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Ruth Kimeli
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- St. Alphonsus Mutel Girls Secondary School
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
• 2025 NCAA South Central All-Region (XC)
• 2024 NCAA South Central All-Region (XC)
2025 Cross Country: Recorded a pair of top-10 finishes at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (8th, 19:44.1) and NCAA South Central Region (8th, 20:11.4), earning her second-straight trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championships. . . . . In position to challenge for All-America honors at the halfway mark in the race, faded to 112th at the national meet with a time of 20:00.3 .. . . . Made her season debut at the Arturo Barios meet in College Station, finishing in the top 15 for the second-straight year.
2025 Outdoor: Already an NCAA qualifier in cross country, Kimeli added a berth in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 10,000 meters with a 10th-place finish in the NCAA West Prelims. . . . Missed second-team All-America honors by two spots, finishing 18th in 33:10.62. . . . Ended the regular season with four-consecutive top-five finishes, which included winning the 1,500 meters at the Clyde Hart Classic (4:32.42) and fifth place in the 10K at the Bryan Clay Invitational in California with a PR time of 33:01.97.
2025 Indoor: Making her indoor track debut, ran a PR mile time of 4:55.53 to place 11th at the Charlie Thomas Invitational at Texas A&M. . . . Placed 21st in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in 9:43.04.
2024 Cross Country: Making a big splash in her inaugural cross country season, placed in the top 15 in four of her first five meets, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the NCAA South Central Region with a 6K PR time of 19:28.1. . . . Just the second freshman in program history to earn an individual qualification to the NCAA Cross Country Championships, she placed 198th overall in 21:09.9. . . . Third-consecutive top-15 finish came at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, where she placed 11th in 19:37.8. . . . Became the first Baylor female to record a top-10 finish at the prestigious Gans Creek Classic, coming in eighth in the 6K race (20:12.3).
2024 Outdoor: Enrolled in January ... Ran in four events ... Opened the season with a SB 4:36.67 time in the 1500m at the Clyde Hart Classic ... Ran a SB time of 16:37.53 in the 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Finished in 6th in the 1500m at the Michael Johnson Invitational ... Raced in the 5000m event at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship and finished in 13th.
• 2024 NCAA South Central All-Region (XC)
2025 Cross Country: Recorded a pair of top-10 finishes at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (8th, 19:44.1) and NCAA South Central Region (8th, 20:11.4), earning her second-straight trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championships. . . . . In position to challenge for All-America honors at the halfway mark in the race, faded to 112th at the national meet with a time of 20:00.3 .. . . . Made her season debut at the Arturo Barios meet in College Station, finishing in the top 15 for the second-straight year.
2025 Outdoor: Already an NCAA qualifier in cross country, Kimeli added a berth in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 10,000 meters with a 10th-place finish in the NCAA West Prelims. . . . Missed second-team All-America honors by two spots, finishing 18th in 33:10.62. . . . Ended the regular season with four-consecutive top-five finishes, which included winning the 1,500 meters at the Clyde Hart Classic (4:32.42) and fifth place in the 10K at the Bryan Clay Invitational in California with a PR time of 33:01.97.
2025 Indoor: Making her indoor track debut, ran a PR mile time of 4:55.53 to place 11th at the Charlie Thomas Invitational at Texas A&M. . . . Placed 21st in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in 9:43.04.
2024 Cross Country: Making a big splash in her inaugural cross country season, placed in the top 15 in four of her first five meets, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the NCAA South Central Region with a 6K PR time of 19:28.1. . . . Just the second freshman in program history to earn an individual qualification to the NCAA Cross Country Championships, she placed 198th overall in 21:09.9. . . . Third-consecutive top-15 finish came at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, where she placed 11th in 19:37.8. . . . Became the first Baylor female to record a top-10 finish at the prestigious Gans Creek Classic, coming in eighth in the 6K race (20:12.3).
2024 Outdoor: Enrolled in January ... Ran in four events ... Opened the season with a SB 4:36.67 time in the 1500m at the Clyde Hart Classic ... Ran a SB time of 16:37.53 in the 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Finished in 6th in the 1500m at the Michael Johnson Invitational ... Raced in the 5000m event at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship and finished in 13th.
Baylor Cross Country: My Baylor Story - Jack Sterrett
Saturday, December 20
Baylor Track and Field: Coach Clyde Hart Tribute
Thursday, November 06
Baylor Cross Country: David Barnett on the Baylor Coach's Show | August 20, 2025
Friday, August 22
Baylor Track & Field: NCAA Championship Highlights | June 11-14, 2025
Monday, June 16
