2023-24 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster
Olemomoi, Hilda

Hilda Olemomoi
- Position:
- Cross Country/Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Trans-Nzoia, Kenya
- Prev School:
- Iowa Western
Bio
Accolades
- Holds the indoor, UA school record in both the 3,000m (8:45.50) and 5,000m (15:17.97)
- No. 2 all-time at UA in the indoor distance medley relay (11:04.99)
- No. 2 all-time at UA in both the outdoor 5,000m (15:28.12) and outdoor 10,000m (32:05.83)
- 2024 Indoor Second Team All-SECÂ
- 2023 Cross Country SEC Championships bronze medalist
- 2023 Cross Country First Team All-SEC
- 2023 NCAA Cross Country All-South Region
- 2023 SEC Cross Country Women's Runner of the Week
- 2023 Outdoor First Team All-American
- 2023 Outdoor SEC bronze medalist (5,000m)
- 2023 Outdoor Second Team All-SEC
- 2023 Indoor two-time First Team All-American (3,000m and 5,000m)
- 2023 Indoor SEC gold (DMR) and silver medalist (3,000m)
- 2023 Indoor First Team All-SEC
- 2022 SEC Cross Country Freshman of the Year
- 2022 NCAA Cross Country All-South Region
- 2022 Cross Country First Team All-SEC
- 2022 Cross Country SEC All-Freshman
- Three-time SEC Cross Country Freshman of the Week
2023-24
OutdoorÂ
- Clocked an NCAA-leading 32:22.20 in the women's 10,000-meter to claim first place (Stanford Invitational)
Indoor
- Finished first (4:40.28) in the women's mile (Bob Pollock Invitational)
- Olemomoi's time moves her into eighth on the all-time top-10 list in program history
- Placed seventh in the women's 3,000-meter with a time of 8:50.07Â (David Hemery Valentine Invitational)
- Clocked a second-place finish (11:04.27)Â on the distance medley relay team alongside Na'Taja Ballard, Jami Reed and Doris Lemngole (SEC Championships)Â
- This time is now the second fastest time in program history
- Olemomoi, Ballard, Reed and Lemngole earned Second Team All-SEC honors with this markÂ
- Earned the bronze medal in the women's 3,000-meter race with a time of 9:06.39
- Olemomoi also earned Second Team All-SEC honors with her 3,000-meter timeÂ
- Claimed bronze in the women's 5,000-meter after clocking a new PR of 15:17.27 (NCAA Indoor Championships)
- Finished fifth in the women's 3,000-meter run after crossing the line in 8:55.88 to also claim her second first team All-America honor
Cross CountryÂ
- Finished fourth at the NCAA Championships (6K | 19:22.1), joining teammate Doris Lemngole as a top-four finisher for Alabama
- Took third at the NCAA South Regional Championship (6K | 18:04.5)
- Won bronze at the SEC Championships (6K | 19:23.5)
- Secured the Crimson Classic's women's 6K title only two tenths of a second ahead of teammate Doris Lemngole as the duo crossed the line simultaneously (18:56.9)
- Earned SEC Women's Runner of the Week honors
- Opened her 2023 campaign with an eighth-place finish (5K | 16:33.7) at the Joe Piane InvitationalÂ
2022-23
Outdoor
- Finished fifth in the 10,000m at the NCAA National Championships to earn First Team All-America honors
- Won bronze at the SEC Championships in the 5,000m
- Clocked a new career-best in the 10,000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational
Indoor
- Became a two-time First Team All-American after her second (5,000m) and fifth-place finish (3,000m) at the National Championships
- Won silver in the 3,000m at the SEC Championships
- Member of Alabama's SEC Champion distance medley relay squad that clocked 11:04.99
- Set new PRs in the 3,000m (David Hemery Invite) and 5,000m (Boston Season Opener) en route to breaking both school records
Cross Country
- Helped lead Alabama to the 2022 SEC and NCAA South Regional Championships
- Voted the SEC Cross Country Freshman of the Year
- Finished third at both the NCAA South Regional Championship (21:06.8) and the SEC Championship (21:13.2)
Personal
- Birthday is Dec. 2, 2003
SEC Cross Country Championships:
Friday, November 01
Harvey Glance Tide and Tigers Dual Meet: Coach Waters
Friday, January 12
SEC Cross Country Championships Recap: Coach Waters
Saturday, October 28
Southern Showcase Recap: Coach Waters
Friday, September 15