2025 Cross Country Roster
Mercy Kinyanjui
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kiambu, Kenya
- High School:
- Gathima Secondary School
- Prev School:
- University of Toledo
2025 (r-So.)
- All-Big 12 honors
- All-Mid Atlantic Region honors
- Competed in five meets including the Louisville Classic, Wisconsin Nuttycombe, the Big 12 Cross Country Championships, NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and the NCAA Cross Country Championship
- Earned a career best time of 16:41.0 in the women’s 5k at the Louisville Classic on Oct. 4
- Finished in second place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional with a personal best time of 19:22.5 in the women’s 6k
Prior to West Virginia
- Spent one season at the University of Toledo
- Won the 2024 Individual MAC Championship
- Named First Team All-MAC
- Placed first at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship with a time of 19:29.7
High School
- Ran for coach Willy Bitok at Gathima Secondary School and at TownHall Athletics
- Was named team captain for the track team in high school school
- Awarded with the National Secondary Athletic Competition Certificate
Personal
- Daughter of John Kinyanjui and Grace Njoroge
- Birthday is September 25
- Has two brothers and one sister
- Majoring in Social Work
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