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2020 Track & Field Roster

Michael Reese
Michael Reese

Winny Koech

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Exp. 3L
  • High School Sing'ore Girls HS
  • Hometown Iten, Kenya

Biography

2019 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
C-USA Outdoor Track Female Athlete of the Week (Aug. 23, 2019)

2018 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll

2019 All-Conference USA First Team (5,000m Indoor & Outdoor)
2019 All-Conference USA First Team (10,000m Outdoor)
2018 All-Conference USA Second Team (3,000m Indoor)

2018 All-Conference USA Second Team (5,000m Indoor)
2017 All-Conference USA First Team (5,000m Indoor & Outdoor)
2017 All-Conference USA First Team(10,000M Outdoor)
2017 All-Conference USA Second Team(3,000M Indoor)
2016 All-Conference USA Third Team (5,000m Indoor)

2019 OUTDOOR (RS JUNIOR): Took gold in the 5000m, recording a 16:42.02 at the Conference USA Championships …captured gold in the 10,000m with a time of 34:49.58 at the C-USA Championships … finished first in the 5000m at the Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 17:23.73 … secured a third-place finish in the 5000m with a season-best 16:40.03 at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield … won gold in the mile, clocking a time of 5:12.90 at the UTEP Springtime …  finished season racing in the 10,000m at the NCAA West Preliminaries.

2018 INDOOR: Clinched two second place finishes at the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 16:33.39 in the 5000m and a season best of 9:39.05 in the 3000m … claimed gold at the Commodore Invitational with a readout of 9:47.18 in the 3000m … competed at the New Mexico Classic with a time of 10:10.48 in the 3000m to secure fifth overall … clocked 16:38.78 in the 5000m at the 2018 Husky Classic. 

2017 OUTDOOR: Registered the 31st-fastest collegiate time of the season of 33:51.31 in the 10,000m at Mt. SAC Relays … recorded a fifth-place showing at the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 10,000m advancing to the NCAA Championships … notched two gold-medal finishes at the C-USA Championships in the 5,000m and 10,000m … helped the women’s team claim first conference outdoor title … took first at Texas Relays and Brutus Hamilton Open in the 5,000m … set a third-place finish in the 10,000m with a time of 33:51.31 at Mt. SAC Relays.
 
2017 INDOOR: Took gold in the 5,000m with a personal-best time of 16:31.70 and silver in the 3,000m with a personal best of 9:34.23 at the C-USA Championships ... posted a personal-best time of 16:17.08 in the 5,000m at the 2017 Husky Classic ... took second place at the Cherry and Silver meet in the 3,000m … registered a first-place showing at the Vanderbilt Commodore in the 5,000m.

2016 OUTDOOR: Posted a personal best of 4:35.62 in the 1,500m at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge … took fifth place at the Texas Relays clocking in a personal best of 17:05.22 ... competed at the C-USA Championships in the 5,000m and 10,000m run ... claimed first place in the 1,500m at the UTEP Invitational.

2016 INDOOR: Finished first in the 3,000m run at the Texas A&M Invitational posing a season best 9:36.41 … competed in the 5,000m  and 3,000m at the C-USA Indoor Championships helping the women's team claim the team title ... claimed a bronze medal in the 5,000m with a time of 16:41.41 in the conference meet.

PRIOR TO UTEP: Competed in the cross country national championships for Singore GIrls High School.

PERSONAL: Full name is Winny Koech ... daughter to David Chemitei and Sally Kiplimo ... has four brothers and two sisters ... Kinesiology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

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  • 2017Sophomore

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  • 2018Junior

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  • 2019Redshirt Junior

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  • 2020Redshirt Senior

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