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2020 UAA Track & Field Roster

Emmah Chelimo

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • High School AIC Girls Secondary Kessup
  • Hometown Iten, Kenya
  • Experience 1 Letter

Biography

CAREER BESTS

2019-20: CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-American honors with a fifth place finish (20:18) at the NCAA National Championships ... repeated as the NCAA West Region Champion (20:22) ... was named the GNAC Athlete of the Year after repeating as champion in a time of 21:31 ... won the Blue & Gold Run Fest (18:33) and was second at the Western Washington Classic (21:40). INDOOR: Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the 3,000, 5,000 and distance medley relay ... qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 3,000 and distance medley relay ... GNAC Champion in the 5,000 (17:21.08) and fourth in the 3,000 (10:03.30) ... ran personal-best times of 5:03.17 for the mile and 9:41.98 in the 3,000. OUTDOOR: Did not compete. 

2018-19: INDOOR - Did not compete. OUTDOOR - Did not compete. 

2017-18: INDOOR - USTFCCCA All-West Region selection in the 5,000 ... Finished third in the 5,000 (17:34.13) and sixth in the 3,000 (10:08.10) at the GNAC Championships ... ranks sixth in the 5,000 at UAA with a time of 17:34.13 ... ranks sixth in school history after running 9:59.56 in the 3,000 at the UW Open ... OUTDOOR - GNAC runner-up in the steeplechase in a personal-best time of 10:49.33, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... finished third in the 5,000 in a personal-best time of 16:59.71 to finish third at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the time was the eighth-fastest ever at UAA ... ran a personal-best time of 4:47.07 in the 1,500 at the Beach Invitational.

2016-17: INDOOR - Competed in the mile and 3,000 at the GNAC Championships ... ran season-bests of 5:27.04 in the mile and 10:24.61 in the 3,000 ... OUTDOOR - Earned All-GNAC honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a third place finish in a personal-best and the fourth fastest time in school hsitory in 11:03.27 ... Placed fifth in the 5,000 (17:36.14) at the GNAC Championships ... ran a personal-best time of 4:59.72 in the 1,500 ... 

BEFORE UAA: Competed for Division II Nyack (New York) College as freshman in track & field and cross country … earned personal-best cross country time of 26:23.2 at 6K … attended AIC Girls Secondary School Kessup in Kenya.

PERSONAL: Born Emmanuelah Jerotich Chelimo on October 27, 1994 … from Iten, Kenya … daughter of Gabriel Suter and Roselyne Cheruiyot … has four siblings, including brother Paul Chelimo – 2016 Olympic silver medalist at 5,000 meters ... enjoys watching movies, hiking, reading and listening to music.

MAJOR: Psychology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Sophomore

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  • 2019Junior

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  • 2020Senior

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