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Naomi Jepleting
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Uasin Gishu (Kenya)
TFRRS Profile | World Athletic Profile
2026 CSC Academic All-District Team
MSU Program Record Holder – Indoor 5000m
MSU Program Record Holder – Outdoor 5000m
MSU Freshman Record Holder – 5000m
2025 USTFCCCA South All-Region Team
SEC Freshman of the Week (9/16/25, 10/7/25)
Season Bests | 1500m: 4:32.58 | 5000m: 16:24.51 | 10,000m: 37:01.28
Competed in four meets in the outdoor season…Top 5000m time was 16:24.51 and 10000m time was 34:01.28, both run at the SEC Outdoor Championships…Has the second fastest 10000m time in program history
Season Bests | 3000m: 9:32.07 | 5000m: 16:18.10 | Mile: 4:55.68
Competed in four meets in the indoor season…Top mile time was 4:55.68, run at the Samford Invite…Top 3000m time was 9:32.07, run at the Bob Pollock Invite…Top 5000m time was 16:18.10, run at the Music City Challenge…Broke the indoor 5000m program record at the Music City Challenge
Season Bests | 5k: 16:46.0 | 6k: 19:54.4
Competed in six races in the 2025 season…Ran her 5k personal best of 16:46.8 at the Southern Showcase (9/12), and her 6k personal best of 19:54.4 at the South Region Championships (11/14)…Holds the second-fastest times in program history in both the 5k and 6k as of the 2025 season…Was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on September 2 and October 7…Helped the team to a fourth-place finish at the South Region Championships (11/14)…Earned All-Region Honors at the South Regionals with a 16th-place finish
Season Bests | 1500m: 4:28.92 | 5000m: 15:43.11
Competed in six meets in the outdoor season…Top 1500m time was 4:28.92, run at the Bulldog Relays…Top 5000m time was 15:43.11, run at the Wake Forest Invite…Finished ninth in the 5000m at the conference championships…Qualified to the NCAA East First Rounds in the 5000m…Holds the freshman and program record in the 5000m
Did not compete in the indoor season
Career Honors
2026 CSC Academic All-District Team
MSU Program Record Holder – Indoor 5000m
MSU Program Record Holder – Outdoor 5000m
MSU Freshman Record Holder – 5000m
2025 USTFCCCA South All-Region Team
SEC Freshman of the Week (9/16/25, 10/7/25)
2026 Outdoor Season
Season Bests | 1500m: 4:32.58 | 5000m: 16:24.51 | 10,000m: 37:01.28
Competed in four meets in the outdoor season…Top 5000m time was 16:24.51 and 10000m time was 34:01.28, both run at the SEC Outdoor Championships…Has the second fastest 10000m time in program history
2026 Indoor Season
Season Bests | 3000m: 9:32.07 | 5000m: 16:18.10 | Mile: 4:55.68
Competed in four meets in the indoor season…Top mile time was 4:55.68, run at the Samford Invite…Top 3000m time was 9:32.07, run at the Bob Pollock Invite…Top 5000m time was 16:18.10, run at the Music City Challenge…Broke the indoor 5000m program record at the Music City Challenge
2025 Cross Country
Season Bests | 5k: 16:46.0 | 6k: 19:54.4
Competed in six races in the 2025 season…Ran her 5k personal best of 16:46.8 at the Southern Showcase (9/12), and her 6k personal best of 19:54.4 at the South Region Championships (11/14)…Holds the second-fastest times in program history in both the 5k and 6k as of the 2025 season…Was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on September 2 and October 7…Helped the team to a fourth-place finish at the South Region Championships (11/14)…Earned All-Region Honors at the South Regionals with a 16th-place finish
2025 Outdoor Season
Season Bests | 1500m: 4:28.92 | 5000m: 15:43.11
Competed in six meets in the outdoor season…Top 1500m time was 4:28.92, run at the Bulldog Relays…Top 5000m time was 15:43.11, run at the Wake Forest Invite…Finished ninth in the 5000m at the conference championships…Qualified to the NCAA East First Rounds in the 5000m…Holds the freshman and program record in the 5000m
2025 Indoor Season
Did not compete in the indoor season
Monday, August 08
Tuesday, September 18
Friday, September 01
