Cera Schenck '26 Recruiting Profile

I started running cross country in the fall off my 7th grade year. I was very successful throughout Junior High, winning every race and becoming undefeated running the 1600-3200 for my school (Frontenac). After my 8th grade year running for Frontenac, I ran individually at Junior High State in Emporia Kansas. A few days following this meet, I got a call from Coach David Ramsey asking me to run for the Browcaw Blazers at CC Coaches National Youth Championships in Paris Kentucky. My PR for the 3200 meter was 11:36. 

Junior High track was a pretty different experience for me as I was running anything between the 100 meter to the 3200 meter. Some of my most impressive times were 12:35 for the 3200 meter, 5:39 for the 1600, 2:37 for the 800 meter, and 1:09 for the 400 meter. By this point in my career I had been pretty successful. 

My freshman year I started my cross country season off well running a 20:44 for my first ever 5k race. I had an overall great season qualifying for 3A State in Lawrence Kansas placing 42. Although this wasn’t my best race it was still an exciting experience that has prepared me for my following High School years. By the end of my freshman season, my PR was a 20:02. After this season I also competed at the CC National Youth Championship for Coach David Ramsey. 

During my freshman year track I ran the 3200 meter through the 400 meter. I ran good times in all of my events, 13:10 in the 3200 meter, 5:56 in the 1600 meter, 2:42 in the 800 meter and my team ran a PR of 11:21 in the 4x800 meter. I had a tough year in my regional meet but still made it to state in the 4x800 meter with the help of my team, we placed 16th. 

Sophomore Cross Country I struggled with health problems having to do with low blood sugar causing me to pass out and get lightheaded while running. Once we found the cause of my problems I was back to my fast and healthy self. I pushed my way through this season not doing as well as I hoped but it’s all part of a process. My 5k pr was a 21:20. My track season was also not the beat, just a month into the season I had been having pain in my right shin and found out I had bone marrow edema. I competed only a few races before I got injured. During my injury I fought through and did a whole lot of cross training and elliptical. I ended up getting cleared 3 days before regionals, I indeed did compete and placed 2nd in the 4x800 with a new season record and qualified for state! This short season my 3200 pr was a 13:18 and my 1600 pr was a 6:15 only running it once while pushing through the pain of my shin.

I would like to attend a college that can pursue my academic needs to become an neonatologist. To do this I need to complete a medical degree or doctors of osteopathic medicine degree and three years of training in pediatric residency, I will try my best to make my school and coaches proud by running fast, keeping good grades and most importantly having a good and encouraging attitude.