Mercyline Kirwa

Position:
Distance
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Baringo, Kenya

Awards & Honors
NCAA Champion (Outdoor: 10,000m - 2026)
NCAA Runner-Up (Outdoor: 5,000m - 2026)
Three-time All-American
First Team All-American (Outdoor: 10,000m - 2026, 5,000m - 2026)
Second Team All-American (Indoor: 5,000m - 2026)
USTFCCCA Midwest Region Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year (2026)
Big 12 Champion (Outdoor: 10,000m - 2026; Indoor: 5,000m - 2026)
All-Big 12 XC (2025)
Big 12 XC Runner of the Week (Sept. 30, 2025)

Personal Records

Mile	4:37.86	2026 Indoor
3,000m	9:01.10	2026 Indoor
5,000m	15:09.13	2026 Indoor
	15:13.72	2026 Outdoor
10,000m	31:51.89	2026 Outdoor

2025-26
Outdoor: NCAA 10,000m champion in 31:54.88 and national 5,000m runner-up in 15:13.72 (No. 3 ISU) … scored 18 team points with the finishes, tied for the most individual points by any woman at the championship … closed the 10,000m at NCAA Championships with a final 400m of 61 seconds for the win, Iowa State’s 45th individual title … qualified for nationals finishing fourth in the 10,000m and with her heat finish of second in the 5,000m at NCAA West Prelims … Big 12 10,000m champ … took second at the Bryan Clay Invite with a 10,000m PR of 31:51.89 (No. 3 ISU) … placed second in the 5,000m at the Payton Jordan Invite with 15:20.96.
Indoor: Placed 14th in the 5,000m at NCAA Championships … Big 12 5,000m champion and took eighth in the 3,000m … set the 5,000m school record with 15:09.13, placing fourth at the Husky Classic … placed second behind teammate Betty Kipkore at the DeLoss Dodds Invite in the 3,000m (9:01.10, No. 4 ISU) and mile (4:37.86, No. 6 ISU) … opened track career taking fourth in the mile (4:44.80) at the Bill Bergan Classic.