Damaris Chewon
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- Hometown:
- Kapsabet, Kenya
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- Year:
- So.
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- Events:
- Distance
Bio
Phonetic Pronunciation: Duh-mare-iss Che-wahn
NMJC (Freshman Track & Field 2022)
- All-American for Indoor Track & Field in the 5000m (2022).
- All-American for Indoor Track & Field in the 3000m (2022).
- All-American for Outdoor Track & Field in the 10,000m (2022).
- All-American for Outdoor Track & Field in the 5000m (2022).
NMJC (Freshman Cross Country 2022)
- NJCAA All-American in 5k (2022)
- USTFCCCA All-American in 5k (2022)
- NJCAA All-American in Half-Marathon (2022)
- USTFCCCA All-American in Half-Marathon (2022)
2022 Cross Country Races
- 08-26-22 Western Texas Open 5k- 1st Place (19:50.40)
- 09-23-22 NMJC Invitational 5k- 1st Place (18:32.30)
- 09-30-22 SPC Invite 5k- 1st Place (17:53.30)
- 10-07-22 LCU October Invite 5k- 1st Place (18:07.20)
- 10-14-22 NMJC Invitational II 5k- 3rd Place (18:30.80)
- 10-29-22 Region V Championships 5k- 2nd Place (18:29.80)
- 11-12-22 NJCAA Women's Cross Country Championships 5k- 3rd Place (18:13.00)
- 11-15-22 NJCAA Half-Marathon- 2nd Place (1:27:29)
NMJC (Sophomore Track & Field 2023)
Indoor
- Corky Classic (Jan. 13-14) | 1000M- 3:14.38 | 3000M- 10:19.87 (National Qualifier)
- Region V Multi and DMR Invite (Jan. 19-20) | Medley Relay- 12:45.02 (Magoro- 1200m-3:47.3, Vassell- 400m- 57.3, Gallegos- 800m- 2:25.3, D. Chewon- 1600m- 5:34.3) (National Qualifier)
- UNM Team Open (Jan. 27-28) | Mile- 5:24.02 (National Qualifier) | 3000M- 10:24.98 (IQ)
- Jarvis Scott Open (Feb. 10-11) | 5000M- 17:40.73 (National Qualifier)
- Matador Qualifier (Feb. 17) | 800M- 2:30.98 | Mile- 5:18.72 (IQ)
- Indoor T&F National Championships (March 3-4) | 5000M National Champion- 17:41.54 (All-American) | 3000M 2nd- 10:07.40 (All-American) | Mile 7th- 5:15.70 (All-American)
NJCAA Women's Indoor Team National Champion (2023) | 5000M National Champion | Three-time Indoor All-American
Outdoor
- TTU Masked Rider Open (March 25) | 1500M- 4:52.45 (IQ)
- Texas Relays (March 29) | 5000M- 17:37.75 (IQ)
- Ross Black Open (April 14-15) | 10,000M- 37:57.68 (National Qualifier)
- TTU Corky Crofoot Shootout (April 29) | 5000M- 17:47.67 (IQ-ALT)
- Outdoor T&F National Championships (May 18-20 | Hobbs, NM) | 10,000M Runner-up- 38:22.95 (All-American) | 5000M Runner-up- 18:09.43 (All-American)
NJCAA Women's Outdoor Team National Champion (2023) | Two-time Outdoor All-American
Personal
Parents: Hellen Cheposait and Joel Lotolim
Chewon's family member Aliphine Tuliamuk ran in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Enjoys going on runs and volunteering in community services/charity work.
