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Edna Chepkemoi Season 2026

Position
Distance
Height
5'6
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Nakaru, Kenya
High School
Mogonga P.A.G. Secondary School
Experience
1L
Indoor Class
Sophomore

Edna Chepkemoi’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

1x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
1x Third Team All-SEC
2024-25 LSWA Women’s Freshman of the Year

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 1: Indoor 3000 Meters (9:10.79, 2025 Boston Valentine Invitational)
No. 1: Indoor 5000 Meters (15:39.43, 2025 SEC Indoor Championships)
No. 1: Outdoor 10,000 Meters (32:10.75, 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships)
No. 3: Outdoor 5000 Meters (16:18.55, 2025 Bryan Clay Invitational)
No. 6: Outdoor 3000-Meter Steeplechase (10:32.20, 2025 Bryan Clay Invitational)

2025 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Closed her first outdoor season with the Tigers earning First Team All-American honors in the 10,000 meter with an LSU record of 32:10.75 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the 10,000m, finishing 11th overall at the meet to advance… clocked a time of 33:54.99 to finish fourth at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 10,000m… also finished 18th at the conference meet in the 5000 meter with a time of 16:24.46… clocked the No. 3 5000m performance in LSU history with a time of 16:18.55 at the Bryan Clay Invitational… at the same Bryan Clay meet, clocked the No. 6 steeplechase performance in LSU history of 10:32.30… ran a personal-best time of 4:28.16 in the 1500 meter at the Battle at the Beach to win… opened the season at the LSU Battle on the Bayou finished second overall in the 5000m with a time of 16:27.39… 2024-25 LSWA Women’s Freshman of the Year… 1x USTFCCCA First Team All-American (10,000m).

2025 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Only competed in three meets for the Tigers in her first indoor season, but earned bronze at the SEC Indoor Championships with an LSU record and personal-best time of 15:39.43 in the 5000 meter… finished seventh at the conference meet in the 3000 meter with a time of 9:15.93… ran an LSU record and personal-best time of 9:10.79 in the 3000 meter at the Boston Valentine Invitational… opened the season clocking a personal-best time of 4:49.18 in the mile at the Razorback Invitational to open the 2025 season… 2024-25 LSWA Women’s Freshman of the Year… 1x Third Team All-SEC (5000m).

PRIOR TO LSU – Mogonga P.A.G. Secondary School
An outstanding long-distance runner hailing out of Kenya… clocked a time of 24:57 in a road race at the Course de l’Escalade in Genève, Switzerland.

PERSONAL
Born on March 4, 2002, in Nakuru, Kenya.

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