| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 April 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross country running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:59.71 (2026) 1500m: 4:13.59 (2025) Mile: 4:24.59 (2026) 3000m: 8:55.81 (2025) |
Rosemary Longisa (born 27 April 2005) is a Kenyan middle-distance and cross country runner. She competes in the United States for the Washington State Cougars. [1]
Running for Washington State University in the United States, Longisa ran 2:10.28 seconds to win the 800 meters title at the MPSF Indoor Championships in Spokane in February 2025. [2] In April, she ran a personal best for the 1500 metres of 4:13.59 at the 2025 Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto. [3]
Competing in cross country running, Longisa was named the West Coast Conference Women's Cross Country Runner Of The Week after winning the Cougar Classic in September 2025. [4] She won the award again later in the month after winning the 6k title at the Gans Creek Classic. [5] The following month, she placed third at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin. [6] In November, she won the cross-country race at the 2025 NCAA West Regional Championships. [7] On 22 November 2025, she was the first finisher for Washington State at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Missouri. [8]
In January 2026, at the UW Invitational in Seattle, Longisa ran the indoor mile run in a time of 4:24.59 to move to third on the NCAA all-time indoor list. [9] [10] That month, she also finished third in the 1000 meters in 2:38.26 at the Washington Indoor Preview in Seattle. [11] In February, Longisa was runner-up to Hayley Kitching in the 800 metres at the Washington Indoor Husky Classic, running a personal best time of 1:59.71. [12] [13]
Longisa was named in the Kenyan team for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland. [14]