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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2021-22 Track & Field Roster

Viola Seromot

  • Position Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Eldoret, Kenya

Biography

Personal Bests
Mile – 5:07.17
3,000m – 10:02.99
5,000m – 17:17.01
5K (XC) – 17:22.2
6K (XC) – 20:51.4


National/Regional Honors:
Cross Country - OVC Female Freshman of the Year (2019); All-OVC, First Team (2019); NCAA All-Southeast Region (2019)


Individual OVC Championships:
Cross Country - 2019

2020-21
Cross Country – Did not compete
Track and Field – Did not compete


2019-20
Cross Country – Won the individual OVC crown, running away from the field and beating her nearest competitor by more than 20 seconds with a 5K time of 17:31.1 … voted the OVC Freshman of the Year the night before the OVC Championships … her performance led the Colonels to their eighth consecutive OVC team title … earned NCAA All-Southeast Region honors after finishing 21st at the regional meet in November with a personal-best 6K time of 20:51.4 … was named OVC Female Cross Country Runner of the Week three times during the season … won the RedHawk Rumble in early September with a 6K time of 21:45.6 … clocked a season-best 5K time of 17:22.2 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational in early October.
Track and Field – Scored points with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships, clocking a personal-best time of 17:17.01 … also ran season-best times of 5:07.17 in the mile and 10:02.99 in the 3,000 meters during the indoor season.


Prior to EKU: Won the 2,000m steeplechase at the 2018 Gymnasiade in Marrakech, Morocco ... finished 2nd at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in the 2,000m steeplechase in Buenos Aires, Argentina with a personal-best time of 5:44.56 ... finished 23rd in the 4,000m cross country race at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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