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Doris Lemngole
Kenyan athlete (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Doris Lemngole (born 5 February 2002) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2024, she won the NCAA titles in the 3000m steeplechase and cross country running. In 2025, she won the NCAA indoor title over 5000 metres.[1]
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She is from Kapenguria, Kenya and moved to the United States to compete in the collegiate system for the University of Alabama.[2] On 19 March 2023 before being recruited for Alabama, she had already run 14:40 for a road 5K run at the Semi Marathon de Lille, faster than the U.S. collegiate record for the same distance on the track.[3] In November 2023, she was runner up to Parker Valby at the NCAA Cross Country Championship in Charlottesville, Virginia.[4]
In February 2024, she ran the second-fastest indoor collegiate time of all time in the women's 5000m, running 15:04.71 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.[5][6] In June 2024 she won the NCAA 3000 metres steeplechase title in Eugene, Oregon.[7]
In November 2024, she won the NCAA Cross Country title in Verona, Wisconsin finishing ahead of compatriot Pamela Kosgei.[8]
She won the NCAA Championship indoor title on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach over 5000 metres.[9] At the SEC Championships in Kentucky in May 2025, she set a championship record in the steeplechase and won the 5000 metres.[10] She then won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships title in the 3000 metres steeplechase in Eugene, Oregon in June 2025, in a new collegiate record of 8:58.15.[11]
She was named in the Kenyan team for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[12]
In August 2025, she signed an NIL deal with Swiss shoe company On.[13]
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