Biography
Lemngole is from Kapenguria, Kenya and moved to the United States to compete in the collegiate system for the University of Alabama.[2]
2025: World Championships debut, Bowerman Award
Lemngole won the NCAA Championship indoor title on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach over 5000 metres.[9] At the SEC Championships in Kentucky in May 2025, she set a championship record in the steeplechase and won the 5000 metres.[10] She then won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships title in the 3000 metres steeplechase in Eugene, Oregon in June 2025, in a new collegiate record of 8:58.15.[11]
In August 2025, she signed an NIL deal with Swiss sportswear brand On.[12] That month, she recorded a debut victory in the Diamond League, winning in 9:16.36 in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 Athletissima event in Lausanne, in wet conditions.[13] In September 2025, she was a finalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing fifth.[14][15]
On 22 November, she won the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Missouri.[16] In December, Lemngole was awarded the 2025 Bowerman Award as the year's best student-athlete in American collegiate track and field.[17]
2026
On 1 February, Lemngole ran a lifetime best to win the 3000m at the Millrose Games in New York, running 8:31.39 to finish ahead of British professional Hannah Nuttall, her time also setting an NCAA record for the distance.[18][19] Later that month, she ran a 5000 metres personal best of 14:51.21 in Boston.[20] Lemngole won the 3000 meters in 8:45.90, ahead of Hilda Olemomoi, at the 2026 SEC Indoor Championships.[21] She placed second in 15:03.42 in the 5000m behind Jane Hedengren on 13 March at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships.[22]
In May, Lemngole won her third comsecutive 3000 m steeplechase title at the SEC Outdoor Championships, running 9:18.66 to break the meet and facility record.[23] Lemngole then won her second title of the weekend, with a win in the women’s 5,000 meters in 15:30.69.[24]
