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Janet Jesang
Distance - Dist
Height: 5-7 
Senior
Previous Schools
   Kakungulu HS
Previous Experience
  2L
Hometown
   Kampala, Uganda
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2007-08: (CC) Opened the season with a fourth-place finish at home in the Old Timers Classic, clocking a time of 17:46.82 over the 5k course ... At the Greater Louisville Classic, placed 8th in a 5k time of 17:32.28 ... Finished 37th at the Pre-NCAAs in Terre Haute, running a 6k time of 21:01.7 ... Won the SBC indvidual title at Kereiakes Park, navigating the 5k course in 17:28.29 ... Broke into the top-10 at the NCAA Southeast Region meet, finishing seventh in a 6k time of 20:31.60 ... Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Cross Country Championships, placing 47th in a time of 21:20.2, while ranking 14th among sophomores in the competition. (Indoor) Recorded the fifth-fastest 3,000-meter time in WKU history at the Kentucky Invitational, taking sixth place in 9:48.16 ... Won the mile at the MT Classic in a time of 5:02.66 ... Bettered her ranking in the 3,000 meters at the Rod McCravy Invitaitonal, moving to fourth all-time with a fifth-place clocking of 9:41.30 ... Won another mile competition at MTSU, this time at the Valentine Invitaitonal, with a time of 5:03.29 ... Won three events on her way to earning the honor of Top Track Performer and Top Point Scorer at the Sun Belt indoor championship, setting a new meet record in the mile with a time of 4:53.55, while winning the 3,000 in 9:48.03 and the 5,000 in 17:18.07. (Outdoor) Won section five of the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational, clocking a NCAA regional-qualifying time and moving to second all-time at WKU with a time of 16:39.54 ... Did not compete after the Stanford meet due to injury.

2006-07: (CC) One of three Lady Toppers to compete in every meet during the cross country season ... Recorded three top-10 finishes as a freshman ... Took eighth-place in her first collegiate race, clocking 18:16.5 at the Old Timers Classic ... At the Greater Louisiville Classic, placed 13th in a 5k time of 1816.81 ... Claimed runner-up honors at the Mephis Twilight, clocking 17:21.66 over the 5,000-meter course ... Was named Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year at the league cross country meet after placing second in a time of 17:35.74 and leading the WKU women to the team title ... To close the season in the NCAA Southeast Regional, placed 34th over the 6k course in a time of 21:41.75. (Indoor) In the first indoor meet of her career at the MT Christmas Invitational, won the 3,000 meters in a time of 10:22.05 and was the runner-up in the mile with a time of 5:12.44 ... At the Blue Raider Invitational, finished fourth – third among collegians – in both the mile and 3,000 meters, with times of 5:13.12 and 10:28.22, respectively ... Finished third in the unseeded mile at the Indiana Relays with a 5:07.03 clocking ... Placed second in the mile at the MT Valentine Invitational with a time of 5:06.81 ... Was the top-point scorer at the Sun Belt indoor championship, taking all-league honors in three events, placing second in both the mile and 5,000 meters, while also finishing third in the 3,000 meters. (Outdoor) At the Alabama Relays, placed eighth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:46.27 ... Placed fifth in the 3,000 meters at Vanderbilt with a time of 9:53.51 ... Recorded the third-fastest 5,000-meter performance in Lady Topper history at Stanford, placing 15th in a regional-qualifying time of 16:46.34 ... Earned top-point scorer honors at the Sun Belt outdoor championships by winning the 5,000 meters in 17:20.33, placing second in the 10,000 meters in 36:32.61 and taking third in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:40.82.

At Ndejje University: Competed in the distance events one year for the club team at Ndejje University.

Up Close: Born December 3, 1984, in Kampala, Uganda ... Daughter of William and Ann Chumek.

 

  Indoor Career Bests

  800m: 2:21.50 (2/9/08 – Middle Tennessee)

  Mile: 4:53.55 (2/24/08 – Sun Belt)

  3,00m: 9:41.30 (2/2/08 – Kentucky)

  5,00m: 17:18.07 (2/24/08 – Sun Belt)

 

  Outdoor Career Bests

  800m: 2:22.12 (4/7/07 – Ole Miss)

  1,500m: 4:40.82 (5/13/07 – Sun Belt)

  3,000m: 9:53.51 (4/20/07 – Vanderbilt)

  5,000m: 16:39.54 (4/5/08 – Stanford)

  10,000m: 36:32.61 (5/11/07 – Sun Belt)

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