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2022 Track & Field Roster

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Carolyne Chepkosgei

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kitale, Kenya
  • High School Kerotet Girls HS

Biography

2021 All-Conference USA Second Team (800m Outdoor)
2020 All-Conference USA First Team (800m Indoor)
2020 All-Conference USA Third Team (Mile Indoor)
2019 All-Conference USA Third Team (800m Outdoor)
2019 All-Conference USA Third Team (1500m Outdoor)
2019 Conference USA Indoor Champion
2019 All-Conference USA Third Team (800m Indoor)
2018 All-Conference USA First Team (DMR Indoor)

2018 All-Conference USA Second Team (800m Indoor)
2018 All-Conference USA Second Team (400m Indoor)
C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019)


2022 INDOOR (SENIOR)
  • Captured silver in the 800-meter run (2:09.13) and mile run (4:52.52) at the Conference USA Championships.
  • Placed second in the 600-meter run with a school-record time of 1:31.27, and the 800-meter (2:07.60) at the Don Kirby Open & Elite.
  • Finished third in the mile (4:57.13) at the Dr. MLK Jr. Collegiate Invitational. 
  • Placed third in the 600-meter run (1:32.93) at the New Mexico Team Open.
 
2021 OUTDOOR (RS SOPHOMORE)
  • Named All-Conference USA second team in the 800-meter race.
  • Won silver in the 800-meter run (2:08.40) at the Conference USA Championships.
  • Ran a personal-best 57.47 in the 400-meter dash, placing third at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open.
  • Competed on the first-place 4x400-meter relay team (3:58.07) at the Don Kirby. 
  • Won the 800-meter run (2:08.95) at the Roadrunner Invitational. 
  • Finished second in the 800-meter run (2:10.16) at the Masked Rider Open.
  • Ran a 4:41.08 in the 1500, finishing third at the UTSA Invitational. 
 
2020 OUTDOOR
  • Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. 
 
2020 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
  • Named All-Conference USA first team (800m) and All-C-USA third team (mile).
  • Won gold in the 800m, clocking in a time of 2:11.95 at the C-USA Championships.
  • Claimed bronze in the mile, running a time of 4:48.92 at the C-USA Championships.
  • Raced out to a first-place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:12.22 at the Texas Tech Corky Classic.
  • Ran a personal-best 2:52.50 in the 1000m, finishing in second place at the Corky Classic.
  • Took silver in the mile with a time of 4:56.05 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational.
  • Finished third in the mile with a time of 4:59.08 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
  • Named the C-USA Track Athlete of the Week on Feb. 18 after posting a 2:07.16 at the Iowa State Classic, the top time in C-USA that weekend.
 
2019 OUTDOOR (RS FRESHMAN)
  • Won gold in the 800m run at the Desert Heat Classic, clocking a season-best 2:06.45.
  • Placed first in the 800m (2:14.16) at the UTEP Springtime.
  • Finished fourth in the 800m at the Conference USA Championships, clocking in a 2:07.44.
  • Competed in the 800m at the NCAA West Preliminaries.
  • Finished fourth in the 800m at the Texas A&M Triangular.
  • Ran a 2:09.19 in the 800m at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield.
  • Clocked a 4:28.81 in the 1500m, finishing third at the C-USA Championships.
  • Ran a season-best 4:23.52 in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … finished fifth in the 1,500m at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield.

2019 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
  • Member of the 2019 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championship squad in Birmingham, Ala.
  • Won gold in 1,000m run at the Texas Tech Corky Classic, clocking in a season-best 2:53.74.
  • Earned silver in the 1,000m run at the C-USA Championships, recording a time of 4:53.91.
  • Took bronze in the 800m run at the C-USA Championships with a time of 2:11.27.
  • Clocked a personal-best 2:06.53 in the 800m at the Vanderbilt Music City.
  • Ran a 2:08.30 in the 800m, good for second place, at the Texas A&M Triangular.
  • Competed in 3,000m run at the C-USA Championships, placing 10th.

2018 OUTDOOR
  • Reshirted. 

2018 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
  • Helped the distance medley relay team take gold at the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field with a time of 11.38.18 while also setting a career best of 2:09.50 in the 800m.
  • Recorded a personal best at the Commodore Invitational in the mile with readout of 5:04.26.
  • Took eighth overall at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational with a time of 2:17.83 in the 800m.
  • Competed at the Texas Tech Classic with a fifth-place finish in the mile (5:05.05).
  • Ran the 800m in 2:15.08 at the New Mexico Classic to take 18th place.
  • Clinched sixth overall at the Don Kirby Elite with 2:11.96 in the 800m. 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Edwin and Lucy Mutai ... has two brothers and two sisters ... competed in the 800m and 1500m in high school ... pursuing a Master's in Biomedical Engineering. 

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