Lady T-Birds Finish Fourth at National Half Marathon Championships

Days after finishing 4^th at the NJCAA Cross Country Championships the Lady T-Birds pick up another national 4^th place finish this time in the Half Marathon. This 4^th place finish ties the school best finish, as the 2019 Half Marathon Team also finished 4^th.

Individually, Cross Country All-American Daisy Jerop had an outstanding run and finished 15^th.  Right behind her were Joan Kimalel (16^th Place) and Minankolo Magassa (18^th Place). All three ladies picked up USTFCCCA All-American honors for finishing in the top 20.

ndividual Results:

Women

15^th      Daisy Jerop                    1:31:15                                          

16^th       Joan Kimalel                  1:31:39                            

18^th       Minankolo Magassa    1:32:27    

UPDATED SCHOOL RECORDS

NMJC Women's Half Marathon Top 10 List

NAME                                TIME                   LOCATION                        DATE

Flomena Asekol               1:20:36               El Paso, TX                        2019

Cynthia Kipserem            1:29:21               Topeka, KS                       2017

Cassidy Reddell               1:30:15               Levelland, TX                   2015

Abigael Murgor               1:30:18               El Paso, TX                        2019

Montserret Rios              1:30:19               El Paso, TX                        2019

Purity Murray                  1:30:38               Topeka, KS                       2014

Doris Kitony                      1:30:45               El Paso, TX                        2019

Sharon Jerono                 1:31:01               Topeka, KS                       2017

Daisy Jerop                      1:31:15               Richmond, VA                 2021

Joan Kimalel                    1:31:39               Richmond, VA                 2021