Eva Thompson

Hometown:
Croswell, Mich.
High School:
Croswell-Lexington

PERSONAL RECORDS
Cross Country
5k: 18:07.1
6k: 22:07.0

Indoor
Mile: 4:56.85
3000: 9:43.96
5000: 17:25.79

Outdoor
800: 2:14.45
1500: 4:32.63
3000S: 10:26.91

2026 (Outdoor): Competed in seven meets, ran the 800m, 1500m, and 3000m Steeplechase … set a personal best of 2:14.45 in the 800m at the Raleigh Relays (March 26-28) … set a personal best of 4:32.63 in the 1500m at the Wake Forest Invitational (April 16-17) … set a personal best of 10:26.91 in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 14-16)

2026 (Indoor): Competed seven meets, ran the Mile, 3000m, 5000m, DMR and 4x400 … set personal best in the 3000m at the MAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27-28) with a time of 9:43.96, good for eighth best in program history … part of DMR team that ran an 11:42.18 at the MAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27-28), good for fourth best in program history … set personal best in the Mile at the 2026 Silverston Invitational (Feb. 20) with a time of 4:56.85 … ran personal best 17:53.52 in the 5000m at the GVSU Big Meet (Dec. 5)

2025 (Cross Country): Competed in five meets … set a personal best in the 6k of 22:07.0 at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Nov.1) … set a personal best in the 5k of 18:07.1 at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Aug. 29)

High school: Personal records: 800m (2:24.17), 1600m (5:01.73), 3200m (11:02.92), 5k (18:17.2) … placed seventh at the MHSAA D2 State Cross Country Finals … earned 12 varsity letters (four in cross country, four in track and field, four in soccer) … MHSAA All-State selections: 1600m (2025, 2024), 3200m (2024), cross country (2024) … Blue Water Area Conference (BWAC) MVP in track (2025) and cross country (2024, 2023) … MHSAA Regional Cross Country Champion (2024, 2022) … BWAC First Team in track (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022) and cross country (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022) … member of Croswell-Lexington High School’s 2023 and 2022 regional championship teams in cross country

Personal: Daughter of Brenda and James Thompson … older sister of Eliza Thompson … plans to major in biology: ecology, evolution, and conservation

Why CMU?: “I chose CMU because it had a good program for me to study, an opportunity for me to run on the cross country and track teams, a good location relative to home, and a nice campus. I felt comfortable on my visit to campus and the coaches and team were very nice and made me feel welcome.”