The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025-26 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Gia Kurp
- Hometown:
- The Woodlands, Texas
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- The Woodlands HS
- Major:
- Civil Engineering
Personal Bests & Results via TFRRS
- 2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025-26 (Sophomore)
Cross Country: Opened the season at the Stormy Seas Opener with a time of 18:53.30... Finished the UIW Invitational with a time of 18:35.2...Completed the Chile Pepper Invitational with a PB time of 17:44.9..
2024-25 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Competed in the 800-meter at the Texas Relays...Finished 10th in the 800-meter with a PB time of 2:13.12 at the Tom Jones Invite…Recorded a personal best in the 800m at the Cameron Burrell Invitational with a time of 2:12.61...
INDOOR: Ran at the Louisville Opener and finished fourth in the 600m with a time of 1:36.11... Ran the 800-meter in 2:15.09 and was on a Texas 'B' 4x400 relay at the Arkansas Invitational... Ran a personal best in the 800-meter with a time of 2:13.24 at the Razorback Invitational... Ran the 800-meter in 2:13.36 at the Tiger Paw Invite...
Cross Country: Made her collegiate debut at the Stormy Seas Opener in the 5K and finished with a time of 19:18.6...
Prior to Texas: Lettered in track and field all four years in high school and three years in cross country... UIL 6A - Texas State Track Championship Finalist - 800M Runner (11th & 12th Grade)... UIL 6A - Texas State Track Championship Finalist - 4x400M Runner (12th Grade)... 2024 Texas Distance Festival 800M Champion...UIL 6A - Region 2 Track Meet - 800M Champion (12th Grade)... UIL 6A - Region 2 Track Meet - 800M Runner Up (11th Grade)... UIL 6A - District 13-14 Track Area Meet - 800M Champion (10th, 11th & 12th Grade)... UIL 6A - District 13-14 Area Meet Track - 4x400M Champion (9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th Grade ... UIL 6A - District 13 Track - 4x400M Champion (9th, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade)... UIL 6A - District 13 Track - 800M Champion (10th & 11th Grade)... UIL State Cross Country Team Championship 2020, 2021 (3rd place finish - 9th/10th Grade)... UIL 6A Region 2 Cross Country Team Champions 2020, 2021 (9th, 10th Grade)... UIL 6A Region 2 Cross Country Team Runner Up 2022 (11th Grade)... UIL 6A District 13 Cross Country Team District Champions (9th, 10th, 11th Grade)... Robert Sloan Award for Team Player of 2022
Top marks prior to Texas - 200- 25.10. 400- 57.25 800- 2:09.81 1600- 5:14.24 5k- 19:10.81
Personal: Daughter of James and Claudine Kurp and sister to Ava Kurp... Father played football at Brown University... Graduated Summa Cum Laude... AP Scholar with Distinction... National Merit Commended Scholar... National Honor Society... Bluebonnet Girl State Representative... Lettered with a 4.0 GPA or higher all four years...
