Biography
2019 Outdoor Season: Ran the 5,000 meters in four events for the Trojans ... Posted a season-best time of 18:57.76 at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11), finishing 28th ... Placed sixth at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (Apr. 27) with a 19:25.10 ... Ran a 19:35.28 at the UCA Open (Apr.1 2) to place fourth ... Finished 10th at the Little Rock Open (Apr. 5) with a 20:00.53.
2019 Indoor Season: Competed in four events for Little Rock in the distance events ... Ran the 3,000 meters twice with a personal-best time of 10:31.40 at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener (Dec. 1), placing fifth ... Ran an 11:10.88 at the Samford Open (Jan. 19) ... Competed twice in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time of 19:10.60 at the Samford Open, finishing seventh ... Ran a 19:19.58 at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2) ... Posted a time of 5:33.32 in the mile at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 25).
2018 Cross Country Season: Competed in all six events for Little Rock, posting a season-best 5K time of 18:18.50 at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 13), finishing seventh ... Placed sixth at UCA Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 8), posting a time of 19:17.72 ... Finished 24th at the Sun Belt Conference Championship (Oct. 27), running a 18:33.75 ... Placed 55th at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (Sept. 22) with a mark of 18:32.40 ... Opened the year with a 19:14.83 at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic (Sept. 1), finishing 34th ... Ran a 6K time of 23:39.30 at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 9).Â
2018 Outdoor Season: Ran a personal-best time of 17:56.99 in the 5,000 at the Rhodes Invitational (March 16-17) and placed 11th... Took second in the 5,000 at the Ole Miss Classic (March 31) with a time of 18:12.81... Finished ninth in the 5,000 at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13) with a time of 18:13.59... Took sixth in her lone 1500 of the season with a time of 5:04.53 at the Red Wolf Open (April 20-21).
2017-18 Indoor Season: Ran a personal-best time of 18:14.61 in the 5,000 at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 19-20) and finished 13th... Ran a personal-best time of 10:35.52 in the 3,000 at the Sun Belt Championships and finished 16th... Ran 5:30.50 in her lone mile race of the season at the Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 4) and finished 25th... Chalked up a second-place run at the A-State Invitational (Jan. 26-27) with a time of 18:44.74.
2017 Cross Country Season: Ran a personal-best time of 18:48.7 and finished fifth in the 5K at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 14)... Placed 16th in the three-mile run at the UCA XC Open (Sept. 9) with a time of 18:50.7... Took 44th in the 5K at the Sun Belt Championships (Oct. 28) with a time of 19:05.8... Finished 53rd in the 5K at the Brooks Memphis Twilight XC Classic (Sept. 2) with a time of 20:22.9... Placed 57th in the 5K at the Chile Pepper XC Festival (Sept. 30) with a time of 19:09.9.
2017 Outdoor Season: Did not compete outdoors for Little Rock in 2017.
2016-17 Indoor Season: At the ASU Invitational (Jan. 27), placed third in the 5K with a time of 19:17.40...Also ran the mile in 13th place at that meet in 5:45.92...At the USA Invitational (Feb. 5), came in seventh in the 5K in 19:24.18.
2016 Cross Country Season: Was the second Trojan finisher at the Sun Belt Championship, placing 48th in 20:18.2...Led the way for Little Rock at the Chile Pepper Festival, scoring 91 points with a time of 19:11.1...Took eighth place at the UCA Cross Country Challenge with a time of 15:25.6 over the 4K course...Was the top finisher for the Trojans at the Memphis Twilight Invitational, finishing the course in 19:47.15 for 82nd place.
Before Little Rock: At Earl Warren High, set personal bests of 5:20 in the mile and 11:36 in the two-mile race...Advanced to cross country regionals in 2014...Finished in the top 10 of cross country regionals in 2015...Came in second at districts in cross country in 2015...Holds her high school record for the mile...Came in first in districts in the mile in 2016...Was her school's first ever qualifier for state in 2015 and qualified again in 2016...Her cross country team won districts in 2015 and 2016...Placed first at her area meet in the mile in 2016...qulified for regionals as an individual in her junior and senior year in track.
Personal: Born in Silver City, New Mexico...Daughter of Tara and Charles Paul...Has one sister, Meredith...Majoring in Psychology with a minor in English...Ranked sixth academically at Earl Warren in a class of 700...Married in the summer prior to her senior year, officially going by Hunter Jones.
PAUL'S PERSONAL-BESTS
1,500 Meters: 4:57.50 - Victor Lopez Classic (Mar. 24, 2018)
Mile: 5:30.50 - South Alabama Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 4, 2018)
3,000 Meters: 10:31.40 - Vanderbilt Indoor Opener (Dec. 1, 2018)
5,000 Meters: 17:56.99 - Rhodes Invitational (Mar. 17, 2018)