2025
Bronze medalist in marathon (2:27:23) at Tokyo World Championships, earning the first ever medal for Uruguay in a World Championship … Posted a time of 1:14:00 through half-marathon in Tokyo … In March, set national record for Uruguay in marathon with a 2:27:09 in New York … Produced half marathon national record of 1:12:01 at Houston marathon in late January.
2024
Established career best half marathon with 1:10:16 as runner-up at Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.
Senior (2022-2023)
Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA West Preliminary round in the 5,000m, placing 27th in 16:15.08 … SEC silver medalist in 10,000m (35:07.76) and finished eighth in 5,000m (16:25.80) … Part of 1-2-6 finish in SEC 10k for 21 team points as well as 4-6-7-8 finish in 5k for 11 points as Razorbacks claimed team title with 134 points over Florida (112) … Placed seventh in 5,000m at Drake Relays in 16:10.38 … Third in section of 5,000m at Bryan Clay Invitational with a 16:14.51 …
Indoor: Competed twice in 3,000m races, placing sixth at Arkansas Invitational (9:44.34) and 22nd at Razorback Invitational (9:47.01).
Cross Country: Competed in SEC Championships, covering the 6k course in 21:16.5 to place 57th … Racing at Nuttycombe Invitational in Wisconsin, covered 6k course in 22:04.8 to finish 53rd … Opened season at Oklahoma State Cowboy Preview, placing eighth with a 3k time of 10:48.1.
Junior (2021-22)
Outdoor: did not compete with Razorbacks outdoors … Competed unattached at Arkansas Twilight, placing second in 3,000m (9:56.72).
Indoor: Raced four times during season … Debut race in 5,000m produced a time of 16:21.50 at Washington’s Husky Classic … Competing in 3,000m distance won Arkansas Invitational in 9:44.87, then improved season best to 9:36.79 for 12th in Razorback Invitational … Also raced in mile at Arkansas Invitational, posting a time of 5:09.37 for 11th overall.
Cross Country: Raced in the NCAA Championships, covering the 6k course in 20:56.2 … Placed 24th in NCAA South Central Region with a 21:34.9 over 6k … Finished 28th in the SEC Championships with a 21:17.5 clocking over 6k on Missouri’s Gans Creek course … Opened season placing seventh in Mizzou Opener (17:19.5, 5k) … Finished 18th in Chile Pepper Festival with a 17:27.0 over 5k course at Agri Park … Also raced over 6k distance at Oregon’s Dellinger Invitational (21:16.2) and Pre-Nats (21:10.0).
Junior (2020)
Cross Country: In debut race with Arkansas placed 15th at SEC Preview meet hosted by LSU, finishing eighth among Razorbacks with a time of 17:49.7 for 5k ... Finished 12th in Missouri's Gans Creek Classic, running 20:53.6 on 6k course, placing 10th among Arkansas crew.
College
Competed at Penn State University in two cross county seasons (2018, 2019) and one outdoor season (2019) … Coached by John Gondak and Angela Reckart … Earned Athlete of the Week Big Ten honor … Received All-Academic Big Ten accolade in 2019 and 2020 … 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic … Member of Dean’s List each semester, recipient of the President’s Freshman Award … Member of the Athletic Directors Emerging Leaders Program …
In sophomore cross country season was member of team that won NCAA Mid-Atlantic region to earn automatic berth into NCAA Championships … Finished third on team and ninth in region field with a 20:31.6 clocking on 6k course at Lehigh … Fourth among squad as Penn State placed 18th in NCAA Championships, placing 151st (21:38.5) in Terre Haute … Placed 44th in 2019 Big Ten Championships at Ohio State as fifth runner with team finishing fourth … During freshman season in cross country, placed 10th (20:22.9) on 6k course at 2018 Big Ten Championships, hosted by Nebraska, leading Penn State to fourth place team finish … Second freshman finisher among field at Big Ten meet … Finished 35th in NCAA Mid-Atlantic region, third runner on Penn State squad as they placed third and earned a berth into NCAA Championships … Also third runner for squad as team placed 20th in NCAA Championships, placing 125th on Wisconsin course … Outdoors, finished sixth in 10,000 (33:22.91) at Big Ten Championships … Placed 10th in 5,000 (16:29.56) and 13th in 10,000 (33:55.53) at NCAA East preliminary rounds … Qualified for NCAA Championships in 5,000 as a true freshman, placed 22nd … Did not compete during indoor season.
Best marks: 4:34.45 (1500), 16:00.10 (5000), 33:22.91 (10,000). Cross country: 20:22.7 (6k)
High School
2018 graduate of Hills Road Sixth Form College … Member of Cambridge and Coleridge Athletics Club ... Coached by Mark Vile … Twice won ESAA English Schools’ 3,000m Senior Girls championship ... Silver medalist at 2018 Inter-counties cross country ... Earned a silver medal in English National U20 3,000... Two-time winner of British Cross Challenge in 2017 and 2018 ... Claimed 2018 Home Countries International cross country title ... In 2017, won Westminster mile and British Road One mile ... Silver medalist at British Three Mile Road Championships … Awarded National Cross Country Team U17 bronze medal in 2016.
HS best marks: 2:18.0 (800), 4:29.12 (1500), 4:54 (Mile), 9:23.07 (3000)
Personal
Julia Paternain-Muniz was born September 29, 1999 in Leon, Mexico … Hometown is Cambridge, England, and her nationality is British … Daughter of Gabriel Paternain and Graciela Muniz … Father is a professor at Cambridge University … Majoring in Psychology and Sociology … Career plans include business with an ambition to become a professional athlete and start her own business … Favorite athlete is Australian Genevieve Lacaze, an Olympic finalist in the steeplechase and 5,000m in 2016 … Person she most admires is her mother … Julia speaks Spanish and has a very multicultural background with her family from Uruguay … Chose Arkansas because of the legacy of the program as well as the girls on the team and the coaching staff.
Bronze medalist in marathon (2:27:23) at Tokyo World Championships, earning the first ever medal for Uruguay in a World Championship … Posted a time of 1:14:00 through half-marathon in Tokyo … In March, set national record for Uruguay in marathon with a 2:27:09 in New York … Produced half marathon national record of 1:12:01 at Houston marathon in late January.
2024
Established career best half marathon with 1:10:16 as runner-up at Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.
Senior (2022-2023)
Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA West Preliminary round in the 5,000m, placing 27th in 16:15.08 … SEC silver medalist in 10,000m (35:07.76) and finished eighth in 5,000m (16:25.80) … Part of 1-2-6 finish in SEC 10k for 21 team points as well as 4-6-7-8 finish in 5k for 11 points as Razorbacks claimed team title with 134 points over Florida (112) … Placed seventh in 5,000m at Drake Relays in 16:10.38 … Third in section of 5,000m at Bryan Clay Invitational with a 16:14.51 …
Indoor: Competed twice in 3,000m races, placing sixth at Arkansas Invitational (9:44.34) and 22nd at Razorback Invitational (9:47.01).
Cross Country: Competed in SEC Championships, covering the 6k course in 21:16.5 to place 57th … Racing at Nuttycombe Invitational in Wisconsin, covered 6k course in 22:04.8 to finish 53rd … Opened season at Oklahoma State Cowboy Preview, placing eighth with a 3k time of 10:48.1.
Junior (2021-22)
Outdoor: did not compete with Razorbacks outdoors … Competed unattached at Arkansas Twilight, placing second in 3,000m (9:56.72).
Indoor: Raced four times during season … Debut race in 5,000m produced a time of 16:21.50 at Washington’s Husky Classic … Competing in 3,000m distance won Arkansas Invitational in 9:44.87, then improved season best to 9:36.79 for 12th in Razorback Invitational … Also raced in mile at Arkansas Invitational, posting a time of 5:09.37 for 11th overall.
Cross Country: Raced in the NCAA Championships, covering the 6k course in 20:56.2 … Placed 24th in NCAA South Central Region with a 21:34.9 over 6k … Finished 28th in the SEC Championships with a 21:17.5 clocking over 6k on Missouri’s Gans Creek course … Opened season placing seventh in Mizzou Opener (17:19.5, 5k) … Finished 18th in Chile Pepper Festival with a 17:27.0 over 5k course at Agri Park … Also raced over 6k distance at Oregon’s Dellinger Invitational (21:16.2) and Pre-Nats (21:10.0).
Junior (2020)
Cross Country: In debut race with Arkansas placed 15th at SEC Preview meet hosted by LSU, finishing eighth among Razorbacks with a time of 17:49.7 for 5k ... Finished 12th in Missouri's Gans Creek Classic, running 20:53.6 on 6k course, placing 10th among Arkansas crew.
College
Competed at Penn State University in two cross county seasons (2018, 2019) and one outdoor season (2019) … Coached by John Gondak and Angela Reckart … Earned Athlete of the Week Big Ten honor … Received All-Academic Big Ten accolade in 2019 and 2020 … 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic … Member of Dean’s List each semester, recipient of the President’s Freshman Award … Member of the Athletic Directors Emerging Leaders Program …
In sophomore cross country season was member of team that won NCAA Mid-Atlantic region to earn automatic berth into NCAA Championships … Finished third on team and ninth in region field with a 20:31.6 clocking on 6k course at Lehigh … Fourth among squad as Penn State placed 18th in NCAA Championships, placing 151st (21:38.5) in Terre Haute … Placed 44th in 2019 Big Ten Championships at Ohio State as fifth runner with team finishing fourth … During freshman season in cross country, placed 10th (20:22.9) on 6k course at 2018 Big Ten Championships, hosted by Nebraska, leading Penn State to fourth place team finish … Second freshman finisher among field at Big Ten meet … Finished 35th in NCAA Mid-Atlantic region, third runner on Penn State squad as they placed third and earned a berth into NCAA Championships … Also third runner for squad as team placed 20th in NCAA Championships, placing 125th on Wisconsin course … Outdoors, finished sixth in 10,000 (33:22.91) at Big Ten Championships … Placed 10th in 5,000 (16:29.56) and 13th in 10,000 (33:55.53) at NCAA East preliminary rounds … Qualified for NCAA Championships in 5,000 as a true freshman, placed 22nd … Did not compete during indoor season.
Best marks: 4:34.45 (1500), 16:00.10 (5000), 33:22.91 (10,000). Cross country: 20:22.7 (6k)
High School
2018 graduate of Hills Road Sixth Form College … Member of Cambridge and Coleridge Athletics Club ... Coached by Mark Vile … Twice won ESAA English Schools’ 3,000m Senior Girls championship ... Silver medalist at 2018 Inter-counties cross country ... Earned a silver medal in English National U20 3,000... Two-time winner of British Cross Challenge in 2017 and 2018 ... Claimed 2018 Home Countries International cross country title ... In 2017, won Westminster mile and British Road One mile ... Silver medalist at British Three Mile Road Championships … Awarded National Cross Country Team U17 bronze medal in 2016.
HS best marks: 2:18.0 (800), 4:29.12 (1500), 4:54 (Mile), 9:23.07 (3000)
Personal
Julia Paternain-Muniz was born September 29, 1999 in Leon, Mexico … Hometown is Cambridge, England, and her nationality is British … Daughter of Gabriel Paternain and Graciela Muniz … Father is a professor at Cambridge University … Majoring in Psychology and Sociology … Career plans include business with an ambition to become a professional athlete and start her own business … Favorite athlete is Australian Genevieve Lacaze, an Olympic finalist in the steeplechase and 5,000m in 2016 … Person she most admires is her mother … Julia speaks Spanish and has a very multicultural background with her family from Uruguay … Chose Arkansas because of the legacy of the program as well as the girls on the team and the coaching staff.