2023-24 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster
Lemngole, Doris
Doris Lemngole
- Position:
- Cross Country/Distance
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- West Pokot County, Kenya
- High School:
- Tartar Girls
Bio
Accolades
- Four-time national champion
- 2024 outdoor 3,000m steeplechase – 9:28.21
- 2024 cross country – 19:21.0
- 2025 indoor 5,000m – 15:05.93
- 2025 outdoor 3,000m steeplechase – 8:58.15
- Five-time SEC champion
- 2024 outdoor 3,000m steeplechase – 9:28.21
- 2024 cross country – 18:20.3
- 2025 indoor 3,000m – 8:55.27
- 2025 outdoor 3,000m steeplechase – 9:20.83
- 2025 outdoor 5,000m – 15:11.62
- Seven-time All-American
- Two-time The Bowerman Semifinalist (2024, 2025)
- 2024 Honda Sport Award Winner (Cross Country)
- Two-time Honda Sport Award Finalist for Cross Country
- 2024 USTFCCCA Lance Harter National Women’s Athlete of the Year
- 2024 USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Athlete of the Year
- 2025 SEC Women’s Runner of the Year – Cross Country
- 2023 SEC Women's Freshman of the Year - Cross Country
- Two-time SEC Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2024, 2025)
- 2025 SEC Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 14 Of the Week honors spanning across the SEC (nine) and the USTFCCCA (five), covering the cross country, indoor track and the outdoor track seasons
- 2024 SEC Women's Runner of the Year - Cross Country
- 2025 NCAA Championships National Runner-Up – indoor 3,000m
- 2023 NCAA Championships National Runner-Up - Cross Country
- 2023 SEC Championships Silver Medalist - Cross Country
- Two-time USTFCCCA All-South Region honoree - Cross Country (2023, 2024)
- Six-time First Team All-SEC (2023, 2024, 2025 – cross country, indoor, outdoor)
- Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member
2024-25
Outdoor
- Defended her steeplechase national title by becoming the first student-athlete in NCAA history to run sub-9:00 in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase
- Her 8:58.15 time became a school, meet and collegiate record and was also the world's fastest time as Lemngole received her seventh All-America honor of her career
- Claimed SEC gold in both the steeplechase and the 5,000m
- Made her sophomore outdoor track season debut at the Crimson Tide Invitational, running a school-record 4:09.28 performance in the women's 1,500m
- Made her season debut in the steeplechase a week later, shortening her then collegiate-record time of 9:10.13
- Finished first in all seven races of her outdoor campaign
Indoor
- National champion in the women's 5,000m (15:05.93) and national runner-up in the women's 3,000m (9:01.64)
- Two-time All-American
- SEC champion in the women's 3,000m (8:54.65)
- Opened her sophomore indoor campaign with an electric, 14:52.57 run in the women's 5,000m at Boston's Season Opener to set a new collegiate record
- Raced eight times for the Crimson Tide, finishing first in six appearances and second in the other two races
Cross Country
- NCAA cross country individual national champion (19:21.0), as she guided the UA women to the program's third consecutive top-10 national finish
- At the time, it was her second national title in five months, as she earned All-America honors for her performance
- SEC Cross Country champion with a course-record time of 18:20.3, leading the UA women to their fourth SEC title
- First Team All-SEC
- USTFCCCA Division 1 Women’s National Athlete of the Week (11/4/24)
- 2024 SEC Women's Runner of the Year
- Finished runner-up (19:30.6) in the 6k at the NCAA South Regional for the second year in a row, securing Alabama their fifth women’s South Regional title
- Earned a pair of SEC Women's Runner of the Week honors after her first-place finishes at the Southern Showcase and the Lakefront Invitational
2023-24
Outdoor
- First-Team All-American in the 3000m steeplechase
- Semifinalist for the USTFCCCA Bowerman Award
- Competed in three regular-season meets in both the 1500m and the steeplechase, finishing in the top two at every meet
- Earned a second-place finish in the 5000m and a first-place finish in the steeplechase at the SEC Track and Field Championships, setting a meet and facility record while also obtaining the program’s first gold medal at the conference meet
- Qualified for the National Championships in the steeplechase after clocking a 9:28.91
- Earned a gold medal in the steeplechase at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, becoming the first champion in the event in school history while also setting the collegiate record, the meet record and the school record
Indoor
- 2x First-Team All-American in the 3000m and 5000m
- 2x Second Team All-SEC honoree in the DMR and the 3000m
- SEC Women’s Co-Freshman Of The Week
- Recorded a first-place finish in the mile at the Samford Invite, sealing her spot on the program’s all-time top-10 list at No.6
- Moved into second on UA’s all-time top-10 list with her second-place finish in the women’s 3000m at the Bob Pollock Invitational
- Broke the school record and set a new PR with a third-place finish in the women’s 5000m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational
- Earned a second-place finish in the DMR (now the second fastest time in program history) and the women’s 3000m at the SEC Championships
- Earned a bronze medal and set a new PR in the women’s 3000m at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, and a fourth-place finish in the women’s 5000m
Cross Country
- Women’s SEC Freshman Of the Year
- 3x Women’s SEC Runner Of The Week Honoree
- USTFCCCA National Athlete Of The Week
- Earned three top-two finishes for Alabama across three regular-season meets
- Placed second in the 6k at the SEC Championships
- Finished as the national runner-up in the 6k at both the NCAA South Region Championships and the NCAA Championships
Personal
- Born Feb. 5, 2002
- Daughter of Michael and Christine Lemngole
- Has one sibling, Patrick
- Majoring in sport management
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
