The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026-27 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Joaquin De La Cruz
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- McKinney, Texas
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- McKinney Boyd
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
Results and Personal Bests via TFRRS
- 2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- 2025-26 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2026-27 (Sophomore)
Cross Country: Opened the season with a fifth-place finish at the Floyd Farms Invitational, running 16:16.6 on the 3.11-mile course ... Placed 12th at the Texas A&M Invitational with an 8K personal-best of 24:37.5 to help lead Texas to a second-place team finish.
2025-26 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Finished ninth in the 800 meters in 1:56.32 at the UTSA Invitational … Placed 10th in the 1,500 meters at the Texas Relays with a personal-best 3:55.72 and helped Texas place fourth in the distance medley relay … Ran a personal-best 3:50.13 in the 1,500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Registered a pair of fifth-place finishes at the Texas Invitational, running a personal-best 3:49.21 in the 1,500 meters and 1:56.63 in the 800 meters.
Indoor: Ran the mile in 4:13.96 and competed on the second leg of the distance medley relay at the Razorback Invitational … Set a personal-best 4:07.96 in the mile to finish ninth at the Tyson Invitational … Competed in the mile at the SEC Indoor Championships, running 4:15.98.
Cross Country: Made his Longhorn debut at the Stormy Seas Opener, finishing fourth in 15:12.74 … Finished the 4-mile UIW Invitational in 20:02.6 … Ran 24:55.9 in the 8K at the Chile Pepper Invitational … Ran 26:02.1 in the 8K at the Pre-National meet … Finished seventh among Longhorns at the SEC Championships in 25:06.9 … Placed 33rd overall at the NCAA South Central Regional in 31:12.6, helping Texas finish fifth as a team.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Earned bronze at the 2024 UIL State Championships in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:09.72 … Was a five-time UIL District Champion and four-time Area Champion … Qualified for Nike Cross Nationals … Set four school records.
PERSONAL
Son of Michelle and Carlos de la Cruz … Brother of Victoria and Fern Son of Michelle and Carlos de la Cruz … Brother of Victoria and Fernando … Sister Victoria competed for Our Lady of the Lake University … Earned Academic All-State Honorable Mention twice while in high school.
