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Doris Lemngole wins her first Cross Country championship title

Doris Lemngole wins the 2024 NCAA Women’s Cross Country Championship title. Photo: Courtesy

University of Alabama’s, Doris Lemngole went into the history books as the fourth Southeastern Conference runner to win the NCAA Women’s Cross Country Championship on Saturday (23) at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course in United States.

The 22 year-old broke away late in the race to finish with not a single runner in front of her, clocking 19:21.0 to win her first cross country individual championship.

Lemngole was followed in second place by Florida’s Hilda Olemomoi in 19:28.7 with Arkansas’ Paityn Noe sealing the podium in 19:42.3.

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Lemngole, who was runner-up in 2023, joins Florida’s Parker Valby (2023), Alabama’s Mercy Chelangat (2021) and Missouri’s Karissa Schweizer (2016) as NCAA champions from the SEC.

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  • John Vaselyne is the founder of Athletics News. Africa’s only Independent Athletics News website. He has covered World U18 and U20 Championships, World Cross Country Championships, Four Continental Tour Gold Series, Wanda Diamond League. He has passion for the Sport and has over seven years experience in this area of sport. He is also the Leading Athletics Pundit in the Country, having been hosted in ALL leading TV stations in Kenya

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