Abigael Chemnagei’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)
1x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
2025-26 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 1: Indoor 3000 Meters (9:03.04, 2026 Razorback Invitational)
No. 2: Indoor 5000 Meters (15:50.87, 2026 SEC Indoor Championships)
No. 2: Outdoor 10,000 Meters (32:36.65, 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships)
No. 3: Outdoor 5000 Meters (15:54.63, 2026 LSU Battle on the Bayou)
2026 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Had a Second Team All-American season as she closed her first outdoor with LSU finishing 14th overall in the 10,000 meter with a personal-best time of 32:36.65 that ranks No. 2 on the all-time LSU performance list… qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the 5000 meter and the 10,000m… finished 10th in the 10,000m with a time of 33:15.21 and 21st in the 5000m with a time of 16:03.45 in the east… nearly made the podium at the SEC Championships as she finished fourth overall in the 10,000m with a time of 33:17.93… recorded a 1500 meter PR of 4:23.30 to finish fourth at the LSU Invitational… took sixth at the Bryan Clay Invitational with the time of 32:45.75… opened her outdoor season with a second-place finish and time of 4:27.35 in the 1500m at the Hurricane Invitational… grabbed second in the 5000m at the LSU Battle on the Bayou with a time of 15:54.63… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (10,000m).
2026 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Competed in four meets during the indoor season... finished 13th at the SEC Indoor Championships with the No. 2 time in LSU performance-list history of 15:50.87 in the 5000 meter… recorded an LSU record 3000-meter time of 9:03.04 to finish 11th at the Razorback Invitational… finished first in the mile to open her season with a PR of 4:48.55 at the LSU Bayou Bengal… took seventh at the Boston Valentine Invitational with a time of 9:06.95.
PRIOR TO LSU - A.I.C Biribiriet Secondary School
Arrives in Baton Rouge with a personal-best time of 15:29.55 in the 5000 meter at the 2025 Lightning meet in Germany… the time of 15:29.55 is well below the current LSU record before signing of 15:44.41… at the 2025 Kenyan Cross-Country Championships, Chemnagei clocked a time of 7:28 in the 2.0km to finish 12th overall… she also holds a personal-best time of 4:25.39 in the 1500 meter, which she clocked in 2025… finished 13th in the Semi-Marathon International de Lille in France with a time of 15:34 in the 5km road race… at the 2024 Kenyan Championships, finished eighth in the 1500m final with a time of 4:31.52… was heavily recruited by Alabama, Florida and West Virginia.
PERSONAL
Born on May 2, 2004 in Kapenguria, Kenya.