TRACK & FIELD
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Elizabeth Chepkosgei
Position: Distance
Height: 5'4"
Year: Senior
Hometown: Kapsabet, Kenya
High School: Eisero Girls Secondary
Experience: 1 Letter

2008 GNAC CHAMPION - 3000-meter run

2009:
Competed in the 2009 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in San Angelo, Texas after qualifying provisionally in the 5,000m race – also qualified provisionally in the 1,500m, but didn’t make the NCAA bid ... at the NCAA’s posted a time of 18:17.47 in the 5,000m for 17th place in the prelims ... Chepkosgei was the lone Seawolf woman to qualify for Nationals this season ... during the regular season, set a UAA record in the 1,500m with a time of 4:35.39 on April 18 at the Long Beach Invite ... held GNAC ranks of fourth in the 1,500m and third in the 5,000m ...in the UAA All-Time records book, she holds the programs second-fastest 5,000m time.

2008: Placed 10th in the 3000-meter run at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... also ran to an 18th-pace effort at Nationals in the 5000 meters ... one of two UAA women's athletes to compete in two events at NCAAs ... won GNAC title in the 3000-meter run ... earned all-conference honors in the 3000, 1500 and 5000 ... placed conference runner-up in the 5000 and 3rd overall in the 1500 at GNAC Championships ... established new UAA records in the 1500 meters (4:36.42) and 3000 meters (9:59.16) ... briefly held school mark in the 5000 before being overtaken by teammate Laura Carr ... combined to set or break five school records during season ... registered eight top-5 results ... placed 4th in the 5000 at the Mt. SAC Relays ... collected runner-up efforts in the 1500 at the UNLV Collegiate Classic and in the 3000 at the Washington Outdoor Preview ... stands fourth on all-time GNAC performance list in the 5000, sixth in the 3000 and eighth in the 1500.

2007: Earned all-conference honors by placing third in the women's 5000 meters at the GNAC Championships ... also finished fifth in the 3000 and 11th in the 1500 at the league championship meet ... recorded five top-5 results rookie season, including a pair of top-3 efforts ... top finish of season was second in the 1500 at the Linfield Invitational ... ran the second-best time in school history in the 3000 (10:24.46), fourth-best in the 5000 (18:22.49), and fourth-fastest in the 1500 (4:58.82) ... placed eighth in the 5000 against mostly Division I competition at the Triton Invitational.

CHEPKOSGEI'S CAREER BESTS
800-Meter Run: 2:21.71
(3/8/08 at UNLV Collegiate Classic)

1500-Meter Run: 4:35.39
(4/18/09 at Long Beach Invite)

3000-Meter Run: 9:59.16
(5/3/08 at GNAC Championships)

5000-Meter Run: 17:10.17
(3/14/08 at Occidental Distance Carnival)

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