Sara Jones - Season/Career Statistics
Updated June 3, 2026
Honors & Awards
Mountain West All-Academic (2025)
SDSU Records
Mile (Indoor): 5:01.76 (9th all-time)
1,500m (Outdoor): 4:29.63 (10th all-time)
Collegiate Bests
5k (XC): 17:53.1 (Sept. 21, 2024 at UC Riverside Invitational – Riverside, Calif.)
6k (XC): 21:55.8 (Oct. 31, 2025 at Mountain West Championship – Fresno, Calif.)
800m (Indoor): 2:12.88 (Jan. 30, 2026 at UW Invite – Seattle, Wash.)
800m (Outdoor): 2:15.10 (May 1, 2026 at Steve Scott Invite – Irvine, Calif.)
Mile (Indoor): 5:01.76 (Jan 30, 2026 at Mile City – Seattle, Wash.)
1,500m (Outdoor): 4:29.63 (Mar. 27, 2026 at Bob Larson Distance Carnival – Los Angeles, Calif.)
Mountain West Cross Country Championships
2025: 60th (out of 107) – 21:55.8 (Oct. 31 at Woodward Park – Fresno, Calif.)
2024: 81st (out of 90) – 25:32.4 (Nov. 1 at Air Force Academy – Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Mountain West Indoor Championships
2026: 23rd, prelims (2:14.45 – 800m)
2025: 17th, prelims (2:18.85 – 800m) | 7th, finals (12:12.31 | Distance Meley Relay)
Mountain West Outdoor Championships
2026: 26th, prelims (4:42.86 – 1,500m)
2025: 28th, prelims (4:49.25 – 1,500m)
2025-26 Season
Cross Country: Opened the season at the Aztec Coastal Classic with a 19:05.1 5k ... Saw action at the Bill Dellinger Invite running 22:50.4 in the 6k ... Posted a personal best in the 6k at the Mountain West Championship with a time of 21.55.8 helping the Aztecs to thier best finish at the conference championship since 2005 ... Ran a time of 22:55.9 at the NCAA West Regionals while helping San Diego State to thier second best finish at regionals since 2005.
Indoor: Started the indoor season at the UW Invitational and Mile City meet ... Posted a pair of personal best including running 2:12.88 in the 800m and 5:01.76 in the mile ... Her mile performance was the ninth fasest in program history ... Repersented the Aztecs at the Mountain West Indoor Championships running 2:14.45 in the 800-meter run.
Outdoor: Started the outdoor season at the Aztec Coastal Classic with a 4:30.93 performance in the 1,500m ... Set a new personal best in the 1,500m at the Bob Larson Distance Carnival running 4:29.63, the tenth fasest time ever by an Aztec ... Ran an outdoor 800-meter personal best of 2:15.10 at the Steve Scott Invitational ... Ended the season at the Mountain West Outdoor Championship by running 4:42.86 in the 1,500-meter preliminary round.
2024-25 Season:
Cross Country: Raced in five meets with the Aztecs her freshman year… Set a collegiate-best time of 17:53.1 placing 6th out of 280 runners at the UC Riverside Invitational 5k… Also ran the 5k at the Mark Covert Classic where she placed 41st out of 173 runners with a time of 18:59.0 in her first collegiate cross-country race… Set a collegiate-best time of 22:14.2 in the 6k at the Highlander Invitational after competing in her first collegiate 6k at the Bill Dellinger Invitational where she ran a time of 23:07.2… Also ran the 6k at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 23:49.5 placing 64th out of 90 runners
High School
A three-year letter winner at Perry High School in Gilbert, Ariz. … Qualified for the AIA State Championships in both 2023 and 2024 … At the 2024 state meet, finished fourth in the 1,600m with a PR of 5:04.01 and fourth in the 4x800m relay contributing to a 9:33.06 … At the 2023 state meet, finished 12th in the 1,600m, 13th in the 3,200m, and 3rd as part of the 4x800m relay team … Owns personal bests of 2:19.31 (800m), 5:04.01 (1,600m) and 11:03.50 (3,200m).