity Girl’s Race competition with a 22:56 time in the cross country Pee Dee Classic meet on Saturday at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC. Jenerette, a seventh grade runner on the North Myrtle Beach High School team would have finished second for the Lady Chiefs had she ran in the varsity competition. The North Myrtle Beach girls varsity team placed third in the classic meet overall lead by Caroline Keener - 22:46 followed by Jennifer Boyer - 23:35, Mackenzie Baldwin - 23:43, Maggie Young - 23:44, Jill Transou - 24:00, Marissa Vereen - 24:08, Marisa Maher - 24:39. Carolina Forest High girls placed fifth and Georgetown High girls took eighth place in the varsity team competition. Jenerette’s brother Christian, who also runs for the North Myrtle Beach High School team placed 49th overall in the boys varsity competition. The North Myrtle Beach boys team placed fourth overall. Complete Meet results at: http://sc.milesplit.us/meets/38650
	Benjamin and Christian Jenerette, North Myrtle Beach High School Cross Country 2008.

	Green Sea Floyds, South Carolina Six Team Cross Country Meet: Thursday, October 2, 2008
	Benjamin Jenerette moves into the Varisty lineup North Myrtle Beach HS Varsity Girls Cross Country Sweeps Top Five Places At Green Sea Floyds High School, North Myrtle Beach Girls Cross Country Team swept the top five spots to win a six-team meet and seventh grade standout, Benjamin Jenerette moved into the Varisty lineup. The Chiefs' Jennifer Boyer won the race in 22:04 and teammate Caroline Keener was second at 22:07 followed by Benjamin Jenerette with a 22:44. Team Results: 1. North Myrtle Beach 15; 2. Green Sea Floyds 77; 3. Marion 109; 4. Aynor 125; 5. Loris, Mullins no team scores. Individual Results: 1. Jennifer Boyer (NMB) 22:04; 2. Caroline Keener (NMB) 22:07; 3. Benjamin Jenerette (NMB) 22:44; 4. Maggie Young (NMB) 22:47; 5. McKenzie Baldwin (NMB) 22:49. On Saturday, Jenerette won the Junior Varsity Girl’s Race competition with a 22:56 time in the cross country Pee Dee Classic meet on Saturday at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC. The North Myrtle Beach boys team placed second overall. Jenerette’s brother Christian, set a personnal best time in Thursdays meet at Green Sea Floyds with a 19:57 finish. Jenerette' mother, U.S. Army(R) Lieutenant Katherine Jenerette, attended the University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina Campus on a Cross Country and Track scholarship. Katherine competed in the U.S. Army Europe Track and Field Championships in 1990 and as a 'walk-on' at USC Coastal she was recognized as one of the regions top runners when she was named to the NCAA Track & Field Big South Conference in 1994.

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