Sharon Chepkemboi
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- Height:
- 5-0
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- Hometown:
- Kapsabet, Kenya
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- Year:
- So.
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- Previous School:
- St. Paul's Girls Secondary School
Bio
2018 (Freshman): Ran in all seven meets for TTU, and finished as the team’s No. 3 runner at five of them… took third place at the Golden Eagle Invitational with a five-kilometer time of 20:12.2 on Sept. 8… finished 24th at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational on Sept. 22, posting a season-best 5K of 17:58.08, which is also the 17th-fastest time in Tech history… also took a top-25 finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships on Oct. 27 with a mark of 18:29.3… finished no lower than 53rd overall at any meet prior to the season finale at the NCAA South Regional… posted four 5K times that currently sit inside the top 40 on Tech’s all-time list.
Academic: Majoring in general health studies.
News mentions
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Tennessee Tech freshman Nancy Jesang rewrote the Tech history books on Saturday as she became the best-ever freshman finisher at the OVC Cross Country Championships, claiming a third-place finish with a time of 17:55. As a team, both Tech’s men’s and women’s teams finished with ninth-place finishes on the day.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Tennessee Tech cross country will open the championship season this Saturday as they compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Championships in Edwardsville, Illinois hosted on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
MURRAY, Ky. – The Tennessee Tech cross country teams closed out their regular season on Friday at the Murray State Open at Miller Memorial Golf Course, as both Ababu Mohamed and Nancy Jesang claimed top-place finishes in both races and the women’s team earned a runner-up finish.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Tennessee Tech wrapped up its third meet of the season on Saturday morning as they competed in the Upstate Invitational at the Milliken Research Park.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech cross country made their second trip to Nashville on Saturday as they competed in the Commodore Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech cross country teams opened their season on a steamy Friday afternoon in Nashville, claiming a pair of sixth-place finishes during the Belmont Opener at Percy Warner Park.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech cross country has their eyes set on their first competition of the 2019 season, the Belmont Opener at Percy Warner Park in Nashville on Friday, Aug. 30.