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2015 Track and Field Roster

Joan Jepkirui

  • Class Freshman
  • High School Rift Valley
  • Hometown Ziwa, Kenya

Biography

2015 Conference USA Freshman of the Meet (Indoor)
2015 Conference USA Co-Performer of the Meet (Indoor)

2015 Indoor: Member of the women’s team that captured the first conference title in program history … named Freshman of the Conference USA Meet and co-High Point Scorer of the Meet as well … took gold in the 3,000m run at the Conference USA Championships with a time of 9:44.11 … secured silver in the 5,000m run at the Conference USA Championships with a readout of 16:44.24 … won the 3,000m run at the Texas A&M Invitational with a personal-best time of 9:28.96 … finished tenth in the mile run (5:14.42) at the Lobo Collegiate Open … placed fifth in the 3,000m run at the new Mexico Collegiate Invitational with a readout of 9:50.83 … placed 15th in the 5,000m run at the star-studded Husky Classic with a time of 16:26.73.

2015 Outdoor: Placed second in the 1,500m run at the Texas Relays with a readout of 4:33.22 … took fifth in the 1,500m race at the UTEP Invitational with a time of 5:06.16 … finished fourth in the 800m run at the UTEP Springtime (2:15.14) … secured eighth place at the Stanford Invitational in the 5,000m run with a time of 16:19.21.

High School: State runner-up in the 3,000m and 5,000m for Rift Valley High School.

Personal: Has four siblings.