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2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Tess Roman

  • Position Multis
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Shawnee Mission East HS
  • Hometown Prairie Village, Kan.

Biography

Career and Season Results
USATF U20 Championships
2023 Heptathlon - 5th; 4,867 points
Academic Honors
CSC Academic All-District - 2024
3x American Conference All-Academic Team - 2023, '24, '25
6x AD Honor Roll - Fall 2022, Spring '23, Fall '23, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25
2024-25 (Junior): Indoor – Did not compete in uniform…Competed unattached in two meets…Took fifth in the pentathlon at the Shocker Multi with 3,363 points. Outdoor – Did not compete in uniform…Competed unattached in three meets…Placed third in the heptathlon at the ESU Relays with 5,281 points, recording the best shot put mark of the competition with a throw of 12.63m/41’5.25”…Won the javelin at the KT Woodman Classic with a throw of 45.16m/148’2”.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Raced in the JK Gold Classic as training for multi-event competition. Indoor – Competed in nine meets, completing three pentathlons…Placed second in the Shocker Multi pentathlon to open the season, running the fastest 800 meters of the day in 2:24.39…Recorded a season-best 3,582 points in the pentathlon at the K-State Multis, clearing a season-best 1.68m/5’6” in the pentathlon high jump…Placed 14th in the pentathlon at the AAC Championships with 3,417 points and 12th in the high jump with a clearance of 1.64m/5’4.5”. Outdoor – Competed in seven meets, completing two heptathlons…Placed third in the Wichita State Multi heptathlon with 4,996 points, recording the best heptathlon javelin throw of the day, 41.79m/137’1”…Placed fifth in the long jump at the KT Woodman Classic with a season-best jump of 5.47m/17’11.5” and fourth in the javelin…Took sixth in the javelin at the AAC Championships with a throw of 44.02m/144’5” and eighth in the heptathlon, battling through an injury that limited her high jumping, throwing the best javelin mark of the competition with a season-best 46.25m/151’9” to score a total of four points for the team.

2022-23 (Freshman): Cross Country – Raced in the JK Gold Classic as training for multi-event competition. Indoor – Competed in eight meets, completing three pentathlons…Opened her season unattached at the Shocker Multi, placing second with 3,292 points…Competed the rest of the season in uniform…Won the 800 meters at the Friends First Chance meet with a time of 2:23.55…High jumped a season-best 1.64m/5’4.5” in the Lindeman Invitational pentathlon, which she finished second overall with a season-best 3,431 points…Placed 16th in the high jump at the AAC Indoor Championships, matching her season best of 1.64m, and placed 14th in the pentathlon with 3,405 points. Outdoor – Competed in seven collegiate meets…Opened her season with a win in the Shocker Spring Invitational heptathlon, tallying 4,810 points and recording the top mark in three events…Scored three points for the team in the heptathlon at the AAC Outdoor Championships with a season-best 4,989 points, recording season bests in the javelin and 800 meters and claiming the top spot in the javelin…Placed 10th in the javelin and 11th in the high jump, clearing a season-best 1.68m/5’6” in the high jump…Qualified to the USATF U20 Championships where she finished fifth with 4,867 points.
High School: Competed in the high jump, long jump and triple jump…Was the 6A Kansas State runner up in 2021 and 2022…Recorded seven top-10 finishes at the state meet over the course of three years…Earned second team all-conference honors in the high jump and triple jump in back-to-back years as a junior and senior and second team all-conference honors in the triple jump as a freshman…Named the 2021 Shawnee Mission East Girls MVP…Also played golf and basketball…Earned first team all-state in golf all four years…Was a two-year basketball team captain and was the golf team captain as a senior... Named a National Hispanic Recognition Scholar and an AP Scholar with Distinction…Was a member of the National Honor Society…HS personal bests: 100-meter hurdles – 15.51, high jump – 1.62m/5’4”, long jump – 5.43m/17’10”, triple jump – 11.22m/36’10”.
 
Personal: Daughter of Michelle and Billy Roman…Has one sister, Mia…Mom played volleyball and competed in track and field at Bethel College…Dad played basketball and tennis at Bethel College…Sister played volleyball and competed in track and field at Bethel College… Plans to major in industrial engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Multis
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Multis
  • 2024-25Junior

    Multis