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2025 Women's Cross Country

Eva Heimsoth

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Ottawa Township
  • Hometown Ottawa, Ill.

Biography

2024 (Cross Country): Opened the season running a 5k in 24:05.0 at the Winrow Valparaiso Open on Aug. 30… Ran a 27:27.70 in a 6k at the Redbird Invite on Sep. 13… Finished the 6k at the Gans Creek Classic in 27:22.5 on Sep. 27… Finished the 5k at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Oct. 4 in 22:46.3… Completed the 6k in 27:36.9 at the Wisconsin Pre Nationals on Oct. 19th… Finished the MVC Championship 6k with her season-best 25:29.6 on Nov 1… Ran in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional 6k with a time of 26:41.3.

2024 (Track & Field): Had a personal-best 800 time of 2:41.32 at the Butler Invitational on Jan. 20... Achieved a PR of 6:04.21 in the mile on Feb. 10 at the GVSU Big Meet.

2023 (Cross Country): Made her collegiate debut by finishing the 5K in 22:30.3 on Sept. 1 at the Valparaiso Winrow Open... Finished the 6K in 28:00.6 at Illinois State’s Redbird Invite on Sept. 15... Clocked a 23:31.9 in the 5K at Notre Dame’s Joe Piane Invitational on Sept. 29... Finished the 6K in 29:14.7 at the Bradley Pink Classic on Oct. 13... Finished the MVC Championship 6K in 33:02.4 on Oct. 27.

Prep: Earned seven varsity letters across track & field and cross country… Four-time sectional team qualifier… Awarded “Best Rookie” following her freshman cross country season… Cross country team captain for two years… Received multiple leadership awards for cross country… Named “Most-Improved” for her senior season of track & field… All-conference honoree… Ottawa Honor Society, Illinois State Scholar, academic all-conference all four years… Nominated for IHSA All-State Academic Team… President of Key Club and Rotary Interact.

Personal: Majoring in exercise science… Daughter of Jeff and Debbie Heimsoth… Has a twin sister, Isabel, and a brother, Owen… Enjoys hanging out with her dog Theo, hiking, biking and boating.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025Junior