2020-21 Women's Cross Country Roster

Vashaun Newman
Vashaun Newman
Vashaun Newman

Dorcas Koech

Dorcas Koech

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Bunyore Girls High School
  • Hometown:
    Kitale, Kenya

Summary

Biography

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in two meets … Finished 13th in 5,000-meter run with time of 20:42.02 at Victor Lopez Classic (3/27) … Placed 23rd in 1,500-meter run with time of 5:27.83 at UTSA Invitational (3/20).
 
2021 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Team did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020-21 Cross Country (Junior): Ran the 6K in a time of 27:13.10 to finish 49th at WAC Championships (2/27).

2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Finished 13th in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:23.64 and eighth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:19.95 at the WAC Championships (2/28-29) ... Finished eighth in the mile run with a time of 5:20.23 at the Aggie Invitational (1/25).
Date Meet Event Time Rank
Jan. 25 Aggie Invitational Mile Run 5:20.23 8-of-11 
Feb. 28 WAC Championships 5,000-Meter Run 19:19.95 8-of-18
Feb. 29 WAC Championships 3,000-Meter Run 10:23.64 13-of-30

2019 Cross Country (Sophomore): Earned All-South Central Region honors by finishing 12th at the NCAA Regional, one spot shy of qualifying for the NCAA Championships, with a 6K time of 12:16.4, the sixth-best in program history (11/15) … Earned All-WAC Second Team honors by finishing 13th at the WAC Championships (11/2) … Recorded third-fastest 6K time in program history, 21:04.3, to finish 17th at Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/19) … Shattered program record in 5K with a time of 17:10.7 to come in 19th at Chile Pepper Festival and earn WAC Athlete of the Week honors (10/5) … Won UIW Opener with 4K time of 14:51.0.
Date Event Race Time Race Rank Program Rank
Aug. 30 UIW Opener 4K 14:51.0 1-of-72
Oct. 5 31st Annual Chile Pepper Festival 5K 17:10.7 19-of-267 1.
Oct. 19 Arturo Barrios Invitational 6K 21:04.3 17-of-238 3.
Nov. 2 WAC Championships 6K 22:02.7 13-of-67
Nov. 15 NCAA South Central Regional 6K 21:16.4 12-of-150 6.

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors … Earned silver in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:02.86 at the WAC Championships (5/10) … Earned silver in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 36:39.83, the second-best in program history at the WAC Championships (5/9) … Recorded second-best 5,000-meter run in program history with time of 17:09.71 to finish second at Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17) … Won 1,500-meter run with personal record time of 4:42.87 at the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union (4/6).
 
2019 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors … PRed in 3000-meter run with sixth-place time of 10:08.49 at WAC Championships (2/23) … Won WAC Championship in 5,000-meter run with program record time of 17:35.77 (2/22) … Finished third in 3,000-meter run with time of 10:16.80 at Howie Ryan Invitational (2/8) … PRed in mile run with time of 5:16.89 at Houston Invitational (1/26) … Placed third in 3,000-meter run with time of 10:19.24 at Ted Nelson Invitational (1/11).

2018 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in four meets.
Date Event Race Time Race Rank
Sept. 22 Texas A&M Invitational 6k 22:48.3 19-of-117
Oct. 13 Arturo Barrio Invitational 6k 22:13.0 61-of-215
Oct. 27 WAC Championships 6k 22:11.7 35-of-70
Nov. 9 NCAA South Central Regional 6k 23:08.2 94-of-154


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