Sharon Lokedi
Career Highlights |
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2019 Indoor Second Team All-American (5,000 Meters) |
2019 Women’s Indoor Track & Field Performer of the Year |
2019 Women’s Big 12 Indoor High Point Award |
2019 Indoor Big 12 Champion (5,000 Meters) |
2019 Indoor Big 12 Champion (3,000 Meters) |
Indoor School Record (Distance Medley Relay) – 10:58.31 |
Indoor School Record (5,000 Meters) – 15:15.47 |
No. 6 time in NCAA History – Indoor 5,000 Meters – 15:15.47 |
2018 Cross Country All-Midwest Region |
2018 Cross Country All-Big 12 Team |
Big 12 Cross Country Female Runner of the Week – 10/2/18 |
2018 Rock Chalk Choice Awards Female Athlete of the Year |
2018 Outdoor National Champion (10,000 Meters) |
2018 Outdoor First Team All-American (10,000 Meters) |
Outdoor School Record (10,000 Meters) – 32:21.19 |
NCAA Outdoor Championships Meet Record (10,000 Meters) – 32:09.20 |
2018 Outdoor Second Team All-American (5,000 Meters) |
Outdoor School Record (5,000 Meters) – 15:27.09 |
2018 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (10,000 Meters) |
2018 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (5,000 Meters) |
Kansas Relays Meet Record (5,000 Meters) – 15:42.76 |
Rock Chalk Park Facility Record (5,000 Meters) – 15:42.76 |
2018 Big 12 Women’s Indoor Track & Field Performer of the Year |
2018 Indoor First Team All-American (5,000 Meters) |
2018 Indoor First Team All-American (3,000 Meters) |
2018 Indoor Big 12 Champion (5,000 Meters) |
2018 Indoor Big 12 Champion (3,000 Meters) |
Indoor School Record (Distance Medley Relay) – 11:01.19 |
Indoor School Record (3,000 Meters) – 8:59.69 |
2017 Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year |
2017 NCAA Cross Country All-Midwest Region |
2017 Big 12 Cross Country Champion |
2017 Cross Country All-Big 12 Team |
Big 12 Cross Country Female Runner of the Week – 10/17/17 |
2017 Rock Chalk Choice Awards Female Athlete of the Year |
2017 Big 12 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Performer of the Year |
2017 Outdoor First Team All-American (10,000 Meters) |
2017 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (10,000 Meters) |
Rock Chalk Park Facility Record (10,000 Meters) – 33:43.28 |
2017 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (5,000 Meters) |
2016 Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year |
2016 Cross Country First Team All-American |
2016 NCAA Cross Country All-Midwest Region |
2016 Big 12 Cross Country Champion |
2016 Cross Country All-Big 12 Team |
2016 Outdoor First Team All-American (10,000 Meters) |
2016 Outdoor Big 12 Champion (10,000 Meters) |
2016 Indoor First Team All-American (5,000 Meters) |
2016 Indoor Big 12 Champion (5,000 Meters) |
Big 12 Track & Field Women’s Athlete of the Week – 2/3/16 |
Anschutz Pavilion Facility Record (5,000 Meters) – 9:29.24 |
2015 Cross Country First Team All-American |
2015 Cross Country All-Midwest Region |
2015 Cross Country All-Big 12 Team |
2019 INDOOR (Sr.)
Broke her own school record and recorded the No. 6 time in NCAA Indoor history (on a 200-meter track) by clocking in at 15:15.47 in the 5,000-meter run at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/1) … Finished second in the 3,000-meter run (invitational) at the ISU Classic (2/8-2/9), running a time of 9:06.65 for the No. 3 performance in KU history … A member of the distance medley relay team that finished third with a combined time of 10:58.31, posting the school record and the No. 7 time in the NCAA this season at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/16) … Won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:20.71 for the No. 7 performance in KU history and won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:11.50 for the No. 7 performance in KU history at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/22-2/23) … Closed out her Kansas career with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9) in the 5,000-meter run to earn Second Team All-America honors, clocking in at 16:06.21, which was the No. 7 time in school history.
2018 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.)
Opened her season with a win in the women’s 6K at the Rim Rock Classic (9/29) with a time of 19:49.4, which was just one second off the Rim Rock Farm course record … Awarded Big 12 Cross Country Female Runner of the Week on Oct. 2 for her efforts at the Rim Rock Classic … Led the Jayhawks with a sixth-place finish at the Pre-National Invitational (10/13) with a time of 20:11.87 … KU’s top performer at the Big 12 Championship (10/26), placing fifth overall with a time of 20:17.4 … Earned her fourth-consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships with a runner-up finish at the Midwest Regional (11/9), clocking in with a time of 20:23.0 … Finished 45th at the 2018 NCAA Championships (11/17), just five spots shy of earning All-America status with a time of 20:40.8.
2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Opened her outdoor campaign by breaking her own school record in the 10,000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational (3/30), clocking in at 32:21.19 to finish fifth overall … Broke her own school record, the meet record and Rock Chalk Park facility record in the 5,000-meter run at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21), winning the open section of the event with a time of 15:42.76 … Finished sixth in the 1,500 meters at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) with a personal-best time of 4:25.94 … Won the 10,000-meter run and 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13), posting the No. 4 time in KU history in the 5,000 meters … Posted the No. 2 time in school history (32:21.55) in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) to place fourth and earn her third trip to the NCAA Championships in the event and qualified for NCAAs in the 5,000-meter run for the first time in her career by placing third at the West Prelims with a time of 15:27.09, breaking her own school record by 15 seconds … Broke a 30-year-old meet record and her own school record in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9) to win her first-career national championship with a time of 32:09.20 and earned Second Team All-America honors in the 5,000 meters with a 12th-place finish, clocking in at 15:51.29.
2018 INDOOR (R-Jr.)
Broke her own school record in the 5,000-meter run at the BU Season Opener (12/2), clocking a time of 15:39.05 … Finished first in the mile at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a time of 4:45.84 to become the No. 7 performer in KU women’s indoor history … Improve her No. 7 performance in the mile by 28-hundredths of a second (4:45.56) to win the event at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) … Became the school record holder in the 3,000-meter run at the ISU Classic (2/9-10), clocking in at 8:59.69 to win the event, set a meet record, and break the previous school record by 17 seconds … Helped break the KU women’s indoor distance medley relay record at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17), where the team clocked a time of 11:01.19 … Won the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) 5,000 and 3,000 crowns, clocking in at 16:26.57 and 9:19.97, respectively … Earned two First Team All-America nods at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10), finishing third in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:52.95 and sixth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:03.68.
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
Named Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year for the second-straight season … Became just the fourth female in Big 12 history to win multiple individual conference titles with her first place finish at the Big 12 Championship (10/28), completing the 6K loop in 20:00.5 … Earned All-Region honors and a trip to the NCAA Championships with a runner-up finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/10) with a time of 20:12 in the 6K race … Placed 44th at the NCAA Championships (11/18) with a time of 20:15.14 … Led the Jayhawks at the Pre-National Invitational (10/14), her first race of the year, with an eighth-place finish, clocking in at 20:00.9.
2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Set the Kansas school record in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/7-10) with a time of 32:46.10, finishing third to earn All-America honors … Qualified for the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round (5/25-27) with a time of 34:08.02 … Won the Big 12 title in the 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters with times of 33:43.28 and 16:15.26, respectively … Set the school record in the 5,000-meter run at the Stanford Cardinal Classic (4/21-22) with a time of 16:00.60 to finish second … Later broke her own school record in the 5,000 meters at the Stumptown Twilight (6/16) with a time of 15:44.51 … Won the 1,500-meter run at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a time of 4:29.88.
2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Turned in the best performance by a KU runner at the NCAA Championships (11/19) in over 50 years with her fifth-place finish after she clocked a personal-best 6K time of 19:52.2 … First female to win the Big 12 Championship (10/29) with a time of 20:18.5 … Runner-up at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/11) after clocking a 6K time of 20:00.7 … Took fourth with her time of 20:37.7 at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) … Claimed 10th at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) when she finished the 6K loop in 20:26.2.
2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Placed sixth in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/11) after clocking a personal-best time of 32:49.43 … Claimed 10th at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/28) with a 10,000-meter time of 34:31.38 … Won the 10,000 meters in 34:59.58 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) … Took seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship with a time of 15:47.97 … Runner-up in the 5,000 meters after a clocking of 16:51.17 at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Finished 14th in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational (4/2) with her time of 33:10.06.
2016 INDOOR (So.)
Took sixth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/12) with a time of 15:58.61 … Won the 5,000 meters in 16:05.54 at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) … Placed fifth at the Big 12 Indoor Championship after a personal-best 3,000-meter clocking of 9:26.89 … Claimed the 3,000-meter title with a time of 9:29.24 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) … Finished third in the 5,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic (2/13) with a personal-best clocking of 15:57.95 … Won the mile at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) with a time of 4:56.39 … Aided the distance medley relay team to a victory at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 12:22.26.
2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Produced one of the best individual seasons in program history during her first season at KU … The Jayhawks’ top finisher in each of the five races she competed in … Became the second All-American in program history by way of her 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships (11/21) in a 6K time of 20:04.9 … Her 10th-place finish was the highest ever by a Jayhawk female at the national meet … Ran to All-Region honors after finishing third overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/13) after traversing the 6K course in 20:14.9 … Named to the All-Big 12 Team after tallying an 11th-place finish in 21:09.5 at the Big 12 Championship (10/31) … Claimed victory at the Rim Rock Classic (10/3), after completing the 6K course in 20:42.4 … Posted a 6K clocking of 20:08.3 to secure a fourth-place finish at the Pre-National Invitational (10/17).
2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Turned in a scoring performance at her first Big 12 Championship (5/17), taking seventh in the 10,000 meters by way of her 35:21.97 clocking … Her 10,000-meter time at the league meet ranked as the sixth-fastest in school history … Became the ninth female in school history to break the 17-minute barrier in the 5,000 meters, winning the event at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) with a time of 16:59.76 … Also tallied a 5,000-meter win at the Kansas Relays (4/17), completing her race in a time of 17:20.47 … Opened her first outdoor campaign with a 13th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Texas Relays (3/28) after clocking in at 17:31.38.
2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Ran to a sixth-place finish in her first collegiate race, clocking in at 10:06.11 in the 3,000 meters at the Husker Invitational (2/7) … Fastest 3,000 meters of the season came at the Big 12 Championship (2/28), where she finished 15th in 9:48.10, making her the No. 8 performer in KU history … Also turned in a 13th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship, crossing the finish in 17:31.38.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won four letters in track at Kapkenda Girls’ School … School record holder in the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs … Named Best Athlete of the Year in 2013.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jonathan and Rose Lokedi … Has three younger siblings; Ceddellah Chelimo, Lince Cheptoo and Mercy Chemutai … Majoring in nursing.