By USTFCCCA Communications, USTFCCCA
December 18, 2025  
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Doris Lemngole makes winning look easy.
Lemngole did it again Thursday night, capturing The Bowerman – collegiate track & field’s highest individual honor – at the conclusion of the annual USTFCCCA Convention in Grapevine, Texas.
She topped a stellar group of finalists that included New Mexico’s Pamela Kosgei and Michigan’s Savannah Sutherland. Kosgei finished the year among the top three fastest athletes in collegiate history in three different events, while Sutherland shattered Sydney McLaughlin’s collegiate record in the 400-meter hurdles en route to the NCAA title in June.
The Alabama standout, who hails from West Pokot County, Kenya, lowered her own CR in the steeple twice in 2025, ultimately to 8:58.15 to become the first collegiate sub-nine steepler and crack the all-time top-ten in world history. The first time Lemngole bettered the standard with her 9:10.13 effort back in April. Her domination of the event can be shown at least a couple of ways – one with five top-11 all-time performances, including the last three CRs, and another with winning margins in the steeple this year ranging from 10.53 to 40.77 seconds. Indoors she had a pair of notable 5000-meter races – the first in a CR 14:52.57 in early December and the other in mid-March to win the NCAA DI Indoor title in 15:05.93, the No. 9 all-time performance collegiately. She was also runner-up in the 3000 at the NCAA DI Indoor after earlier moving to No. 5 on the all-time collegiate list at 8:41.83.
Lemngole is the first Alabama athlete to win The Bowerman and extended the SEC’s streak to seven consecutive women’s awards.
