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2011-12 Track and Field

Julia Sambu

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Mary Hill Girls HS
  • Hometown Eldoret, Kenya
  • Prev School Rend Lake JC

Biography

2011 (Outdoor): Finished second in the 1500meter run at the Cactus Cup (3/19) … finished 25th at theMt. SAC Relays in the 5000 meter run with a time of 17:11.99… placed second at the Bobcat Invitational (4/30) in the3000 meter run with a time of 10:10.81 … finished fifth atthe Southland Conference Outdoor Championships (5/13) in the10,000m with a time of 38:03.80.

 2011 (Indoor): At the Howie RyanAll-Comers Invitational (2/4) placed first in the 3000 meter runwith a time of 10:12.44 …  broke the school record inthe 3000-meter at the McNeese Cowboy Indoor Meet (1/14) with a timeof 10:11.33 … two top five finishes at the Texas Tech Invite(1/21) in the distance medley relay and one-mile run with times of12:38.1 and 5:10.93, respectively … broke into the Islanderswomen’s top 10 in the sixth spot in the 1600m … postedtwo top five performances at the Southland Conference IndoorChampionships (2/25) placing second in the 3000m with a time of9:59.15 moved into number one spot in the Islanders women’stop 10 …  finished fifth in the distance medley relaywith a time of 12:21.76 to move into fourth place in the Islanderswomen’s top 10.

2010 Cross Country: Ran in six meets during theseason ... was the top finisher in five of the six meets she randuring the season ... best finish was second at the IslandersSplash (9/24), which she was second overall with a time of 17:48... finished sixth at the Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta TexasClassic (9/17) with a time of 17:47.8 ... crossed the finish linein 42nd at the Chile Pepper Invitational (10/16) in atime of 17:48.08 ... finished fourth overall at the SouthlandConference Championships (10/28) with a time of 21:43.1 ...finished 15th at the NCAA South Central Regional (11/13)with a time of 21:08.0.

Prior to A&M - Corpus Christi: Coached byEric Albertor at Rend Lake in Ina, Illinois ... ran indoor/outdoortrack and cross country ... finished third in cross country in 2008at the National Junior College Championships ... junior collegenational champion in the 5K during the 2010 indoor season ... setan outdoor school record during the 2010 season with a 17:38 markin the 5K.

High School: Ran for Peter Muiya at Mary HillGirls High School in Thika, Kenya.

Personal: Born Julia Cheserem Sambu Jan. 12,1985, in Eldoret, Kenya ... daughter of Joseph and Jane Chegugu ...has three older siblings ... major is health science.