Lona Latema
2023 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Began the outdoor season with a personal best in the 3,000 steeple where she finished in 9:57.14 and placed fourth at the Stanford Invitational … Won the 1,500 at the LSU Invitational for finishing in 4:26.15, a personal best for Lona … Placed second in the 1,500 for finishing in 4:29.77 at the Kansas Relays … Achieved a personal best in the 1,500 for finishing in 4:20.26 and placed third at the John McDonnell Invitational … Won the 1,500 for finishing in 4:23.25 at the Rock Chalk Classic … Earned points in both the 3,000 meter steeple and the 5,000 meter, placing second in the steeple (10:17.30) and fifth in the 5,000 meter (16:29.86) at the 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Championships … Ran a new personal best at the West Regional meet, posting a 9:51.76 in the women’s 3k steeple … Qualified for Nationals in doing so, where she took 15th place and earned Second-Team All-American honors in the women’s 3k steeple (9:58.30).
2023 INDOOR (Sr.)
Finished first in both events ran, including the mile (4:50,20) and 3000 (9:47.06) … Finished second in the mile with a time of 4:52.22, finishing second at the Jayhawk Classic … Achieved a personal best in the mile for finishing in 4:49.60 at the Husker Invitational … Won the 3,000 at the Tyson Invitational for finishing in 9:29.37 … Competed in two events at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, finishing seventh in the 3,000 with a time of 9:33.94 and ninth in the 5,000 for finishing in 16:40.19.
2022 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
Started the 2022 season off with a time of 17:28.74 and a first-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic…With a time of 17:19.0 at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational, Latema was the first Jayhawk to cross the finish line… Ran a 21:08.3 6k to place 12th overall at the Weis Crockett Invitational…Placed 34th at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 22:11.4 … Ran at the regional meet, where she placed 35th with a 6k time of 20:54.8.
2022 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished second in the 3,000 at the Sun Angel Classic Invitational with a time of 10:26.04 … Finished with a personal best 4:26.19 for 1,500 and finished third at the Sun Angel Classic Invitational … Finished third at the Michael Johnson Invitational with a 4:30.25 1,500 … Finished with a personal best 10:14.78 in the 3,000 steeple and was first at the Drake Relays … Ran a 4:27.90 1500 at the Rock Chalk Classic and finished first … During the Big 12 Championships, she competed in both the 5,000 and 3,000 steeple and finished third for the 5,000 and second for the 3,000 … Finished 15th in the 3,000 steeple at the NCAA West Preliminary Round with a time of 10:16.90.
2022 INDOOR (Jr.)
Finished second at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular in the 3000 with a time of 9:50.23 … Competed in two events at the Jayhawk Classic and got second in both, 4:57.17 for the mile and 12:17.02 for the relay race … Finished with a personal best mile time of 4:50.04 and finished third in the vent at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … Finished tenth at the Iowa State Classic in the 3,000, but recorded a personal best time of 9:40.83 … During the Big 12 Indoor Championships, she recorded a personal best 16:37.97 for the 5,000 and finished fifth.
2021 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
Ran a 19:09.4 at the Bob Timmons Classic to open up the season in the 5k … Placed 5th at the Gans Creek Classic with a 21:17.3 6k … Ran a 20:58.6 the following week at the FSU Pre-Nationals meet … Placed 10th at the 2021 Big 12 Cross Country Championships with a 6k time of 21:30.6 … Earned 13th place at Regionals with her 21:04.2 6k … Qualified for Nationals, where she ran a personal best 6k of 20:31.2.
2021 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished first at the ORU Invite for the 5000 with a time of 17:21.28 … Competed in the 1,500 at the Tom Botts Invitational and finished ninth with a time of 4:32.09 … Finished fifth in the 5000 with a time of 16:55.61 at the Michael Johnson Invitational … Finished fifth in the 5000 again, but this time at the John McDonnell Invitations.
2021 INDOOR (So.)
Finished sixth at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular with a time of 10:39.08 in the 3000 … Competed in the mile at the Jayhawk Classic and got sixth with a time of 10:39.08 … Finished first in the 3000 with a time of 9:48.00 at the Iowa State Classic … At the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships, she got top 10 in both events competed in, 9:59.60 in the 3000 and 17:31.30 in the 5000.
2020 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Crossed the finish line at Rim Rock Farm as the second Jayhawk, and in 12th place overall, with her 5K time of 18:59.0 in the season-opening Bob Timmons Classic (9/19) … For the second-straight meet, was the second Kansas runner to finish the 6K at the OSU Cross Country Course … Placed 18th overall individually at the Cowboy Jamboree (10/3) in 22:19.9 … Took 14th at the Big 12 Championship, running a 21:30.2 in the 6k.
2019 INDOOR (Fr.)
Finished sixth in the 3000 with a time of 10:39.08 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular.
2019 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Opened the season with a 13th-place finish at the Rim Rock Collegiate Classic with a time of 24:14.2 for her 6K … At the Pre-National Invitational (10/19), crossed the finish line in 22:38.6 to place 219th among a field of 252 of some of the best runners in the nation in the Women’s 6K Blue Race … The Jayhawks’ second runner to cross the finish line at the Big 12 Championship (11/2) … Her 6K time of 21:54.7 placed her 35th individually, while the women’s team ran to a sixth-place finish … Crossed the finish line first for the Kansas women at the NCAA Division I Midwest Region Cross Country Championships (11/15), running the 6K course in 22:00.5 … Her time placed her just outside of the top-50 runners, coming in 54th overall … The women’s team finished in 17th place in a field of 33 teams.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Joseph Latema and Alice Chepkoech … Has six siblings, three brothers and three sisters … Plans to major in accounting.