Senior Jillian Cole (Springfield, Ill., Springfield HS) has competed in both cross country and track at Illinois Wesleyan.
Most recently, Jillian finished in 12th place in a field of 262 at the 6K UW-LaCrosse Tori Neubauer Invitational on Oct. 13, 2018.
As a junior, her season-best time of 22:17 came at the NCAA Midwest Regional and she placed 13th at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships.
As a freshman, Jillian was named her team's "Best Newcomer".
Majoring in psychology at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of Patricia and Kenneth Cole.
Why you chose to attend Illinois Wesleyan: Good financial aid and it felt like home
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: General Psychology
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Making it to Saga before 7 p.m. on workout days
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? Organic Chemistry sophomore year
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Never finding a job in my field
Worst habit: Procrastination of everything
Most expensive traffic ticket: I sideswiped a car when I didn’t look before changing lanes, had to pay for traffic school
Language I’d like to learn: Russian
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: Two Weeks
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Headstrong
Favorite sports figures: Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles, Pease Herndon, Shawn White
My greatest moment in sports was: Seventh in the 2017 Outdoor Track CCIW 5K, coming off an injury and had only raced couple times previously in Outdoor that year
The best player I ever faced was: Megan Costanzo
Worst dresser on my team: Jeremy Glickman
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Half-empty Ragu pasta sauce
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: My Dutch friend, Helen
Favorite food: Steak or Pasta
Vegetable I won’t eat: Cooked carrots
Pepsi or Coke? Coke
Favorite TV show: "Bones" or "Grey’s Anatomy"
Favorite musical group: Lorde
Favorite movie: "Stardust"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Millie Bobby Brown
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: "Flying by the Seat of my Pants"
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Nelson Mandela
My dream job would be: A counselor of some sort, not sure yet
Place I’d most like to live: Minnesota
If you come back in another life, what would you like to return as: A falcon
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: 1- Skydiving; 2- Seeing the Grand Canyon
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: My phone
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Patrick Foster
What I miss most about being in the third grade: The laughter
