UTEP Miners

2019 All-Conference USA First Team (3000m Indoor)
2019 All-Conference USA Second Team (5000m Indoor)
2019 Conference USA Indoor Champion
2018 All-Conference USA First Team (DMR Indoor)
2017 All-Conference USA Third Team (1500m Outdoor)
2019 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll

2020 OUTDOOR

• Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. 

 
2020 INDOOR (SENIOR)

• Ran a season-best 9:55.19 in the 3000m, placing eighth at the Conference USA Championships.
• Finished seventh in the 5000m, clocking in a time of 17:22.21 at the C-USA Championships.
• Placed sixth in the 3000m (10:34.74) at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational.
• Finished eighth in the 3000m (10:52.04) at the Texas Tech Corky Classic. 

2019 OUTDOOR

• Redshirted. 

2019 INDOOR (JUNIOR)

• Member of the 2019 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championship squad in Birmingham, Ala.
• Won gold in the 3,000m run with a time 9:30.67 at the C-USA Championships.
• Crossed the finish line first in the 3,000m at the New Mexico Don Kirby, clocking in a time of 9:57.86.
• Took silver in the 5,000m run at the C-USA Championships, recording a time of 16:35.47. 

2018 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)

• Ran a personal-best 2:10.05 in the 800m, finishing second at the Texas Invitational.
• Placed second in the 800m at the UTEP Springtime (2:11.05) and at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open (2:13.02).
• Competed in the 800m and 1500m at the Conference USA Championships. 

 
2018 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)

• Part of the distance medley relay team that won gold at the Conference USA Championships (11:38.18).
• Clocked in a personal-best 4:56.86 in the mile prelims at the C-USA Championships.
• Ran a personal-best 2:12.75 in the 800m at the New Mexico Classic.
• Placed third in the 3000m with a time of 9:57.41 at the Commodore Invitational.

 
2017 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)

• Named All-Conference USA third team (1500m).
• Placed third in the in the 1500m, running a time of 4:31.78 at the Conference USA Championships.
• Opened collegiate career with a first-place finish in the 1500m, clocking in a time of 4:31.81 at the UTEP Springtime./
• Ran a personal-best 16:44.76 in the 5000m, finishing fourth at the 90^th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
• Claimed gold in the 1500m, recording a time of 4:26.47 at the Jim Bush Collegiate Invitational.
• Placed second in the 1500m (4:29.38) at the UTEP Invitational.
• Clocked a personal-best 4:23.60 (fourth place) at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge.
• Competed at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round in the 1500m. 

 
2017 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)

• Placed second in the 800m with a time of 2:16.26 at the New Mexico Cherry & Silver.
• Finished fifth in both the 800m (2:16.23) and the mile (4:59.76) at the New Mexico Classic.
• Placed fourth in the both the 3000m (9:37.42) and the distance medley relay (11:54.40) at the Conference USA Championships. 

PERSONAL: Full name is Linda Jepchirchir Cheruiyot ... daughter of Francis and Pauilne Cheruiyot ... has two brothers and two sisters ... born in Eldoret, Kenya ... occupational therapy major.