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2020-21 Women's Track and Field Roster

Troy L. Sayles
Troy L. Sayles
Troy L. Sayles

Scolasticah Kemei

Scolasticah Kemei

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Kamagut High School
  • Hometown:
    Eldoret, Kenya
  • Major:
    Sport Management

Summary

Biography

Personal Bests

Personal

• Born on December 23, 1994
• Daughter of Rony and Kimberly Kemei

• 2021 CAA Women's Track Athlete of the Year
• 2021 NCAA East Preliminaries (5,000-meters) 
• 2021 CAA Champion (3,000-meter steeplechase)
• 2021 CAA Champion (10,000-meters)
• 2021 All-CAA (3,000-meter steeplechase)
• 2021 All-CAA (10,000-meters)
• 2021 All-CAA (5,000-meters)

Women's Track and Field

2020-21
Indoor:
Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Outdoor: Named the CAA Women's Track Athlete of the Year...Qualified for the NCAA East Regional meet in the 5,000-meters and finished 13th overall - just spot shy of qualifying for the NCAA Championships - and finished with a time of 16:09.63...Won the CAA title in the 10,000-meters with a personal-record time of 35:48.14...Also took the league title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with her time of 10:32.31 at the CAA Championships...Earned All-CAA accolades in the 5,000-meters with a time of 17:06.56 and was third overall...Set a school-record in the 5,000-meters at the Trial of Miles: Night at the Track meet with a time of 16:06.56 to win the race...Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Aggie Invitational with a time of 10:43.75.

2019-20
Indoor:
Member of the Phoenix's distance medley relay team that ran the third-fastest time on school history with a time of 11:57.67 at the Carolina Challenge winning the race...Had a personal-best time of 9:42.12 in the 3,000-meters at the ECAC Indoor Championships...Clocked a time of 5:10.21 in the one-mile run at the JDL DMR Invitational.

Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19
Indoor: Won the 3,000-meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge (2/15) with a time of 10:07.21...Ran a season-best time of 5:18.03 in the one-mile at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/9)...Was a member of the Phoenix's 4x800-meter relay team that ran the second-fastest time in school history with a time of 9:15.69 at the ECAC Indoor Championsips.

Outdoor: Did not compete in any meets for Elon.
 

Cross Country
• 2019 CAA Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year
• 2019 CAA XC Women's Individual Champion
• 2019 All-CAA


2019
• Named the CAA Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year
• Won the individual title at the CAA Championships with a time of 20:23.7, her fourth victory of the season
• Four times was named the CAA Women's Runner of the Week
• Twice set the school-record in the 6K; at the Panorama Farms Invitational with a time of 20:44.2 and at the ECU Pirate Invitational with her season-best time of 20:25.0
• Won the Elon Opener with a time of 14:10.0 in the 4K
• Named the Women's National Runner of the Week by the USTFCCCA on Sept. 3
• Clocked a time of 21:05.9 at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships and was 28th overall

Prior to Elon
• Competed as a member of the Mississippi Valley State cross country and track and field team
• Won the SWAC Cross Country individual title in 2017 and 2018

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