Priscah Jemeli

Priscah Jemeli
Priscah Jemeli
  • Hometown:
    Eldoret, Kenya
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Hill School Eldoret
  • Major:
    Nursing
Bio

2016: Jemeli’s second season as an Eagle saw the sophomore compete in all five meets on the season…Her best time of the season came in a 46th-place tally at the SAC Championships with a 21:11.41 time in the six-kilometer run…

 Tusculum Open: 14th- 24:08.5

Maryville Invitational: 8th- 24:44.41

Royals Challenge: 198th- 21:07.7

South Atlantic Conference Championships: 46th- 21:11.41

Southeast Regionals: 110th- 25:05.75

 

2015: A second team All-South Atlantic conference performer her freshman season, Jemeli was also named to the league’s All-Freshman team… Finished first on the team in all but one meet on the season…Placed ninth overall in the South Atlantic Conference Meet out of 90-plus runners….Jemeli recorded two first-place finishes on the season…

Blue/Orange Meet (5K): 1st- 18:20.81

Victor Ashe Meet (5K): 4th- 21:11.5

Furman Invitational (6K): 51st- 24:52.43

Maryville Dual Meet (5K): 1st- 20:48.9

Greater Louisville Classic (5K): 56th- 20:07.57

Fast Cats Classic (5K): 15th- 19:17.58

South Atlantic Conference Championships (5K): 9th- 19:14.3

NCAA Southeast Regional (8K): 46th- 25:08.2

 

2014-2015: Transfered from Tennessee Tech University

Personal: Daughter of Rosebella Chepkwony...Born on May 3, 1993

News mentions
C-N concludes season at Southeast Regionals
C-N concludes season at Southeast Regionals

MONTEVALLO, Ala.— The Carson-Newman cross country team concluded the 2016 season with a couple of top-20 finishes as the women placed 17th and the men 19th on the day at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in Montevallo, Ala.

Korir nets freshman honors as C-N concludes SAC Championships
Korir nets freshman honors as C-N concludes SAC Championships

COLUMBIA, S.C.— The Carson-Newman cross country teams wrapped up the South Atlantic Conference Championships Saturday morning with a fifth-place showing by the women and an eighth-place tally by the men in both the five and eight kilometer runs.

C-N looks to SAC Championships to begin postseason play
C-N looks to SAC Championships to begin postseason play

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Following three tune ups during the fall season, the Carson-Newman cross country team is set to compete in the 2016 South Atlantic Conference Championships Saturday morning in Columbia, S.C. with hopes of improving upon its fourth and 10th-place tallies from a year ago.

Eagles excel in Royals Challenge while eyeing SAC Championships
Eagles excel in Royals Challenge while eyeing SAC Championships

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Carson-Newman cross country team wrapped up competition at the Royals Challenge with a women’s 26th ranking and a men’s 35th-placing in what was the Eagles final tune up before the South Atlantic Conference cross country championships in two weeks.

Eagles sweep Maryville College Invitational
Eagles sweep Maryville College Invitational

MARYVILLE, Tenn.—In the second meet of the season, both Carson-Newman cross country squads stole the goal as the men and women’s team finished first in their respected races at the Maryville College Invitational Saturday morning.

Women claim top-spot, men take second as Eagles compete in Tusculum Open
Women claim top-spot, men take second as Eagles compete in Tusculum Open

GREENEVILLE, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman cross country team began its 2016 season Friday evening as the women’s club claimed the top-spot in the standings with a low of 34 points while the men came in second-place in the later race with a combined 52 points at the Tusculum Open.

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