2023 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Tumale, Jaden

Jaden Tumale
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kyle, Texas
- High School:
- Hays
Bio
TFRRS PAGE
2023 XC
Did not compete during the 2023 season.
2022 XC
Tumale ran in five meets in 2022 … recorded his best 6k of 19:14.0 at the Big Country XC Festival where he placed 15th … recorded his best 5M of 25:32.0 at the Joe Paine Invitational.
2021 XC
Competed in six races… Recorded PRs in the 4-mile, 8k and 10k posting times of 21:17.6, 25:37.0 and 34:03.2 respectively in the Texas Tech Open (Sept. 4), the Arturo Barrios Invitational (Oct. 16) and the NCAA Mountain Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 12)… Placed 54th in the Big 12 Cross Country Championships (Oct. 29).
ABOUT JADEN
Distance signee from Hays High in Kyle, Texas ... enters Tech as the #5 2k steeplechase runner in the U.S. ... claimed the district cross country title as an individual while helping lead Hays to the team title as well ... three-time regional qualifier and one-time state qualifier ... broke the school record in the steeple with a time of 6:18, which qualified him for nationals ... NHS member who graduated top-five percent in his class ... born to Joel and Laurie Tumale ... has one sister, Mikayla ... grandfather, Gerald Dunn, played basketball at the Naval Academy ... majoring in computer science.
2023 XC
Did not compete during the 2023 season.
2022 XC
Tumale ran in five meets in 2022 … recorded his best 6k of 19:14.0 at the Big Country XC Festival where he placed 15th … recorded his best 5M of 25:32.0 at the Joe Paine Invitational.
2021 XC
Competed in six races… Recorded PRs in the 4-mile, 8k and 10k posting times of 21:17.6, 25:37.0 and 34:03.2 respectively in the Texas Tech Open (Sept. 4), the Arturo Barrios Invitational (Oct. 16) and the NCAA Mountain Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 12)… Placed 54th in the Big 12 Cross Country Championships (Oct. 29).
ABOUT JADEN
Distance signee from Hays High in Kyle, Texas ... enters Tech as the #5 2k steeplechase runner in the U.S. ... claimed the district cross country title as an individual while helping lead Hays to the team title as well ... three-time regional qualifier and one-time state qualifier ... broke the school record in the steeple with a time of 6:18, which qualified him for nationals ... NHS member who graduated top-five percent in his class ... born to Joel and Laurie Tumale ... has one sister, Mikayla ... grandfather, Gerald Dunn, played basketball at the Naval Academy ... majoring in computer science.
Cross country meet week hype video
Thursday, August 31
vs. TTU Open
Saturday, September 21
XC: Media Availability - Nuttycombe Invitational
Thursday, September 27
XC: Halloran Sisters Feature
Wednesday, September 19