Jessica Velez

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Pike
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Earned Academic All-MAC (outdoor 2023) ... earned Academic All-MAC (cross country 2023).

2024 OUTDOOR: Competed in two meets ... finished seventh in the 5,000-meter run at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 13) with a time of 19:23.09.

2024 INDOOR: Competed in one meet ... was part of the fourth-place distance medley relay team at the IUPUI Invitational (Jan. 26).

2023 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six meets ... finished fourth at the We Fly 2023 Collegiate Cross Country Challenge (Sep. 1) with a 5k time of 19:30.0 ... ran a collegiate best 6k time of 22:31.8 at the 2023 MAC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 28).

2023 OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets … improved 5000m from 19:45.71 at the Margaret Simmons Invite (Mar. 25) to 18:41.17 at the Joe Walker Invitational (Apr. 7) … ran a season-best 5000m time at the Music City Challenge (Apr. 29) with a time of 18:29.03 … placed 13th and ran a season-best in the 10,000m at the Mid-American Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 39:20.93.

2023 INDOOR: Competed in two meets … placed sixth and ran a college-best in the 3000m at the Hawkeye Invite with a time of 10:55.42.

2022 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four meets … ran a season-best 6k time at the MAC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 29) with a time of 23:55.3.

2022 OUTDOOR: Competed in one meet … ran outdoor-best time of 5:09.71 in the 1,500-meter run at the Blizzard Buster (March 18).

2022 INDOOR: Competed in three meets … placed 10th and ran season-low mark of 5:38.57 in the mile run at the Hoosier Open (Dec. 10) … ran season-best time of 11:04.72 in the 3,000-meter run at the Jim Green Invitational (Jan. 15) … crossed the line in a season-low time of 19:30.11 in the 5,000-meter run at the Doug Raymond National Qualifier (Feb. 12).

2021 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in four meets … in first collegiate meet, placed 37th with a 5k time of 19:19.7 at the Butler Twilight (Sept. 3) … ran 19:38.6 at the Joe Piane Invite (Oct. 1) … in first 6k race, placed 14th with a time of 23:19 at the Bradley Pink Classic White Race (Oct. 15).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Pike High School … competed for head coaches Kendra Champion-McAloon and Lance Garvin … earned All-State Honorable Mention as a junior … earned all-conference recognition as a senior, junior and sophomore … named team MVP during final two seasons as a prep … served as team captain in 2020-21 … guided team to section-al championship as a sophomore … earned county championship as a junior, sophomore and freshman … was a four-year honor roll member.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Maireny Nunez … has two siblings: Briana and Kayla … plans to pursue a degree in magazine journalism … chose Ball State because of a visit taken with her sister, the influences in her life that attended BSU and the journalism program.