Overview
- Jennings posted an official 12:37:04 at the Tunnel Hill 100 in Illinois, eclipsing Camille Herron’s 2017 benchmark of 12:42:40 set on the same course.
- She averaged 7:34 per mile over 160.9km, won the women's race, and placed fourth overall.
- Race organizers awarded a $7,500 world-record bonus in addition to a $1,250 first prize, according to reports.
- The performance came in her 100-mile debut; she already holds Ireland’s 50K and 100K records and has strong Comrades Marathon results.
- Jennings said she executed a patient pacing plan and later thanked organizer Steve Durbin, coach Terry McConnon, mentor Zach Bitter, and her husband and crew Martin McCoy.