Lucy Kapkiai

2014-15
Cross Country: Notched Conference USA All-Conference Second Team honors … Tallied her best finish of the season at the Front Runner Invitational, placing third with a two-mile time of 11:02.85 … Placed 14th at the Conference USA Championship in her fastest 5K time of the year 17:31.23 … Concluded her season at the NCAA East Regional, finishing 68th with her 21:09.80 6K performance.

Indoor: Placed ninth in the 800-meter at the MT Invitational with a time of 2:26.07 ... Best mile time was 5:23.49 at the Commodore Invitational, finishing 24th ... Best finish in mile competition was 16th at the Blazer Invitational (5:29.25) ... Finished 12th in the 3,000-meter at the Samford Invitational (10:25.18).

Outdoor: Finished 17th in her only competition of the year, in the 3,000-meter at the Tiger Track Classic (10:44.77).

2013-14
Indoor: Placed first in the 3,000-meter at the Cupid Classic Feb. 14 with a time of 10:00.65 & Finished 18th in the mile at the Blazer Invite Jan. 11 (5:22.25) and 24th at the Vanderbilt Invitational Jan. 25 (5:12.70) & Part of the distance medley relay team that placed finished first at the Edward S. Temple Classic (12:33.96).

Outdoor: Competed in the 1,500-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter … Named Conference USA Women Runner of the Week April 1 … Set a MT record in the 10,000 at the Raleigh Relays, running 35:04.76 for fifth place … Finished 12th in the 1,500-meter at the Tennessee Challenge with a season-best 4:46.18 … Raced in the Penn Relay’s 5,000, finishing 16th with a time of 17:17.72.

2012-13
Indoor: Did not compete until February due to injury & took second in the 5,000-meters at the Sun Belt Championships, finishing in 17:32.70 & Was third in the mile run (5:05.44) at the MT Invitational & Was third in the 3,000-meters at the SBC Championships with a time of 9:56.83.

Outdoor: Won five events and took second in two throughout the outdoor season & Broke her own school record in the 10,000-meter run, running a time of 35:47.01 to finish first at the Sea Ray Relays & Was runner-up in the 5,000-meter run and the 10,000 at the SBC Championships & Set her personal best of 4:39.93 in the 1,500-meter run at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

2011-2012
XC: Led the Blue Raider women in each meet in 2011 ... Captured three individual championships and a total of five top-10 finishes ... Opened the season with an eighth-place finish while running a 14:25.86 at the 4k Belmont Opener ... Collected back-to-back individual meet titles with wins at the PowerAde Invitational where she ran a two-mile 10:57 and the 5k Commodore Classic where she clocked a time of 17:53.40 ... Placed 11th at the Greater Louisville Classic, trekking the course in 17:20.20 ... Bagged the individual meet championship at the Front Runner Invitational, running a two-mile 11:07 ... Finished second while clocking a 5k time of 17:45.70 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Recorded a 19th-place finish while running a 6k time of 21:05.40 at the NCAA South Regionals.

Indoor: Won the 5,000-meter title at the Sun Belt Championships while running a personal-best 17:04.70 ... Set a new school record while placing second in the 3,000 meters in 9:43.77 at the league championship meet ... Captured a fifth-place finish in the mile run at the conference championships while running a personal-best 5:03.98 ... Took first in the 3,000-meter run at the MT Christmas Invitational in a time of 10:11.74 ... Finished second in the 800 meters at the Valentine Invitational while running a personal-best 2:17.12 ... Ran a 2:21.03 while finishing fourth in the 800 meters at the Blue Raider Invitational.

Outdoor: Logged a new school-record time of 36:33.63 while finishing third in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships ... Also broke the school record in the 5,000 meters, running a 16:48.41 while placing eighth at the Stanford Invitational ... Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships in a time of 17:47.12 ... Took first in the 1,500 meters at the Coach "O" Invitational in 4:41.51 ... Captured victory in the 10,000 meters at the Rhodes Open Meet, posting a time of 36:42.07 ... Notched a ninth-place finish in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Black and Gold Meet in a time of 7:18.72 ... Registered a personal-best 800-meter time of 2:23.49 while finishing 10th at the Coach "O" Invitational.

Prior to MT: Ran the 1,000, 1,500 and 5,000 meter at Anin High School in Kenya.

Personal: Born on June 6, 1991 … Daughter of Jacob and hellen Kapklau … Plans to attend Graduate School after graduation … Majoring in public health.