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Jessica Drop, a senior cellular biology major, has set the pace at the University of Georgia, creating several new school records over the course of her track & field career. She ran the indoor 3000 meters at 9:11, the indoor 5000 meters at 15:43 and the outdoor 5000 meters at 15:38. She is a 2018, 2019 and 2020 All-American athlete and was named the Southeastern Conference’s 2020 Women’s Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year. A devoted volunteer and community service leader, Drop has maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.9.

A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics
American sport has always served as a platform for resistance and has been measured and critiqued by how it responds in critical moments of racial and social crises.
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A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics