Doris Lemngole

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Doris Lemngole
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
 Long distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 4:09.28 (Tuscaloosa, 2025)
Mile: 4:43.96 (Clemson, 2025)
3000m: 8:41.83 (Boston, 2025)
5000m: 14:52.57 (Boston, 2024)
3000m Steeplechase: 8:58.15 (Eugene, 2025)
Road
5km 14:40 (Lille, 2023)

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 and retained her NCAA titles over 3000 metres steeplechase and cross country, and won the Bowerman Award. She placed fifth in the steeplechase at the 2025 World Championships. [1]

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Career

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]

In August 2025, she signed an NIL deal with Swiss sportswear brand On. [12] That month, she recorded a debut victory in the Diamond League, winning in 9:16.36 in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 Athletissima event in Lausanne, in wet conditions. [13] In September 2025, she was a finalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing fifth. [14] [15]

On 22 November, she won the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Missouri. [16] In December, Lemngole was awarded the 2025 Bowerman Award as the year's best student-athlete in American collegiate track and field. [17]

Competition record

YearSEC Cross CountryNCAA South Regional Cross CountryNCAA Cross CountrySEC Indoor TrackNCAA Indoor TrackSEC Outdoor TrackNCAA Outdoor Track
2023–242nd2nd2nd2nd - 3000m; 2nd - DMR3rd - 3000m; 4th - 5000m1st - 3000m SC; 2nd - 5000m1st - 3000m SC
2024–251st2nd1st1st - 3000m2nd - 3000m; 1st - 5000m1st - 5000m; 1st - 3000m SC1st - 3000m SC
2025–261st1st1st

Honors and awards

References

  1. ↑ Doris Lemngole at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Fernandez, Theodore (11 Oct 2023). "Doris Lemngole's 'improbable' journey". The Crimson White. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "BYU Women Earn Redemption, Alabama's Doris Lemngole Wins Individual Title at 2024 NCAA Counry Championships". LetsRun.com . Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Florida's Parker Valby Takes First NCAA Cross Country Title". November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week: Week 5". SEC Sports. February 13, 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "MICHAELA ROSE, FLOMENA ASEKOL AND DORIS LEMNGOLE ACHIEVE TOP THREE COLLEGIATE ALL-TIME INDOOR MARKS AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY". dyestat. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Maia Ramsden and Juliette Whittaker Complete Indoor/Outdoor Doubles as Doris Lemngole Takes Down Olivia Markezich in Steeple". Lets Run. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Robert; Johnson, Weldon; Gault, Jonathan (November 23, 2024). "BYU Women Earn Redemption, Alabama's Doris Lemngole Wins Individual Title at 2024 NCAA Counry Championships". Lets Run. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Daniel wins long jump on Day One of NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor track and field championships". abcnews. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  10. ↑ Woods, David (18 May 2025). "JAMEESIA FORD, JORDAN ANTHONY RUN BLAZING DOUBLES; GEORGIA WOMEN, ARKANSAS MEN WIN SEC TITLES". Runnerspace. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Oregon hurdler Aaliyah McCormick leads the way for Ducks with NCAA track gold". Oregonlive. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  12. ↑ Gibson, Nia (Aug 11, 2025). "Alabama Star Doris Lemngole Signs NIL Deal with On Running". FloTrack. Retrieved Aug 12, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Hodgkinson and Hoey highlight soaking and surprising night in Lausanne". World Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  15. ↑ Moses, Martin (22 July 2025). "World Athletics Championships: Faith Kipyegon, Omanyala, Chebet Lead Team Kenya to Tokyo". Toku.co.ke. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Habtom Samuel, Doris Lemngole Win At 2025 NCAA XC Championships: Full Recap". Flotrack. 22 Nov 2025. Retrieved 22 Nov 2025.
  17. ↑ "Doris Lemngole Wins the 2025 Bowerman Award". Flotrack.org. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  18. ↑ Doris Lemngole Named USTFCCCA National Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year, Alabama Crimson Tide, December 3, 2024.
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