2025 Cross Country Roster
Eva Rinker
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Waynesville, N.C.
- High School:
- Tuscola High School
2024 (So.)
- Competed in five meets
- Earned a personal best time of 18:53.2 in the women’s 5k at the Louisville Classic on Oct. 5
- Finished with a career best time of 22:37.1 at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships in the women’s 6k on Nov. 1
2023 (Fr.)
- Competed in three meets
- Ran for a season best time of 24:05.2 at the Lehigh Invitational
- Finished with a time of 20:04.34 in the women’s 5k at the Robert Morris Invitational
High School
- Ran at Tuscola High School for coach Kevin Fitzgerald
- Three-year cross country and outdoor track captain
- Two-year indoor track captain
- All-Conference Cross Country (2020, 2021, 2022)
- All-Region Cross Country (2021, 2022)
- Cross Country State Qualifier (2020, 2021, 2022)
- All-WNC First Team (2021)
- All-WNC Second Team (2022)
- Cross Country MVP (2020, 2021, 2022)
- All-State Indoor Track (2023)
- Third place state medalist in the indoor 1600m (2023)
- All-Conference Outdoor Track (2022, 2023)
- All-Region Outdoor Track (2022, 2023)
- Conference Outdoor Track Most Valuable Runner (2023)
- Conference Champion 4x800m, 4x400m, 1600m, 800m (2022)
- Conference Champion 800m, 1600m, 3200m (2023)
- 800m Regional Champion (2022)
- 800m, 1600m Regional Champion (2023)
- Outdoor Track State Qualifier (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Third place State medalist in the outdoor 800m (2022, 2023)
- Outdoor 1600m State Champion (2023)
- Outdoor track MVP (2022, 2023)
- All-WNC outdoor track First-Team (2023)
Personal
- Daughter of Jerimy and Joanne Rinker
- Has one sister
- Birthday is May 12
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
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