The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023-24 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Eva Jess
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- El Paso, Texas
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- El Paso Franklin High
- Major:
- Nutrition
- 2025 USTFCCCA All-Academic
- 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- CSC Academic All-District
- Texas Outdoor 10,000m Program Record Holder - 2025
- Texas Indoor 5000m Record Holder - 2025
- All-SEC Second Team - Cross Country
- 2023 South Central Region Team - XC
COLLEGIATE BESTS AND RESULTS VIA TFRRS
2024-25 (Senior)
Outdoor: Became a Texas Relays Champion in the 5000-meter with her time of 15:57.92… Finished 2nd in the 1500-meter with a PB time of 4:21.03 at the Tom Tellez Alumni Invite... Broke her own school record in the 10,000-meter with a PB time of 32:50.28 to finish 4th at the Bryan Clay Invite... Finished fifth in the 10K at the SEC Outdoor Championships with her time of 33:55.26... Competed in the 10K at the NCAA West Prelims and finished 13th, one spot away from making the NCAA Championships.
INDOOR: Moved to No. 10 on the UT All-Time Performer List in the 3000-meter with a time of 9:21.90 at the Arkansas Invitational... Moved to No. 5 on the All-Time Performer list with the fifth-fastest 3K time in school history at 9:10.72 at the Razorback invitational... Ran a personal best in the 5K to break the program record at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational with a time of 15:44.48... Rewrote her program record in the 5K at the SEC Championships with a time of 15:39:51 placing 4th overall and competed in the 3K (9:22:33) ...
Cross Country: Began the season running a PB in the 5K at 17:23.5 at the Stormy Seas Opener... Ran a personal best in the 5K to help UT win the Chile Pepper XC Festival with her time of 16:29.5 and finished fifth overall... Finished with a 72-second personal best in the 6K with her time of 19:59.99 to lead the Longhorns with a sixth-place finish... Second finisher for UT in the 6k at the Wisconsin Pre Nationals with her time of 20:41.0... Ran a personal-best in the 6k by 20 seconds at the SEC Championships finishing 12th overall with her time of 19:38.1 and earned All-SEC Second Team Honors...
2023-24 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Began the outdoor season running a PB in the 1500m with a time of 4:30.03 at the UTSA Invitational... Ran a personal best in the 5K at the Texas Relays with her time of 16:04.83 to finish third... Ran the Texas program record in the 10K with her time of 32:54.06 to finish fourth at the Bryan Clay Invitational... Was the runner-up in the 10K at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 34:45.92... Reached her first NCAA Prelims in the 10K and finished in 34:40.30...
INDOOR: Opened the track season at the Rod McCravy Memorial Track Meet in the 3,000-meter and finished with a PB time of 9:33.07... Ran a personal-best and moved to No. 6 on the UT All-Time Performer List in the 5,000-meter with her time of 16:15.67... Ran two personal bests at the Eagle Elite Invite, running the mile in 4:51.26 and the 3000m in 9:25.99... Competed in the 3,000-meter (9:45.23) and finished seventh in the 5,000-meter (16:20.48) at the Big 12 Championships...
Cross Country: Began her junior season with an 8th-place finish in the 6K at the Cowboy Jamboree with her time of 21:39.0... Was the second finisher for the Longhorns for the second-straight meet at the 2023 Nuttycombe Invitational in the 6K with her time of 21:49.6... Finished 43rd at the Big 12 Championships in the 6K with her time of 21:14.0... Finished 25th at the NCAA South Central Region in the 6K with a personal-best time of 21:11.0.
2022-23 (Sophomore):
OUTDOOR: Finished ninth in the 5000m at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with her time of 17:22.44... Ran a PB in the 10K with her time of 34:52.67 at the Mt. Sac. Relays... Finished 13th in the 5K at the Payton Jordan Memorial with her time of 16:58.49... Won the Texas Invitational 5K with a time of 17:18.36... Finished 10th in the 10K at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with her time of 36:11.74.
INDOOR: Ran her first collegiate indoor 5K at the John Thomas Terrier Classic and finished with a time of 16:50.70... Set a new PB in the 5K with her time of 16:35.42 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite... Ran a PB in the 3K at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a time of 10:01.20...
Cross Country: Began the season at the Tornado Watch Invitational finishing second in the 5K with her time of 18:37.2... Was the second finisher for Texas at the Dellinger Invitational in the 6K with her time of 21:11.5, a 25-second personal best... Finished in the top 50 at the Panorama Farms XC 23 Invitational in the 5K and finished with a time of 17:43.5... Finished the 6K at the Big 12 Championships in 22:11.0 as the fourth finisher for Texas... Finished 28th in the 6K at the NCAA South Central Championships with his time of 21:18.5... Competed in her first-ever NCAA Championships in the 6K...
2021-22 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Ran a personal-best time in the 5000m at the Texas Relays at 17:33.56... Competed in the dual meet against Texas A&M... Ran a personal-best time of 16:52.48 in the 5K at the Penn Relays… Competed in both the 5K and 10K at the Big 12 Championships, setting a PB time of 36:47.83 in the 10K…
INDOOR: Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY: Began her collegiate career winning the Tornado Watch Invitational’s 5K with a time of 18:12.2 and helped the team score a perfect team score of 15 points... Was the second finisher for the Horns at the Cowboy Jamboree, finishing the 6K with a time of 22:02.2 in her first-ever 6K event to finish 25th and helped the team finish fifth... Recorded another personal-best at the Concordia Invite in the 6K with a time of 21:43.3 to finish fourth overall... Finished with a 19-second personal-best time in the 6K to finish 22nd with a time of 21:43.3 at the FSU Invite... Finished at No. 30 in the Big 12 Championships in the 6K with her time of 22:35.5 to help Texas finish fourth overall... Concluded her freshman cross country season earning USTFCCCA All-Region honors after finishing 25th in the 6K with her time of 21:38.0.
Prior to Texas: Lettered in cross country from 2017-2020 and track and field in 2018-2021... Was a four-time cross country district champion... Was a cross country Regional Qualifier all four years and regional champion in 2019... Was a 6A State qualifier all four years, while finishing fifth in 2017 and second in 2019... In 2019, was a Nike Cross Nationals qualifier, a USATF Junior Olympic National Champion in cross country... Only female in El Paso, Texas, to break five minutes in the 1600m... A track six-time district champion in the 1600m and 3200m... A six-time area champion in the 1600m and 3200m... A three-time regional qualifier with her highest finish in third in 2018 in the 3200m... Finished fifth in the 6A State qualifier in the 3200m... A two-time (2018, 2021) USATF Junior Olympic National Champion in the 1500m... Competed at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in 2019 in the 5000m (17:13.94) and the 2 mile (10:52.72)... Was an All-American at the NSAF Nike Outdoor Nationals in 2021 in the 5000m (17:03.74)...
Personal: Daughter of Carl Jess and Blaise Supler... Sister to twin brother Trevor Jess who also attends UT... Blaise competed at the University of Michigan in track and field... Was born in Farmington, New Mexico... Graduated in the top 2% of graduating class... Member of the National Honor Society from 2018-2021... Member of the National Spanish Honor Society from 2017-2019... Has run four ultra marathons, longest was 102 miles in 24 hours... Goto motto is "More miles, more smiles".
