Personal Records:
4K -- 14:23.32
5K -- 17:14.11
800 meters (outdoor) -- 2:08.16
800 meters (indoor) -- 2:12.61
1500 meters (outdoor) -- 4:24.32
3000 meters (outdoor) -- 9:51.27
Mile (indoor) -- 4:48.41

2008: Named team's Most Valuable Performer at postseason banquet... Through first two years on campus has posted the top Commodore result in all but one competition... Topped the squad at every meet this season, including individual wins in the Belmont/Vanderbilt Opener and Commodore Classic... At season opener, ran a personal best at 4K distance (14:23.32) to capture the Belmont/Vanderbilt competition... At Commodore Classic, ran second best time ever by Vanderbilt female over the home course, finishing 5K in 17:57.39, 10 seconds faster than her previous best... Lowered cross country 5K PR to 17:14.11 at Louisville Classic, finishing fourth among 265 runners... Ran 40th overall at Pre-Nationals, posting 21:11.18 PR for 6K... At SEC Championships, paced Commodore runners with 19th overall finish in 21:31.54... Garnered All-Region status at NCAA South Regional with a 14th place finish, sixth best result ever by Commodore runner at meet.

2007: Finished fourth at the Belmont/Vanderbilt Opener, first at the Commodore Classic, 11th at the Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge, 35th at the Chile Pepper Festival, 31st at the SEC Championship and 55th at the NCAA South Regional Championship ... Voted SEC Female Freshman of the Week for her performance at the Commodore Classic ... Added Most Valuable Performer award to her accolades at the Vanderbilt cross country postseason banquet ... Named the 2007-08 Vanderbilt Female Newcomer of the Year at the Black and Gold Banquet.

High School Career:
Personal bests -- 2:13.94 (800 meters); 4:48.25 (1600 meters); 10:35.55 (3,200 meters); 17:41 (3 miles, cross country); 17:23 (5000 meters, cross country) ... One of the South's most accomplished and versatile distance runners during her career ... Traveled the country competing against the nation's top prep runners ... Ran a 5,000-meter personal record of 17:23 to claim eighth place overall at the Foot Locker South Region meet in Charlotte, N.C., after finishing second at the Tennessee state cross country championships in November 2006 ... The finish earned Jorgenson a trip to San Diego two weeks later for the Foot Locker Nationals where she finished 38th overall ... Career bests at 800 meters, 2:13.94, and 1,600 meters, 4:48.25 (4:49.9 mile), came at the 2007 Music City Distance Carnival ... Best effort at 3,200 meters, 10:35.55, came at the Nike Indoor Nationals in Maryland.

Personal:
Margaret Kathryn Jorgensen ... Nickname is "Blondie" ... Born March 14, 1989 ... Parents are Pat and Cece ... Has one older brother ... Majoring in civil engineering ... Enjoys wake boarding, cooking, cycling and "ripsticking."

Off the Course with Rita:

Dream vacation: A trip to Holland

Dream jobs: Environmental engineering, or something in architecture

Favorite restaurant: P.M.

First job I had: a Holiday Ham hostess

Favorite "non-school" related reading material: Architecture magazines

Favorite class this semester: Calculus II

My day can't start until: I have a bowl of Cheerios.

Best concert I've ever attended: Tim McGraw -- snuck from the nose-bleed section to the front row!