2025 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Garrett Wilmes
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Mo.
- High School:
- Tolton Catholic
CAREER STATS
2025 OUTDOOR (R-So.)
Started the season with a personal best 1500m time of 4:07.67 to finish second, also won as part of the 4x400m team … Ran the 800m at the LSU Battle of the Bayou, placing 31st … Placed third in the 800m at the Kansas Relays, also helped Kansas win the 4x800m and DMR … Took home gold in the 800m at the Rock Chalk Classic … Set a new personal best 800m time of 1:49.78 to place third at the Ward Haylett Invitational … Competed in the 800m at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
2024-25 INDOOR (R-So.)
Competed in four meets for Kansas … Opened the season with a personal best 1000m time of 2:32.25 to finish sixth at the Thane Baker Invitational … Placed tenth with a 1:51.76 800m at the Rick McGuire Invitational … Set a personal best 800m time of 1:51.50 to place third at the Steve Miller Invitational … Competed in the 800m at the Tyson Invtiational, finishing 33rd.
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (R-So.)
Ran in the Bob Timmons Classic, placing 67th and finishing in 21:53.3 … Set a personal best 8K time of 23:36.8 at the Gans Creek Classic.
2024 OUTDOOR (R-Fr.)
Kicked off the season at the LSU Battle on the Bayou where he placed 32nd in the 800m … Finished the 800m in a time of 1:53.60 at the Jim Click Shootout, also helped Kansas place third in the 4x400m … Placed seventh in the 800m, and was part of the winning 4x800m team at the Kansas Relays … Finished ninth in the 800m at the Rock Chalk Invite … Achieved 19th place with a time of 1:52.76 in the 800m at the Arkansas Twilight … Placed 23rd in the 800m at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
2023-24 INDOOR (R-Fr.)
Began the season with a pair of golds in the 1000m and DMR at the Bob Timmons Challenge … Finished sixth in the 800m at the Black and Gold Invite … Placed 17th with an 800m time of 1:54.41 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … Competed in the 800m and 4x400m at the Tyson Invitational.
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (R-Fr.)
Made his collegiate cross country debut at the Bob Timmons Classic, placing 25th with a time of 20:11.2 ... Placed 99th at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational, crossing the finish line in 26:07.1 … Competed in the 8K at the Gans Creek Invitational.
2023 OUTDOOR (RS.)
Ran unattached … Opened the season with a 16th place finish in the 800m at the Kansas Relays … Placed eighth in the 800m with a time of 1:55.10 at the Rock Chalk Classic.
2022-23 INDOOR (RS.)
Finished 11th in the 800m at the Washburn Rust Buster finishing in 1:58.79 … Set a personal best 600m time of 1:26.47 to place 11th at the Jayhawk Classic, also helped Kansas take fourth in the 4x400m.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a seven time letter winner in cross country and track & field … Won the 2020 3A Cross Country State Championship … Helped lead his team to the 2021 3A Track State Championship.
PERSONAL
Is the son of Jared and Rebecca Wilmes … Has one younger sister, Elyse … Father, Jared, was an All-American 800m runner and became the cross country head coach at Missouri, where he coached for ten years … Mother, Rebecca, was a two time All-American and also coached Missouri cross country and track & field for ten years … Plans to major in finance.