2017 Cross Country Roster

Angela Jepchirchir

  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Our Lady of Victory Kapnyeberai
  • Hometown Kipkaren, Kenya

Biography

(personal bests-as of Jan. 1, 2020)
Date Year Event Statistic Meet
April 22 2017 1500 Meter Run 4:48.91 LSU Alumni Gold 
March 11 2017 3000 Meter Steeplechase 10:45.22 McNeese Louisiana Challenge
Feb. 7 2016 5000 Meter Run 19:58.51 South Alabama Invite
April 29 2017 800 Meter Run 2:20.51 Southern Miss Open
Feb. 21 2017 One Mile Run 5:18.53 Sun Belt Indoor Championship
Jan. 13 2017 4x400 Meter Relay 4:16.11 Texas A&M Invitational
Feb. 18 2019 Distance Medley Relay 19:58.51 Sun Belt Indoor Championship

2019 (SENIOR): Took part in 14 meets during the season, competing in the 1500-meter, 800-meter and one-mile events, four times in each event … her best finish of the slate (seventh) came in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the McNeese Louisiana Challenge (March 9), which she completed in a time of 11:08.06 … put together an eighth-place finish in the 1500-meter (5:01.99) of the LSU Alumni Gold (April 20) … laid claim to a 10th-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:27.87) of the Southern Miss Open (April 26, 2019) … top performance of the one-mile run (14th) came at the LSU Bayou Bengal (Feb. 1) with a time of 5:42.4. 

2018 (JUNIOR): Competed in 10 meets over the course of the season, finishing among the Top-10 in five events along the way … opened the outdoor slate with her first Top-10 of the slate, finishing sixth in the 1500-meter (4:57.18) at the McNeese Louisiana Challenge (March 10) … followed with a seventh-place outing in the 1500-meter of the Louisiana Classics (March 17) in a time of 4:53.04 … closed ninth in the 800-meter of the Carl Kight Invitational (April 7) … enjoyed her best finish of the season (third) in the 800-meter event of the Warhawk Classic (April 14) with a time of 2:23.88 … ended the slate by crossing the line eighth in the 1500-meter event of the LSU Alumni Gold (April 21), posting a time of 4:51.63. 

2017 (SOPHOMORE): Emerged with six Top-10 finishes over the course of the season, including a pair of third-place outings in the 3000-meter steeplechase (McNeese Louisiana Challenge) and one-mile run (LSU Bayou Bengal) … raced to third in the one-mile run (LSU Bayou Bengal) with a mark of 5:26.93 on Feb. 3 … just over a month later, in the 3000-meter steeplechase (McNeese Louisiana Challenge), she capped off the event in a time of 10:45.22 … emerged with an eighth-place in the 800-meter run (2:22.19) at the SFA Kight Invitational (April 8) … closed out the 1500-meter run (LSU Alumni Gold) and the 800-meter run (Southern Miss Open) with a pair of sixth-place performances with times of 4:48.91 and 2:20.51, respectively … ended the slate with a 14th-place outing in the 1500-meter run at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 14). 

2016 (FRESHMAN): Recorded a 4:54.03 in the 1500m at the SBC Championships … finished top-five in the 3000m (11:02.93) at the McNeese Cowboy Relays … top-10 in the 5000m (20:14.90) at the UL-Lafayette Classics … scored a 4:57.28 in her first-time ever running in the 1500m at the LSU Alumni Gold to place sixth … notched a 4:53.86 in the 1500m at the Jace LaCoste Invite … part of the distance medley relay team that scored for ULM at the SBC Championships with a time of 12:54.38… posted an 11:13.41 in the 3000m at the KMS Invitational… registered a 19:58.51 in the 5000m at the South Alabama Invite. 

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 9, 1996 in Chepterwa, Kenya... daughter of Linus and Christine Koros... has four brothers, Daniel, Dominic, Silas and Coasmas, and four sisters, Lucinda, Shayonne, Matilda and Jacinta... enjoys running and dancing... majoring in pre-nursing. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore