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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 April 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Events | Middle-distance running, Cross country running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 800m: 1:59.71 (2026) 1500m: 4:13.59 (2025) Mile: 4:24.59 (2026) 3000m: 8:55.81 (2025) |
Rosemary Longisa (born 27 April 2005) is a Kenyan middle-distance and cross country runner. She competes in the United States for the Washington State Cougars.[1]
Biography
[edit]Running for Washington State University in the United States, Longisa ran 2:10.28 seconds to win the 800 meters title at the MPSF Indoor Championships in Spokane in February 2025.[2] In April, she ran a personal best for the 1500 metres of 4:13.59 at the 2025 Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto.[3]
Competing in cross country running, Longisa was named the West Coast Conference Women's Cross Country Runner Of The Week after winning the Cougar Classic in September 2025.[4] She won the award again later in the month after winning the 6k title at the Gans Creek Classic.[5] The following month, she placed third at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin.[6] In November, she won the cross-country race at the 2025 NCAA West Regional Championships.[7] On 22 November 2025, she was the first finisher for Washington State at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Missouri.[8]
In January 2026, at the UW Invitational in Seattle, Longisa ran the indoor mile run in a time of 4:24.59 to move to third on the NCAA all-time indoor list.[9][10] That month, she also finished third in the 1000 meters in 2:38.26 at the Washington Indoor Preview in Seattle.[11] In February, Longisa was runner-up to Hayley Kitching in the 800 metres at the Washington Indoor Husky Classic, running a personal best time of 1:59.71.[12][13] On 14 March 2026, she was runner-up to defending champion Wilma Nielsen in the mile run at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships.[14] Longisa competed at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, without advancing to the semi-finals of the 800 metres.[15][16][17]
In June 2026, Longisa won the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships over 1500 metres in 4:12.10, swiftly announcing afterwards a transfer to Iowa State University.[18][19] That month, she placed third in the 1500 metres at the Kenyan Championships in 4:10.01. She was subsequently selected for the mile run as part of the Kenyan team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[20][21]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rosemary Longisa". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ "ROSEMARY LONGISA 1ST PLACE WOMEN'S 800M - MPSF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". Runnerspace. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ "Stanford Invitational". World Athletics. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ "WSU's Rosemary Longisa Wins West Coast Conference Women's Cross Country Runner Of The Week". wccsports.com. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ "Longisa Once Again Wins West Coast Conference Women's Cross Country Runner Of The Week". wccsports.com. 30 Sep 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ "WSU's Longisa Once Again Wins West Coast Conference Women's Cross Country Runner Of The Week". wccsports.com. 21 Sep 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ "WSU's Solomon Kipchoge, Rosemany Longisa win their respective cross-country races at NCAA West Regional". Spokesman.com. Nov 14, 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ Johnson, Robert (November 22, 2025). "2025 NCAA Cross Country Championship Results". Lets Run. Retrieved 22 Nov 2025.
- ↑ "Rosemary Longisa delivers record-breaking performance at the UW Invitational". Dailyevergreen. 5 Feb 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ "WASHINGTON'S HANA MOLL JOINS 16-FOOT CLUB AT UW MILE CITY". Runnerspace. 31 Jan 2026. Retrieved 1 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "ROSEMARY LONGISA 3RD PLACE WOMEN'S 1000M - WASHINGTON INDOOR PREVIEW 2026". Runnerspace. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ "HAYLEY KITCHING 1ST PLACE & BOH RITCHIE 5TH PLACE WOMEN'S 800M - WASHINGTON INDOOR HUSKY CLASSIC 2026". Dyestat. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "HAYLEY KITCHING WINS FAST 800; TWO DEMPSEY RECORDS FALL AT HUSKY CLASSIC". Dyestat. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 15 Feb 2026.
- ↑ Jampol, Noah (March 14, 2026). "2026 NCAA indoor women: Jane Hedengren completes sweep, Wilma Nielsen repeats". Lets Run. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- ↑ Cheruiyot, Bernard (5 March 2026). "Oketch, Kibet front Kenya's six-member team for World Indoors". Citizen.Digital. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ Monti, David (20 March 2026). "BRUTAL MIDDLE DISTANCE QUALIFYING RACES ON FIRST DAY OF WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 13 June 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "WSU national champion Rosemary Longisa transfers to Iowa State". Spokesman.com. June 19, 2026. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
- ↑ "Odira and Cheruiyot book Commonwealth Games places at Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.