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Kenyan athlete (born 2002)
Doris Lemngole
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong distance running

Doris Lemngole (born 5 February 2002) is a Kenyan long distance runner. In 2024, she won the NCAA titles in the 3000m steeplechase and cross country running.

Career

She is from Kapenguria, Kenya and moved to the United States to compete in the collegiate system for the University of Alabama. On 19 March 2023 before being recruited for Alabama, she had already run 14:40 for a road 5K run at the Semi Marathon de Lille, faster than the U.S. collegiate record for the same distance on the track."BYU Women Earn Redemption, Alabama's Doris Lemngole Wins Individual Title at 2024 NCAA Counry Championships". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 27 November 2024.</ref> In November 2023, she was runner up to Parker Valby at the NCAA Cross Country Championship in Charlottesville, Virginia.

In February 2024, she ran the second-fastest indoor collegiate time of all time in the women's 5000m, running 15:04.71 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational. In June 2024 she won the NCAA 3000 metres steeplechase title in Eugene, Oregon.

In November 2024, she won the NCAA Cross Country title in Verona, Wisconsin finishing ahead of compatriot Pamela Kosgei.

Year SEC Cross Country NCAA South Regional Cross Country NCAA Cross Country SEC Indoor Track NCAA Indoor Track SEC Outdoor Track NCAA Outdoor Track
2023–24 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd - 3000m; 2nd - DMR 3rd - 3000m; 4th - 5000m 1st - 3000m SC; 2nd - 5000m 1st - 3000m SC
2024–25 1st 2nd 1st

Honors and awards

  • USTFCCCA Lance Harter Collegiate National Athlete of the Year: Cross Country 2024

References

  1. ^ Doris Lemngole at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Fernandez, Theodore (11 Oct 2023). "Doris Lemngole's 'improbable' journey". The Crimson White. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. "Florida's Parker Valby Takes First NCAA Cross Country Title". November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  4. "Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week: Week 5". SEC Sports. February 13, 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  5. "MICHAELA ROSE, FLOMENA ASEKOL AND DORIS LEMNGOLE ACHIEVE TOP THREE COLLEGIATE ALL-TIME INDOOR MARKS AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY". dyestat. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  6. "Maia Ramsden and Juliette Whittaker Complete Indoor/Outdoor Doubles as Doris Lemngole Takes Down Olivia Markezich in Steeple". Lets Run. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  7. Johnson, Robert; Johnson, Weldon; Gault, Jonathan (November 23, 2024). "BYU Women Earn Redemption, Alabama's Doris Lemngole Wins Individual Title at 2024 NCAA Counry Championships". Lets Run. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  8. Doris Lemngole Named USTFCCCA National Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year, Alabama Crimson Tide, December 3, 2024.
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