Jordyn Kustera was named the Most Dedicated Athlete on the Rutgers-Camden cross country team during her first season of collegiate competition in 2018 and she has proven that dedication throughout her Scarlet Raptor career. Kustera has competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor over the course of her Rutgers-Camden career.
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Academics: Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2021 Spring semester.
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Outdoor Track 2022: Did not compete.
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Indoor Track 2021-22: Did not compete.
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Cross Country 2021: Did not compete.
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Outdoor Track 2021: Competed in the 1,500-meter run at four meets during the spring season…Finished ninth of nine at the season-opening Stockton Invitational #1 (March 26) in a time of 7:14.96…Placed 14th of 15 (7:03.21) at 1,500 meters at the Stockton Invitational #2 (April 2)…Posted a 7:04.93 time to place 12th of 12 at the Bill Fritz Invitational (April 17)…Notched her best time of the season at the Osprey Twilight Meet (April 30), finishing 11th of 14 in a time of 6:46.37.
Cross Country 2020-21: Competed at the 6K New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (March 20), finishing sixth on the Scarlet Raptors and 36th of 36 overall (39:40.1).
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Indoor Track 2020-21: Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Outdoor Track 2020: Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Indoor Track 2019-20: Competed in eight meets, running the mile at seven of them and also running a pair of 1,000-meter races…In the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec.6), finished 15th of 16 at 1,000 meters (4:12.58) and 33rd of 33 in the mile (7:09.95)…Posted a 4:10.31 time at 1,000 meters to finish fifth of five at the Wagner Seahawk Shootout (Dec. 13)…Ran the mile in four more regular-season meets starting with the Dutchmen Invitational (Jan. 17, ninth of nine, 7:34.72)…Posted a 7:08.74 time in the mile (46th of 48) at the Collegeville Classic (Jan. 25), ran a 7:17.94 in the mile (53rd of 54) at the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 8) and a 7:08.64 clocking at the Susquehanna Invitational (Feb. 15), placing 37th of 41…At the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Feb. 24), placed 16th of 18 in the mile (a season-best 6:56.38)…Closed the year at the ECAC Championships (March 7), posting a 7:08.48 time to place 14th of 14 in the mile.
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Cross Country 2019: Competed in all nine invitationals during the season, including three 5K meets and six 6K invitationals…Opened the season with a pair of 5K meets, the Bryn Mawr Invitational (Aug. 30) and the Philadelphia Metro Invitational (Sept. 7), finishing third on the Raptors at both events while placing 100th of 116 (33:33.73) and 90th of 105 (28:50.6) overall, respectively…Was fifth on the team and 195th of 210 overall (38:36.56) at the NJAIAW Championships (Sept. 21)…Finished second on the Raptors and 33rd of 40 overall (34:00.0) at the Dan Talbot Open (Sept. 27)…Ran sixth on the team and 117th of 123 overall at the Jack Saint Clair Memorial (Oct. 12) in a time of 39:03.8…Posted a time of 32:16.5 to finish fourth on the team and 222nd of 224 at the Inter-Regional Border Battle (Oct. 19)…Set her 6K PR of 31:51.5 at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Nov. 2), finishing fifth on the team and 93rd of 106 overall…Notched a 5K time of 28:12.49 at the Nick Russo Halloween run to finish third on the team and 10th of 14 overall…Closed the season at the NCAA Atlantic Regional (Nov. 16), placing third on the Raptors and 266th of 274 overall in a time of 34:36.1.
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Outdoor Track 2019: Competed in seven meets, running the 1,500-meter race six times and 800 meters twice…Opened the season with a 6:25.88 clocking at 1,500 meters (finishing 28th of 29) at the Stockton Invitational (March 23)…Three weeks later, shaved nearly 24 seconds off her 1,500-meter time, posting a 6:01.90 clocking for a PR at the Osprey Open (April 13), finishing 27th of 32…Also posted a 3:00.49 time at 800 meters, placing 44th of 49, at the Osprey Open…Notched her 800-meter PR (2:57.31) at the Lions Invitational (April 27), finishing 62nd of 74…Competed at 1,500 meters at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (May 5), posting a time of 6:23.77 to finish 22nd of 24.
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Indoor Track 2018-19: Competed in six meets, including five times in the mile…Also competed once at both 800 and 1,000 meters…Made her indoor track debut at the TCNJ Open (Dec. 1), placing 13th of 14 in the mile (7:03.68)…Ran her lone race at 1,000 meters on Dec. 7 at the Seahawk Shootout, finishing 11th of 12 in a 3:53.07 clocking…Posted a pair of PR times in the 800 (3:06.70, 46th of 48) and the mile (6:49.19, 36th of 37) at the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 2)…Nearly matched her PR in the mile with a 6:51.87 clocking at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Feb. 18), finishing 17th of 17.
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Cross Country 2018: Named the team’s Most Dedicated Athlete…Competed in seven invitationals, including a pair of 5K events to open the season at the Bryn Mawr Invitational (Aug. 31) and the Philadelphia Metropolitan Invitational (Sept. 8)…Placed fifth on the team and 81st of 102 at Bryn Mawr (27:57.2) and sixth on the team and 97th of 112 at the Philly Metro meet (29:23.1)…Ran her first 6K event at the Delaware Invitational (Sept. 15), finishing seventh on the team and 56th of 60 overall (35:18.9)…Seventh on the Raptors and 91st of 117 (32:46.68) overall at the NJAIAW Championships (Sept. 22)…Notched her best 6K time of 32:08 at the Paul Short Run (Sept. 29), placing sixth on the team and 319th of 357 overall…at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Oct. 27), finished 89th of 97 overall and seventh on the team in a 32:12.07 clocking…Finished sixth on the Raptors and 294th of 305 (33:41.8) at the NCAA Atlantic Regionals (Nov. 10).
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High School: Captured 11 varsity letters in track and cross country at West Deptford High School…Ran for Coach Bob Cooper…Graduated in 2018.
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Personal: Born March 10, 2000…Hobbies and interests include dancing…Fine Arts major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to become an art teacher…Jordyn is the daughter of Debra and Anthony Kustera of West Deptford.
