Jaimie Phelan

Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Kitchener, Ontario
High School:
St. Mary's
Position:
Mid-Distance

Last Updated: May 17, 2018

At Michigan
• 2017 NCAA Outdoor Champion at 1,500 Meters (first 1,500m title in U-M history)
• Five-time USTFCCCA All-America first team (2014, 2016, 2017; indoor distance medley relay, 2016 outdoor; 1,500-meter run)
• Competing member of the 2016 Big Ten Championship Team
• Member of one cross country Big Ten Title-winning team (2016) and three NCAA Great Lakes Regional championship teams (2013, '15, '16), competing in three of those four meets
• Three-time Big Ten Champion (1500 meters; 2017 / Distance Medley Relay; 2014, '16)
• Four-time All-Big Ten first team (2014, '16; DMR, 2016, '17; 1,500) and three-time second-team honoree (2016 indoor; 600-meter run, Distance Medley Relay / 2016 outdoor; 1,500-meter run)
• All-Big Ten cross country (second team, 2015)
• Two-time All-Great Lakes Region cross country (2015, '16)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree (2016, 2017)

Redshirt Senior (2017-18)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 2:09.25 in the 800 meter run to finish 12th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 11-13)
• Ran 2:12.68 in the 800 meter run for the win at the Toledo Invitational (May 3-4)

Indoor Track & Field
• Did not compete

Cross Country
• Did not compete

Senior (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Won the 2017 NCAA outdoor title at 1,500 meters in 4:13.78 by .02 of a second -- the second-narrowest margin of victory for the event in meet history. Went from last with 400 meters to go to first with a strong 100-meter move from 300 meters left in the race. Ran a career-best 4:11.92 in the semifinals for the fastest time ever run by a Wolverine at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, and the second-fastest regular-season time in school history.
• Qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1500 meter run with a career-best mark of 4:12.55 to finish 6th at the NCAA East Prelims (May 25-27), moving her up to No. 3 on the all-time U-M performers list in the event
• Won the Big Ten title with 4:21.17 in the 1500 meter run to win the event title at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 12-14), and finished third at 800 meters in a career-best 2:05.78. In the prelims, she ran a then-PR 2:06.19 and 4:23.00.
• Ran 4:22.28 in the 1500 meter run to finish 2nd at the Steve Scott Invitational (Apr. 28-29), and also ran 2:12.83 to finish 11th at 800 meters.
• Ran 4:17.77 in the 1500 meter run to finish 13th at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 13-14)
• Ran a career-best 2:07.02 in the 800 meter run to win the event title at the Battle of the Blues (Apr. 1). Also ran a leg of the third-place 4x400 relay.

Indoor
• Ran the 800-meter leg of the USTFCCCA first-team All-America squad that ran 11:04.74 in the Distance Medley Relay to finish 5th at the NCAA Indoor Championships (Mar. 10-11)
• Ran the 1200-meter leg of the team that clocked 11:14.20 in the Distance Medley Relay to finish 2nd at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25). Individually she finished 4th at 600 meters in 1:29.44, and also rna a leg of the 10th-place 4x400 relay.
• Ran the 800m leg of the team that clocked 10:58.02 in the Distance Medley Relay to finish 5th at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 18)
• Ran 1:30.31 in the 600 meter run to finish 2nd at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 10-11). Also ran 2:09.40 for 800 meters to finish ninth and a leg of the runner-up 4x400 relay.
• Ran 2:08.81 in the 800 meter run to finish 6th at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3-4). Also ran legs of U-M's runner-up distance medley relay and the 10th-place 4x400 relay.
• Ran 4:48.17 in the Mile to finish 2nd at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 21)
• Ran 2:10.37 in the 800 meter run to finish third at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 14). Also ran a leg of Michigan's winning 4x400 relay

Cross Country
• Finished 65th to help U-M match its program-best national team finish (second place) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Championships (Nov. 19), running a race of 20:38.2 to finish as the team's fifth scorer
• Ran to a 28th-place finish in 20:47 to help U-M win the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Region
• Finished 19th to help Michigan finish on top at the 6K Big Ten Championships (Oct. 30), running 21:41.1
• Ran to a 93rd-place finish at the 6,000-meter adidas Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15) race in 21:21.0, helping U-M place third
• Finished 20th to help U-M win the 5,000-meter Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 1), scoring with a time of 17:20.30
• Ran a time of 23:01.7 at the 6,000-meter Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 24) to finish 65th overall
• Scored with a sixth-place finish to help U-M win the 5,000-meter Sycamore Invitational (Sept. 10), crossing the line at 18:11.0
• Finished 10th at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Sept. 2) in 18:07.3

Junior (2015-16)

Outdoor
• Earned All-American honors in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 9 and 11), setting a PR of 4:15.61 to place eighth overall after timing a race of 4:18.79 (then-PR) in the semifinal
• At the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26, 28), timed a PR of 4:19.22 to finish seventh overall in the quarterfinal, qualifying for the national meet at 1,500 meters
• At the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 14-15), ran 4:20.84 to earn a silver medal in the 1,500-meter run
• Finished fifth in the 1,500-meter run at the Payton Jordan Invitational (May 1), running 4:19.48
• Competed in the 800-meter run at the Long Beach Invitational (April 16), finishing second in the first section with a time of 2:08.11, and also ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x100-meter relay team (3:41.19).
• Placed second in the 800-meter run (2:07.59) and helped clinch fifth place in the 4x400-meter relay (3:47.55) at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (March 25-26)

Indoor
• Earned All-America honors for the second time in her career by running the 1,200 meter leg of Michigan's third-place Distance Medley Relay (10:59.05) at the NCAA Championships (March 11)
• Medaled in the 600-meter run (third place, 1:29.35) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26-27) and ran the 1,200-meter leg of the DMR to help U-M regain its crown in the relay in 11:09.89, also competing as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team
• Helped set a season-best DMR time of 10:58.25 while running the 1,200-meter in 3:30 at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 20)
• Created new personal-best times in two events at the SPIRE Collegiate Invitational (Feb. 12-13); finishing third in the 600-meter race in 1:29.81 and winning the 800-meter race with a time of 2:05.50
• Competed in three events at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 5-6), the mile race crossing at 4:41.28 for eighth and a new personal record, the 4x400m relay finishing fourth (3:42.14) and the 4,000-meter DMR finishing first (11:23.45)
• Helped U-M to win the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 23) by winning the 600-meter race with a time of 1:30.48 and being part of the second-place 4x400m relay team (3:45.39)
• Finished second in the 8,000-m run in 2:11.31 and competed on the third-place 4x400m relay team (4:00.63) at the Hillsdale Winter Opener (Jan. 9)
• Competed in the 3,000-meter event finishing third in 9:29.34 at the GVSU Holiday Open (Dec. 4)

Cross Country
• At the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21) helped U-M to a sixth-place finish with a time of 20:50.0 in the 6,000-meter event, good for 100th place
• Helped U-M to a team title at the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13) with a 20th-place finish in 21:01.4
• Scored for U-M at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1), running a collegiate-best 20:17.2 to finish eighth overall
• Finished 52nd in 20:46.4 to help U-M win the 6,000-meter NCAA Pre-Nats meet (Oct. 17)
• Helped U-M win the 5,000-meter Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 3) with a career best time of 17:18.84 finishing 18th
• Ran to a 22nd-place finish with a time of 17:40.1 to help U-M to a team win at the 5,000-meter Commodore Classic (Sept. 19)

Sophomore (2014-15)

Outdoor
• At the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (May 28-30), Ran 4:21:99 in the first round of the 1,500-meter race (May 28) and competed in the second round of the 1,500-meter race (May 30), running 4:25:63
• Finished eighth in the 1,500-meter final at the Big Ten Championships (May 15-17), running 4:23.81
• Finished sixth in the third section of the 800-meter run (2:11.83) at the Payton Jordan Invitational (May 2)
• Ran 4:24.13 in the 1,500-meter run at UVA Challenge (April 17-18)
• Finished fifth in the 800-meter race, crossing at 2:12.29
• Made her season debut at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (March 27-28), finishing ninth in the 800-meter race at 2:12.41

Indoor
Redshirted

Cross Country
• In her NCAA Championships (Nov. 22) debut, ran the 6,000-meter race to a 138th place finish with a time of 21:29.4, helping U-M finished 18th
• Finished 45th (21:04) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 14), helping U-M to fourth place
• Made her postseason debut at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Championship (Nov. 2), finishing 25th with a time of 20:47.2 to help U-M to a third-place showing
• Paced U-M at the 5,000-meter EMU Classic (Oct. 25) with a runner-up finish in a time of 17:39.9
• Placed 11th (22:23.3) in the open race at 6,000-meter NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct.18)
• Debuted by helping U-M to a near-perfect 16 points and first-place finish at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Preview (Sept. 20) with an 18th-place individual finish (22:03.10)

Freshman (2013-14)

Outdoor
• Redshirted

Indoor
• At the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 14-15), ran the 1,200m leg of the distance medley relay that took fifth (11:14.60)
• At the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-March 1), ran the 1,200m leg of the distance medley relay that won U-M's 11th-straight Big Ten title (11:12.52), finished second in the 800-meter run (2:06.73), and ran the second leg of the 10th-place 4x400-meter relay (3:46.88)
• At the SPIRE Invitational (Feb. 14-15), finished second in the 800-meter run (2:06.38), ran the 1,200 meter leg of the winning distance medley that set a new SPIRE record (11:00.20) and ran the third leg of the 12th place 4x400-meter relay (3:49.88)
• At the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7-8), finished second in the 800-meter run (2:08.10)
• At the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 18), won the 600-meter run (1:33.62#, 1:34.76)

Cross Country
• Redshirted
• Competed unattached at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Aug. 30), finishing eighth in 18:42.83.

Prep

• Graduated from St. Mary's High School (2013)
• Honor Roll Student

Cross Country
• OFFSA 5K champion (2011)
• OFFSA Provincial High School champion (2009)
• Competed in the Canadian National Cross Country Championships (2009-12)
• Three -time participant in the Canadian Junior National Championships (2009, '10, '11)
• Competed in the Canadian National Championships (2012)

Track & Field
• Penn Relays high school girls' mile champion (2013)
• Canadian national champion in Youth 3,000-meter and 4x400-meter relay (2013)
• Canadian National Junior Championships 1,500-meter silver medalist (2013)
• Set a new Canadian interscholastic record in the 1,500-meter run of 4:22.03 (2013)
• Athletics Ontario indoor and outdoor 1,500-meter champion (2012)
• Silver medalists in 800- and 1,500-meter run at the OFSSA Provincial High School Championships (2012)
• Represented Canada at the World Youth Track Championships in the 1,500- and 3,000-meter run (2011)
• Canadian national champion in the midget 1,200- (3:36.39) and 2,000-meter run (6:13.71), setting records in both events (2011)
• OFSSA Provincial High School champion in the 1,500-meter run, setting a provincial record of 4:32.03 (2011)
• Two-time Nike Rowland Games 3,000-meter champion (2010, '11)

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Literature, Sciences and the Arts ... Undeclared major
• Born September 2, 1995
• Daughter of Frank and Sherri Phelan

Personal Notes
• Mother, Sherri, was the 1976 World Junior Figure Skating Champion in the pairs division, representing Canada
• Sister, Kaitie, plays hockey for Brock University (Canadian Division I)

Other Sports Played
• Played two years of hockey for the Kitchener Lady Rangers
• Played Tier 1 OYSL soccer as a freshman and sophomore

Career-Best Performances (College)

Event	Time	Date
600m (I)	1:29.35	2-27-16
800m (I)	2:05.50	2-12-16
800m (O)	2:04.15	6-14-17
1500m (O)	4:11.92	6-8-17
Mile (I)	4:41.28	2-6-16
3000m (I)	9:29.34	12-4-15