Ximena Lopez de Escalera

Ximena Lopez at 2026 Texas Relays in program record breaking win in 10k

Position:
Distance/XC
High School:
Jordan HS
Hometown:
Fulshear, Texas
Prev School:
Memphis

TFFRS Bio (Memphis) I TFFRS Bio (UNT)

Personal Bests

1,500 Meters	4:47.23
Mile	5:30.72
3,000 Meters	10:13.49
5,000 Meters	16:44.71
5K (XC)	17:55.7
6K (XC)	20:16.7

Honors and Awards
• School Record Holder (10,000 Meters, Outdoor)
• School Record Holder (5,000 Meters, Indoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (10,000 Meters, Outdoor)
• 2024 All-AAC (XC)

2026 Outdoors
Competed in the 5,000 and 10,000 in the outdoor season ... Placed 10th in the 5,000 in 17:23.90 and 3rd in the 10,000 at the American Outdoor Championships with a time of 35:36.97 to earn All-Conference honors ... Finished 2nd in the 5,000 at the Michael Johnson Invitational ... Won the 10,000 at the Texas Relays with a PR of 35:06.62

2026 Indoors
Competed in the 3,000 and 5,000 in the indoor season ... Ran a PR in the 3,000 at the Jarvis Scott Invitational to finish 3rd with a 10:13.49 ... Placed 8th in 5,000 at the American Indoor Championships with a PR of 16:44.71 to score points and help the Mean Green to the team championship

2025 Cross Country
Did not compete.

2025 Outdoors
Did not compete.

2025 Indoors
Did not compete.

2024 Cross Country
Ran at four meets in her first season at North Texas ... Posted the second-fastest time in school history in the 6K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (20:16.7) ... Tallied a top-10 finish in her UNT debut at the JK Gold Classic ... Earned All-AAC honors with a 12th-place finish and time of 21:25.9 at the conference championship meet.

Prior to UNT
Spent one season at Memphis ... Ran in four cross country meets for the Tigers ... Competed at six meets during the outdoor track season running three distance events ... Set personal bests in the 1,500m and 5,000m at the AAC Outdoor Championshios ... Took 11th in the 5,000m at the conference meet ... Recorded a fifth-place finish in a personal best performance in the 3,000m at the LSU Alumni Gold meet, marking her highest finish of the year ... Dean's List student.

High School
School record holder in the 5K (XC), DMR and 4x800 ... Was a three-time First Team All-District honoree for Jordan High School ... A state qualifier and First Team All-Region selection as a junior ... 2019 and 2021 qualifier for USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships.