‘You just have to prove yourself’: From Hayden to Gonzaga, how Jenna Kleckler found her rhythm on the water

‘You just have to prove yourself’: From Hayden to Gonzaga, how Jenna Kleckler found her rhythm on the water

Jenna Kleckler did not grow up dreaming of rowing for a Division I college program. As a Hayden High School student, Kleckler was a regular on volleyball courts, in basketball gyms, on tracks, in weight rooms, in 4-H barns and at summer horse shows. As an athlete, she was part of state meets, playoff games, close-knit support and small-town rivalries that follow a young athlete from one season to the next. There was not much rowing. “I didn’t ev…