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Norfolk State University Athletics

2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

MEAC

Sonia Koech

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Kericho, Kenya
  • Last School Eastern Kentucky

Biography

Personal Records
Cross Country
3k: 12:11.30 (2024 UMES Hawks Season Opener)
4.2k: 16:06.20 (2025 UMES Hawks Season Opener)
5k: 18:28.60 (2024 MEAC Championships)
6k: 22:11.90 (2025 Panorama Farms Invitational)
Indoor
Mile (2025 East Coast Invitational)
3,000 meters: 10:11.69 (2026 MEAC Indoor Championships)
5,000 meters: 10:29.18 (2025 MEAC Indoor Championships)
Outdoor
800 meters: 2:23.07 (2025 NSU Invitational)
1,500 meters: 4:47.55 (2025 MEAC Outdoor Championships)
3,000-meter steeplechase: 11:15.15 (2026 Duke Invitational)   
5,000 meters: 17:54.44 (2025 Duke Invitational)
10,000 meters: 37:49.94 (2025 Virginia Challenge)
 
2025-26: Cross Country: Placed third at the MEAC Championship with a 5k time of 18:31.50 … Won the 4.2k at the UMES Hawks Season Opener (16:06.20) … Ran a time of 22:42.70 in a 6k at the Pirate Invitational to place 13th. Indoor: Earned three second place finishes at the MEAC Indoor Championships, including the mile (5:15.83), 3,000 meters (10:11.69), and 5,000 meters (18:04.02) … Placed second in the mile at the Indoor Pre-National (5:17.63) … Helped the DMR place second at the same meet with a time of 12:50.23 … Clocked a sixth place finish at the Penn Classic in the 3,000 meters (10:25.17). Outdoor: Competed at three meets … Won the 5,000 meters at the Bill Carson Invitational with a time of 18:27.22 … Also won the 1,500 meters at the NSU Invitational (4:50.68) … Ran a personal best time in the 3,000 meter steeplechase of 11:15.15 at the Duke Invitational.
 
2024-25: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll both semesters … Also selected to the MEAC All-Academic team for the indoor and outdoor seasons. XC: Took sixth at the MEAC Championships with a personal best 5k time of 18:28.60 … Placed third at the UMES Hawks Season Opener with a personal best 3k time of 12:11.30, taking third … Clocked a personal best 6k time of 22:11.90 at the Panorama Farms Invitational. Indoor: Placed inside of the top 10 in three events at the MEAC Championships, including fifth in the 5,000 meters (18:29.18), sixth in the 3,000 meters (10:52.02), and seventh in the mile (5:21.45) … Opened the season with a personal best time in the 3,000 meters at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (10:43.73) … Ran a personal best time in the mile at the East Coast Invitational (5:13.34) … Clocked a sixth place time in the 3,000 meters of 10:58 at the HBCU Showcase … Also placed seventh at the same meet in the mile (5:23.05). Outdoor: Earned the silver medal at the MEAC Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:17.00), before taking third in the 10,000 meters (39:35.36) … Also recorded a personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:47.55 to place fifth, before taking sixth in the 5,000 meters (19:20.42) at the same meet … Won the 800 meters at the NSU Invitational with a personal best time of 2:23.07 … Took seventh in the 10,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge with personal best time of 37:49.94 … Recorded a third place finish to open the season at the Bill Carson Invitational in the 5,000 meters (18:27.70).

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2025Junior

    5'3"