2025-26 Track & Field Roster
Mercy Kinyanjui
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kiambu, Kenya
- High School:
- Gathima Secondary School
- Prev School:
- University of Toledo
Prior to West Virginia
- Spent two seasons at the University of Toledo
- 2024-25 (So.)
- Earned Indoor Second-Team All-MAC
- 2023-24 (Fr.)
- Earned Outdoor First-Team All-MAC honors
- Named Mid-American Conference's Women's Freshman Track Performer of the Year
- Placed first in the 10,000 meter at the MAC Outdoor Championship
- Finished first in the 5,000 meter at the MAC Outdoor Championship
- Finished second in the 3,000 meter at the MAC Indoor Championships
- Named Indoor Second-Team All-MAC
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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