2025 Women's Track & Field Roster

Estrella Medellin

Estrella Medellin

  • Position:
    Mid-Distance
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Porter High School
  • Hometown:
    Brownsville, TX

Summary

Biography

2025 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Took seventh in the 800-meter run and clocked an indoor PR of 2:14.26 at SLC Indoor Championships while finishing fourth with the distance medley relay… Ran a mile PR of 5:15.65 at the Jarvis Scott Invite and was 18th in the 800… Took fifth with the distance medley relay and was 15th in the 800 at the Stan Scott Invite… Was sixth with the 4x400-meter relay and finished 21st in the mile at the LSU Purple Tiger… 

2024 Cross Country (Senior): Competed in three meets… Finished 39th at the SLC Championships… Ran 6K personal best time of 22:05.0 to finish 11th at the West Side Classic, helping the team to its first meet win in at least 20 years… Ran 5K personal best time of 20:06.3 at the UIW Invitational, finishing 42nd

2024 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Ran a personal-best 2:14.33 in the 800-meter run to finish eighth at WAC Outdoor Championships… Took sixth in the 1,500-meter run at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight in a PB time of 4:41.98… Was third in the 1,500-meter run and eighth in the 400-meter dash in a PB time of 1:00.20… Had back-to-back top-10 finishes in the 800 at the 44 Farms Team Invitational (eighth) and Texas A&M Invite (fifth)… Opened the season by winning the 800-meter run at the Kirk Baptiste Spring Break Invitational and was fourth with the 4x400-meter relay. 

2024 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Finished eighth with the distance medley relay and was 10th in prelims of the 800-meter run in a personal-best time of 2:18.47 at WAC Indoor Championships … Ran a personal best 1:27.88 to finish 12th in the 600-yard run and was 17th in the 800-meter run at the Jarvis Scott Open … Was 20th in the 800-meter run at the Robert Platt Invitational … Took 15th in the 800-meter run at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational … Finished 18thin the 800-meter run to open the season at the Arkansas Invitational. 

2023 Cross Country (Junior): Was 152nd at the NCAA South Central Regional… Finished 72nd at WAC Championships… Took 46th at the UIW Invitational… Opened the season placing 37th at the UIW Twilight. 

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Was 7th in the 800-meter run at the UTSA Invitational ... Finished 8th in the 800 at the Texas Invitational ... Was 25th in the 800 at WAC Outdoor Championships. 

2023 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Finished 13th in the 800-meter run at WAC Indoor Championships ... Was 18th in the 600-meter run with a PR time of 1:31.11 at the Jarvis Scott Open ... Was 17th in the mile with a PR time of 5:29.63 at the Robert Platt Invitational. 

2022 Cross Country (Sophomore): Was 82nd at the Western Athletic Conference Championships (6K) in a season-best time of 23:49.6 ... Finished 218th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (6K) on 10/15 ... Finished 37th at the UIW Invitational (6K) on 10/1 ... Opened the season with a 24th place finish at the UIW Twilight (4K) on 9/2. 

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Set a personal record with an 11th-place finish in the 800-meter run at the WAC Championships … Ran the 4x400-meter relay at WAC Championships, placing 10th … Notched consecutive second-place finishes in the 800 at the South Texas Showdown and Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Cactus Cup … Competed in four meets. 

2022 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in three meets … Ran a season-best 2:24.47 in the 800-meter run to finish 14th at the WAC Indoor Championships … Earned back-to-back 11th place finishes in the 800 at the FasTrak Collegiate Challenge and the Houston G5 & Super 22 Invitational, improving her time from meet to meet … Also ran on the 1,600-meter relay at two meets and on the distance medley relay at the conference championships. 

2021 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in six meets … Recorded three consecutive top-25 finishes to start the season, placing 24th at the UIW Cross Country Twilight (15:47.8), 12th at the OLLU Westside Classic (25:26.2) and 25th at the UIW Cross Country Invitational (18:42.2) … Placed 75th at the WAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 24:00.4 … Finished 144th in 24:27.7 at the NCAA Division I South Central Region Cross Country Championship 

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Finished 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 10.85 meters while placing 14th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:25.02 at the WAC Championships (5/14-15) … PRed in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.16 to finish fifth at the Roadrunner Invitational (4/17) … PRed in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:51.10 to place ninth while finishing fourth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:13.27 at the UIW Invitational (4/10) … PRed in the triple jump with a mark of 11.03 meters at the Victor Lopez Classic (3/27).
 
2021 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Team did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020-21 Cross Country (Freshman): PRed in the 6K with a time of 24:24.70 to finish 34th at WAC Championships (2/27) … In first collegiate race, placed 47th in the 6K with a time of 25:09 at UIW Invitational (1/29).



2016-20 (Porter High School): Had a big final cross country season, breaking her PR in the 5K four times, including a time of 18:57.1 to take silver at the UIL 5A District 32 meet … Set PR’s in the three-mile race (19:06.0) as a junior and the 3.2K (13:45.8) as a sophomore… Competed in seven different events in track & field, setting PR’s in the long jump (4.88 meters) and the 4x400-meter relay (4:24.95) as a senior … As a junior, won the 400-meter dash three times, including a PR of 1:01.02 at the UIL 5A District 32 Championships … Won the 800-meter run twice before going on to earn silver at the district meet with a PR of 2:20.81 … Also PRed in the 1,600-meter run (5:45.65) before PRing in the triple jump at the UIL 5A State Championships with a distance of 11.28 meters to finish eighth... Four-time cross country regional qualifier... Also played golf. 

Personal: 2023-24 Team Captain... Student-Athlete Advisory Committee rep... Daughter of Francisca and Jose... Has three siblings... Describes herself as disciplined, caring and loyal... First-generation college student... Studying criminal justice with a minor in finance.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2022Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2023Junior

    Mid-Distance
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    2024Senior

    Mid-Distance
    5'3"
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  • 2025Senior

    Mid-Distance
    5'3"