After competing at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Jenna then fell ill battling undiagnosed parasites for over a year which saw her take significant time out of the pool. After making a recovering in 2015 she made the move from her home town of Bendigo to the Gold Coast, Queensland. Jenna was the recipient of the Gina Rinehart Swimming Excellence Scholarship through Bond University where she studied Biomedical sciences in 2016. Training under Richard Scarce Jenna went on the make her first national senior team at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) She claimed her first national title in 2019 at The Australian National Long Course Championships . This was a breakthrough meet for Jenna which saw her sign deals with  TYR Australia. She competed the 2020 Summer Olympics swimming in career best form placing her top 10 in the world.