The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025-26 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Melody Espinoza
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Brackenridge HS
- Previous School:
- UTSA
- Major:
- Psychology
Results and Personal Bests via TFRRS
- 2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025-26 (Junior)
Cross Country: Opened the season with a sixth place finish at the UIW Invitational with a time of 17:58.2... Finished 13th at the Chile Pepper Invitational with a PB time of 17:03.6...
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in the 5000-meter (17:13.50) at the Texas Relays… Finished 8th in the 1500-meter (4:33.20) at the Tom Tellez Alumni Invite... Finished 6th in the 5000-meter with a PB time of 16:36.35 at the Bryan Clay Invite... Ran a personal best in the 1500-meter at the Cameron Burrell Invitational with a time of 4:33.13.
Cross Country: Made her UT debut at the Stormy Seas Opener in the 5K and finished with a time of 18:09.2... Ran a personal best in the 5K to help UT win the Chile Pepper XC Festival with her time of 17:13.7...Ran in the open 6K at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invite and finished with a time of 21:55.1...
Prior to Texas: at UTSA
Competed in the outdoor season in the 5K and recorded a PB of 17:01.71 at the Bryan Clay Invitational and the 1500 at the UTSA Invitational (4:36.56)... During the indoor season, ran a PB in the mile in 5:06.64 at the Robert Platt Invitational and the 3K at the conference championships in 9:55.07... Competed at the American Athletic Conference Championships and ran a PB in the 6K in 21:39.4... Ran a personal best in the 5K at the 48th Charles Bowles Willamette XC Invitational with a time of 17:48.2...
Personal: Daughter of Cassandra Mironczuk and LJ Battle... Twin sister to Marissa and sister to Juliana and Liana Torres... Career goals is to be a developmental psychologist... Enjoys cooking and trying new foos and going to new coffee shops...
Prior to UTSA:
State qualifier in track & field and cross country for Brackenridge High School … 2023 Region IV-5A champion in the 3,200 meters after clocking a time of 11:03.61 to lock in a spot in the state meet this month … also earned all-region accolades in the 1,600m with a third-place time of 5:13.24 … swept district crowns in cross country and in the 800m, 1,600m and 3,200m as a senior … academic all-state selection … owns personal bests of 5:10.95 in the 1,600m and 11:03.61 in the 3,200m, which is a school record … twin sister of fellow signee, Marissa Espinoza.
