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2024: Member of the 2024 MAC Championship Team…Competed in three races…Set a personal best and placed 72nd at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invite.

2023: Did not compete.

2022: First-Team All-MAC...All-Region...2022 MAC Championship Team...Ran a PR time of 19:49.1 and finished third at the 2022 MAC Championships on Oct 29...Ran in seven races and set two PR times...highest finish was runner-up (17:29.2) at Indiana State's John McNichols Invitational on Sept. 17...Finished 11th overall at the NCAA Great lakes Regional Championships on Nov. 11...Finished 127th at the NCAA Championships on Nov.19...Dean's List.

2021: Named First Team All-MAC...Placed fifth with a time of 20:56.9 at MAC Championships on Oct. 30 in Ypsilanti, Mich...Part of the 2021 MAC Championship team...Placed 32nd after running 20:24.6 at NCAA Pre-Nationals on Oct. 15 in Tallahassee, Fla...Finished 46th with a time of 20:56.7 time at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals on Nov. 12 in Evansville, Ind...Posted a season-high finish of third place with a time of 21:10 at the Spartan Invitational on Sept. 1...Dean’s List.

2018-20 (Iowa Western CC): Won nine national junior college titles and was a three-time USTFCCCA National Junior College Athlete of the Year in track & field and cross country....Two-time national champion junior college champion in cross country...Two-time champion in the 3000m and 5K...Mile champion in indoor track in 2021...5K and 10K champion in 2021 outdoor track...Second in the 1500m in 2021 outdoor season...11-time USTFCCCA All-American...Six-time Iowa Community College Athletic Conference champion...Two-time cross country Region Athlete of the Year...Holds IWCC school records for cross county, indoor 5K, 3000m, mile, distance medley relay, outdoor 1500m, 5Kand 10K...Broke the 10K record by more than seven minutes...Named Academic All-Region for cross country in 2020.

Personal: Full name is Faith Chepengat Linga...Mother is Elizabeth...Has four brothers and four sisters...Major is public health.

Personal Bests:
5K: 2022 Joe Piane Invitational – 43rd place – 16:52.6
6K: 2022 MAC Championships – 3rd place – 19:49.1