Essence Thomas

Photo by: Josh Gateley

Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Dickinson HS
Hometown:
Galveston, Texas

Program Record Holder (Triple Jump, 44-6 (13.56m)), 2021
Placed 22nd in Triple Jump at the 2021 Olympics Trials
2021 NCAA Outdoor West Prelims Qualifier (Long Jump, Triple Jump)
2021 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Long Jump, Triple Jump)
2020 NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifier (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Long Jump and Triple Jump)
2019 NCAA Outdoor Second Teams All-American (Triple Jump)
2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Long Jump and Triple Jump)
2019 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Triple Jump)
2018 NCAA West Regional Qualifier (Triple Jump)
2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Triple Jump)
2018 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Triple Jump)

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests
60-Meters: 7.65, 2019
Triple Jump: 44-6 (13.56m), 2021
Long Jump: 20-9 (6.32m), 2020

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests
Triple Jump: 42-11.5 (13.09m), 2019
Long Jump: 21-6.25 (6.56m), 2021
100-Meter Dash: 12.38, 2018
200-Meter Dash: 25.17, 2019

2021

(Outdoor) Competed at the NCAA West Prelims placing 44th with a distance of 18-0.25 (5.49mw) in long jump … Finished fifth in triple jump with a distance of 43-3.25 (13.19m) and eighth in long jump with a mark of 20-6.5 (6.26m) at the Big 12 Championships … Set a PR and clinched first in long jump with a mark of 21-6.25 (6.56m) at the Desert Heat Classic … Placed second in triple jump with a distance of 44-1.5 (13.45m) at the John Jacobs Invitational … Finished second in long jump with a mark of 19-11.75 (6.09mw) and third in the 4x100 relay with a time of 45.91 at the Sooner Invite … Took fourth in triple jump with a mark of 43-7 (13.28m) and 10th in long jump with a distance of 20-3.75 (6.19m) at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays …

2020

(Indoor) Finished third in the triple jump with a 42-11.5 (13.09m) and sixth in the long jump at the indoor Big 12 Championships … Took first in the long jump and triple jump at the Tyson Invitational … Recorded a PR and school-record 43-10.5 (13.37m) in the triple jump … Finished first in the triple jump at the J.D. Martin Invitational, jumping 43-7.25 (13.29m) … Took third in the long jump with 20-7.25 (6.28m) at the Razorback Invitational … Snatched a first-place finish in the long jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial, leaping 20-3.5 (6.18m) … Secured two first-place finishes at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Took first with a PR 20-9 (6.32m) in the long jump and a 43-2.25 (13.16m) in the triple jump … Recorded a PR 7.65 in the 60-meter dash and took first in the long jump with a mark of 19-11.75 (6.09m) at the K-State Invitational.

2019

(Outdoor) Finished triple jump with a jump of 42-7.5 (12.99m), earning second team All-American honors at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships… Recorded a PR triple jump of 42-11.5 (13.09m) at the NCAA Division I West Region Preliminary Rounds… Finished third place in long jump, completing a PR jump of 20-9 (6.32m) at the 2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championship… PR’d in the 200-meter with a time of 25.17 (1.5) at the Roadrunner Invitational… Notched a first place finish at the 2019 TCU Invitational in the triple jump, clearing a jump of 43-1 (13.13mw). (Indoor) Competed in the triple jump, scoring for the Sooners and earning a PR of 42-6 (12.95m) at the 2019 Big 12 Indoor Championships… Finished in second place at the Tyson Invitational with a triple jump of 42-2.75 (12.87m)… Earned a PR in the 60 with a time of 7.82 at the J.D. Martin Invitational…. Recorded a new PR in long jump, notching a 19-5.5 (5.93m) at the Sooner Challenge… Finished the indoor season with three first place finishes.

2018

(Outdoor) Qualified for the NCAA West Regional in the triple jump… Took sixth in the triple jump at Big 12 Outdoors, leaping a wind-aided 41-11.25 (12.78 meters)… Placed 19th in the long jump competition at Big 12 Outdoors, jumping a wind-aided 18-8.5 (5.70 meters)… Competed in the long jump and triple jump at Penn Relays… Ran a PR 12.38 in the 100 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational… Won the triple jump at the John Jacobs, leaping 39-7.75 (12.08 meters)… Took third in the triple jump at the Crimson Tide Invite… Placed fourth in the triple jump at Texas Relays… Leaped a PR 19-6.25 (5.95 meters) in a fifth-place effort at the Aztec Invite… Ran a PR 200 meters in 25.19 seconds at the TCU Invite… (Indoor) Was the Big 12 Indoor runner-up in the triple jump with an indoor PR of 42-4.25 (12.91 meters)… Placed third in the triple at the Texas Tech Classic with a jump of 41-8.75 (12.72 meters)… Took second in the triple jump at the Leonard Hilton Invite, leaping 41-6 (12.65 meters).

HIGH SCHOOL
Placed second in the 2016 and 2017 state championships ... Finished third in the 2015 state championship ... Named track MVP at Dickinson HS three times (2015, 2016, 2017) ... Also played basketball.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Lanisha Alexander ... Has two younger siblings ... Plans on majoring in engineering.