Jenna Shoemaker

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Jenna Shoemaker at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid, 2010

Jenna Shoemaker (born April 20, 1984) is an actor, writer, former professional US triathlete and former member of the USA National Team. [1] In 2009, she legally changed her name to Jenna Parker.

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In 2010 Parker was number 49 in the World Championship Series ranking and number 5 in the USAT ranking. In 2012, she competed at the USA Triathlon Olympic Trials in San Diego, California. Her highest rankings came in 2009 when she was ranked number 1 in the US and number 17 in the World.

In 2010, she was featured in the October Issue, XX Factor, of Outside Magazine and on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly. [2]

Parker holds a psychology degree from Harvard University. Her brother Jarrod Shoemaker is a former professional triathlete, 2009 Duathlon World Champion and 2008 US Olympian.

In 2013, Parker retired from professional racing after winning the New York City Triathlon and finishing third at the Beijing International Triathlon. [3] [4]

She was coached by Brett Sutton from January to June of the 2013 season, and by Darren Smith from September 2008 until April 2010. She also had a short residency from late 2010 to early 2011 working with Terrence Mahon and the Mammoth Track Club.

In 2015, Parker was a member of the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol team that finished second at the first annual Red Bull Surf and Rescue event held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Parker was featured in the mini-documentary around the event. [5] She has raced for the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol since 2014 and has been part of the 9 year LBIBPA Championships winning streak, which started in 2015 after a 42 year drought for the town. She is the only woman to win the Cape May Women's Point Challenge event six times (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024), she finished 5th at the Superathalon in Cape May - a 2.3 mile run, 2 mile row, and .5 mile swim - in 2024 as the only female in the field. She has won the American Ironwoman race (run, swim, paddle, row) at the LBIBPA Championships 6x since it's debut in 2016.

In 2016, Parker was cast as the lead character "Tracy" in the SyFy feature film, produced by The Asylum, titled Ice Sharks. [6] She has hosted both the IMG Escape from Alcatraz and Beijing International Triathlon events (airing on CBS Sports Network in the US). [7] Parker is represented by Metropolis Artists Agency and Arise Artists Agency.

ITU Competitions

In the seven years from 2004 to 2010, Shoemaker took part in 48 ITU competitions and achieved 13 top ten positions.

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page. [8] Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are triathlons (Olympic distance) and belong to the Elite category.

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
  2004-05-09  World Championships (AG 20-24)Madeira11
  2005-06-12  Caribbean CupRincon6
  2005-07-10  Pan American CupNew York13
  2005-07-17  World CupCorner Brook12
  2005-09-10  World Championships (U23)GamagoriDNF
  2005-09-17  OSIM World CupBeijing39
  2006-04-16  World CupIshigaki24
  2006-05-14  Pan American CupHonolulu12
  2006-06-04  BG World CupMadrid48
  2006-06-25  Pan American CupLong BeachDNF
  2006-07-02  Pan American CupBramptonDNF
  2006-08-05  Pan American CupBridgeport18
  2006-08-20  Pan American CupKelowna10
  2006-09-17  Pan American CupRye Westchester19
  2006-09-24  BG World CupBeijingDNS
  2007-04-01  Pan American CupSanto Domingo17
  2007-05-12  Pan American CupIxtapa15
  2007-05-20  Pan American CupHonolulu19
  2007-06-03  BG World CupMadridDNF
  2007-07-07  Premium European CupHoltenDNF
  2007-07-14  Pan American CupGeneva20
  2007-08-05  Pan American CupDrummondville16
  2007-08-12  Pan American CupLongmontDNF
  2008-01-06  Premium Pan American CupViña del Mar9
  2008-01-13  Pan American CupLa Paz14
  2008-03-08  Pan American CupValle de BravoDNF
  2008-04-13  BG World CupIshigaki32
  2008-04-19  PATCO Pan American ChampionshipMazatlan13
  2008-05-25  BG World CupMadridDNF
  2008-07-12  European CupAthlone4
  2008-07-20  BG World CupKitzbühel28
  2008-07-27  Premium European CupPoznan6
  2008-09-27  Asian CupSuixian8
  2009-03-01  OTU Oceania ChampionshipsGold Coast8
  2009-03-29  World CupMooloolaba14
  2009-04-05  Oceania CupNew Plymouth6
  2009-04-25  Pan American CupMazatlan1
  2009-05-16  PATCO Pan American ChampionshipsOklahoma2
  2009-05-25  Pan American CupAustin3
  2009-06-21  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesWashington DCDNF
  2009-07-25  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg24
  2009-08-15  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon32
  2009-08-22  Pan American CupTuscaloosa2
  2010-04-11  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney23
  2010-04-18  World CupMonterrey9
  2010-06-05  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid27
  2010-06-12  Elite CupHy-Vee18
  2010-07-17  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg23
  2010-07-24  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon40

BG = the sponsor British Gas
DNS = did not start
DNF = did not finish

References

  1. ↑ See http://www.usatriathlon.org/athletes/page/4 Archived August 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ Season 10 Episode 1153, Air Date: October 27, 2010
  3. ↑ "Ex-Harvard Swimmer Parker Wins Women's New York City Triathlon". Bloomberg News . July 15, 2013. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Athlinks" . Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Lifeguard Competition on the Jersey Shore - Red Bull Surf & Rescue". July 30, 2015 – via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "ICE SHARKS TRAILER". August 17, 2016 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Jenna Parker". IMDb.
  8. ↑ See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MTIwOQ== Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved January 18, 2011.
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