Le Moyne College Athletics

PR's:
4k - 15:52.1 - Hamilton College Tune-up 10/22/22
5k - 19:49.8 - Canisius Alumni Classic 10/14/23
6k - 23:52.9 - NCAA Division II East Region Cross Country Championships

2023: Junior - In her second season with the Le Moyne Women's cross country team and first at the Division I, Jepchirchir saw success in many ways. Opening the year at the 2023 Frank Dillon Memorial Invitational (Sept. 2), Anita competed in the 4k running a time of 16:27.3 and finishing 12th overall. The following meet, the 2023 Yellowjacket XC Invitational (Sept. 16), Jepchirchir competed in the 6k, finishing with a time of 24:48.7 and 78th overall. She would better her 6k time during the next invitational, the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Sept. 30), running a time of 23:56.4 and finishing 165th overall. Anita set a personal record two weeks later at the Canisius Alumni Classic (Oct. 14), running the 5k in a time of 19:49.8 and finishing 40th overall. In her first Northeast Conference Championship (Oct. 28), Jepchirchir would compete in the 5k, running a time of 20:06.4 and finishing 26th overall. Anita and the 'Phins would travel to Loretto, Pa. for the Saint Francis University Red Flash Rally, where she earned a 3rd place finish in the 4k with a time of 16:01.6.

2022: Sophomore – Jepchirchir scored in all five regular season invitationals, as well as both championship events during her first season with the cross country team… In her first cross country event with the ‘Phins, Le Moyne’s Frank Dillon Memorial Invitational (Sep 3), Jepchirchir finished 24^th with a time of 17:46.8 at the four-kilometer course to help the Dolphins to a third-place finish… she was the second Le Moyne runner to cross the finish line at Vassar’s Ron Stonitsch Invitational (Sep 10), placing 21^st at the event with a five-kilometer time of 21:18.6 to help guide Le Moyne to a fifth-place finish… at Roberts Wesleyan’s Harry F. Anderson Invitational (Sep 24), Jepchirchir was once again the second Dolphin to cross the finish line with a five-kilometer time of 20:19.4… she was the second Le Moyne runner to finish at the Hamilton College Invitational (Oct 8), placing ninth at the event with a five-kilometer time of 20:12.7 to help the ‘Phins record a third-place finish… at the Hamilton Tune-Up (Oct 22), Jepchirchir was the first Le Moyne runner to complete the four-kilometer course with a time of 15:52.1 to lead the Dolphins to a fourth-place finish… she was the second Dolphin to finish at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship (Nov 6), navigating the six-kilometer course in 24:33.4 to place 31^st and help the ‘Phins to a seventh-place finish… Jepchirchir was the first Le Moyne runner to cross the finish line at the NCAA East Region Championships, completing the six-kilometer course in 23:52.9 to register a 40^th-place finish and lead the Dolphins to a 10^th-place finish.