Jessica Hull

Jessica Jolliffe (née Hull born 22 October 1996 ) is an Australian middle and long distance runner who is the current world record holder in the 2000 metres, set on 12 July 2024 with a time of 5:19.70. She is also the Oceanian record holder for the indoor and outdoor 1500 metres, indoor and outdoor mile, and outdoor 3000 metres. Hull also holds the Australian record in the 5000 metres and indoor 3000 m. In 2024, her Oceania record of 3:50.83 in the 1500 metres was also the 5th-fastest all-time performance in the event.

Hull graduated from the University of Oregon, where she was a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion. She has won four Australian national titles.

Early years
Hull grew up in Albion Park and began running in school cross-country and athletics carnivals aged eight. She also played soccer until age 14. Her training was initially guided by her father, Simon, who had been a national level middle-distance runner.

Junior representation
Hull won the under-17 1500 metres at the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships with a time of 4:28.11.

The 17-year-old made her international debut at the 2014 World U20 Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, where she finished seventh in the 3000 metres in a personal best time of 9:08.85.

Hull won the 1500 m at the 2015 Australian Junior Championships, when she also finished third in the 800 m. She placed 69th in the women's junior race at the World Cross Country Championships that year with a time of 23:11.

College years
After high school, Hull went to the United States where she studied at University of Oregon, completing a degree in human physiology. As a student-athlete, she represented Oregon Ducks. She was coached by Maurica Powell for three years and Helen Lehman-Winters in her senior year.

Hull was the NCAA Division I indoor 3000 m bronze medallist in 2018 and over the next two years added six podium finishes on the indoor and outdoor track and in cross country, including four collegiate titles. She was the individual NCAA champion in the 1500 m in 2018 and in the indoor 3000 m in 2019, earning seven All-American honors.

Turning professional
In July 2019, Hull signed with Nike and joined the now-defunct Nike Oregon Project.

In her senior international debut at the 2019 World Athletics Championships hosted in Doha, Qatar, she narrowly missed the 1500 m final. Her personal best time of 4:01.80 was the fastest non-qualifying time for the final ever at a world championships or Olympics.

In January 2020, she set an Oceanian indoor 1500 m record at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix meet in Boston, winning the event with a time of 4:04.14. Later that year, she broke 18-year-old Australian national 5000 m record at Monaco Diamond League, finishing fourth in a time of 14:43.80.

In August 2021, Hull reached the final of the 1500 m event at the postponed Tokyo Olympics, which she achieved by running an Oceanian record time of 3:58.81 to come in fourth place in the semi-final. Two days later, she placed 11th in the final in a time of 4:02.63.

In February 2023 at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships, held in Australia, Hull competed in the mixed relay with teammates Oliver Hoare, Stewart McSweyn and Abbey Caldwell. On her leg she took the lead, and ultimately Australia finished with bronze.

In July 2023, Hull ran a mile in 4:15.34, which took almost three seconds off the Australian and Oceanian women's mile records, and was eighth-fastest time ever in the women's mile.

On 7 July 2024, Hull improved her own Oceanian record in the 1500 metres to 3:50.83 at the Meeting de Paris; this time moved her up to 5th on the all-time top list.

On 12 July 2024, at the Herculis Meeting in Monaco, Hull competed in the 2000 metres, running 5:19.70 to break the previous world record held by Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba, who ran 5:21.56 in 2021.

Personal life
In December 2022, Hull married Daniel Jolliffe.

National titles

 * Australian Athletics Championships
 * 1500 metres: 2023
 * 5000 metres: 2020, 2022, 2023