University of Georgia Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field Roster
Jessica Drop
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Coginchaug
- Hometown:
- Durham, Conn.
2020 SEC Women's Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2019, 2017 NCAA Cross Country All-American
2019, 2018 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Team
2019, 2018, 2017 NCAA Cross Country All-Region
2018 NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (5,000 Meters)
2018 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (5,000 Meters)
2020: Indoor – Earned CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America honors...Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual...Honored as the 2020 SEC Women's Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Had a team-best mile time of 4:44.39 to take fourth at the Bob Pollock Invitational…Finished third at the SEC Championships in the 3000-meter run thanks to a time of 9:16.25 while also managing fourth in the 5000m (16:07.06) at the meet…Had a season-best time of 16:04.15 to take ninth in the 5000m at the Husky Classic…Qualified for the NCAA Championships with the 16th and final spot in the 5000m.
2019: Cross Country - Led the Lady Bulldogs in all six of her races…Opened the year by taking second at the 6k Commodore Classic (21:08.5) and the 6k Paul Short Run (19:43.5)…Earned First Team All-SEC honors after taking sixth at the 6k SEC Championships with a 20:12.0…Left the 6k NCAA South Regional with All-Region honors thanks to her third-place finish (20:16.7)…Secured the second cross country All-America certificate of her career with a 40th-place finish (20:48.4) at the NCAA Championships...earned her second USTFCCCA All-Academic recognition alongside her sister, Samantha.
Outdoor - Won the 1500m at the Spec Towns Invite with a 4:23.18…Finished with the nation’s 12th-best 5000m time in 2019 at 15:41.53 for second at the Mt. SAC Relays…Earned third-place honors at the SEC Championships thanks to a 5000m time of 15:54.83…After being the eighth qualifier at the NCAA East Prelims, finished 19th at the NCAA Championships after clocking a 16:40.84...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2019, as well as the 2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - The reigning indoor All-American competed once during the indoor season, clocking her third-best time indoors in the 5000 meters and a team-best mark of 16:12.42 at the Boston University/Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in December.
2018: Cross Country - Was the Lady Bulldogs’ top finisher in all six of her races, including a win at the 5.5k Bulldog Invitational with a 20:06.3 to give her a third straight victory at the meet…Had a season-best time of 19:26.57 for First Team All-SEC honors (seventh place) at the 6k SEC Championships…Earned All-Region honors after taking third at the 6k NCAA South Region with a 20:29.4…Only Lady Bulldog to advance to the NCAA Championships and was 77th (20:56.4).
Outdoor - Completed a trifecta of All-American honors (XC, indoor, outdoor) in the 2017-18 year, joining Jolly Earle (1989-90) as the only Georgia woman to accomplish such a feat...Secured first-team All-American honors in the 5000 meters with a seventh-place finish (15:46.39) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships...Raced to the new Georgia record in the 5000 meters, eclipsing the previous record by more than 22 seconds with a scorching time of 15:38.57 at the Mt. SAC Relays on top of a first-place finish and the No. 1 NCAA East Region qualifying mark...With the time, she joined her twin sister, Samantha, as the only pair of Bulldog siblings currently among the top 10 all-time in the same event from the same season...Booked her ticket to Oregon with a second-place finish in the 5000 meters (16:12.58) at the NCAA East Prelims...Claimed a silver medal in the 5000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 16:15.30...Opened the season with her first top 10 program mark on account of a second-place finish in the 1500 meters (4:20.87) at the Texas Relays, as she captured the No. 7 spot in school history...Also earned another event win in the 5000 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational, with a winning time of 16:48.62...One of 46 UGA student-athletes who received Dean's List honors in Spring 2018, earning a 3.50 GPA or higher while taking 14 credit hours or more…Also earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Raced to 4th place in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 15:53.16, the best NCAA finish in program history in the event...Became the school’s second All-American in the 5000m all-time...Earned the No. 8 NCAA qualifying mark in the 5000m (15:43.28)...Blazed her way into school history during indoors with two new school records...Claimed second and Second Team All-SEC honors at the SEC Indoor Championships in the 3000m by improving on her new school record with a time of 9:11.01...Ran a scorching time (15:43.28) in a 5000m victory at the Iowa State Classic, giving her the new school record and the No. 8 spot nationally...Opened the season with an event win in the 3000m at the Clemson Invite, which set a program record time at the time of 9:17.60...Earned second in the mile run (4:41.60) at the Razorback Invite to move to No. 4 in school history...One of 62 UGA student-athletes who received Dean's List honors in Fall 2017, earning a 3.50 GPA or higher...Also earned SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2017: Cross Country - Won the season-opening WCU Festival with a two-mile time of 10:0.40.12…Finished first at the Bulldog SEC Preview after clocking a 6k time of 21:01.7…Had the team’s top finish at the 6k Paul Short Run, taking third with a 19:52…Finished 14th at the NCAA Pre-Nationals thanks to a 6k time of 20:08.2…Earned All-SEC First Team by leading the Lady Bulldogs at the 6k SEC Championships with a fourth-place finish (20:17.1)…Was named to the All-Region squad at the 6k NCAA South Regional with a third-place finish (19:45.4)…Finished with All-America honors at the 6k NCAA Championships thanks to a 31st-place finish with a 20:06.90 time.
Outdoor - Won the 1500-meter run at the Yellow Jacket Invite after clocking a 4:27.73…Vaulted to second on the school’s all-time top-10 list in the 5000m with a ninth-place finish and a time of 16:12.09…Finished first in the 1500m at the Spec Towns Invite with the seventh-best time in UGA history (4:22.37)…Trained with an 800m at the Yellow Jacket Invite and finished sixth (2:16.48)…Dropped her 800m time to 2:14.04 at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial for sixth place…Scored after taking fourth in the 5000m (16:15.29) at the SEC meet…Finished one spot out of scoring in the 1500m at the SEC Championships, taking ninth (4:25.01)…Advanced to the NCAA East Prelims in the 5000m and was 13th with a time of 16:28.75…Was fourth at the USATF Junior Championships thanks to a 1500m time of 4:24.38.
Indoor - Won the Orange & Purple Classic after crossing the 3000-meter run finish line in 9:41.43…Ran a 4:50.93 for sixth-place honors in the mile Invitational at the Razorback Invite…Registered the fourth-best mile time in school history of 4:50.76 for eighth at the Music City Challenge…Was 10th (9:34.18) in the 3000m at the SEC Championships…Ran a leg on the Lady Bulldog distance medley relay that finished sixth at SECs (11:26.58) with the fifth-best time in school history.
2016: Cross Country - Led Georgia in five of six meets...In her first collegiate race and only second cross race in history, she won the 5K UGA Cross Country Invitational with a time of 17:43.70...Finished with a time of 17:15.9 to take eighth at the 5K Commodore Classic...Shot to a third-place finish (20:13) at the 6K Paul Short Run...Was seventh to lead the Lady Bulldogs at the 6K Crimson Classic with a 21:05.0...Finished 14th for All-SEC Second Team and All-Freshman honors at the 6K SEC Championships thanks to a time of 20:56.6...Finished second to her sister, Sam, and 33rd overall with a 21:09.0 at the 6K NCAA South Regionals.
High School: Earned All-America honors in the mile (fifth place) and distance medley relay (sixth place) indoors and the 2-mile (fourth place) outdoors...Took second in the mile at the Millrose Games...Named Gatorade Connecticut Track Athlete of the Year...Set school records in the 600 meters, 800m, 1000m, 1600m, mile, 3200m, 2-mile, 4x400m relay, 4x800m relay, sprint medley relay and distance medley relay...Personal-best times of 2:15 (800m), 4:46 (mile), 10:19 (2-mile) and 18:12 (5K cross)... Was New England champion in the 3200m and state open champion in the 1600m...Set a meet record to win the 1600m and 3200m Class S titles...Captured Shoreline championships in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m and 4x400m relay...Finished with First Team All-Shoreline, All-State, All-New England and MVP honors indoors and outdoors as a senior...Was also the New Register and Harford Courant MVP outdoors in her final year...Emerging Elite national champion in the mile and DMR as a junior...Was team MVP, First Team All-Shoreline, All-State and All-New England as a junior...Garnered MVP honors (indoors and outdoors) and the 100% Award (outdoors) and was First Team All-Shoreline and All-State indoors and outdoors as a sophomore...Was the team MVP outdoors and earned the Most Improved Award indoors as a freshman and was Second Team All-Shoreline...Also played soccer at Coginchaug...Member of National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and Best Buds...Volunteer for Special Olympics...Graduated with Honors and Distinction.
Personal: Born October 7, 1998...Daughter of Anne and Daniel Drop...Twin sister, Sam, is also running for Georgia...Majoring in Cellular Biology.
