2008: Finished six races, leading the team in three … Finished team-best eighth with a personal season-best time of 17:43 in the NAIA Championships (11/22) … Broke 18-minute mark five times throughout the campaign … Ran meet champion time of 17:49 at Biola Invitational (10/25) … Finished fifth in the conference with mark of 17:54 at GSAC Championships (11/8).

TRACK AND FIELD: Member of 2008-09 team … Ran eighth-place time of 10:15.73 in 3000m run at NAIA National Indoor Championships (3/5) … Ran on 4x800m relay squad that posted a fifth-place time of 9:22.80 at indoor meet.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at St. Francis Metembe Kenya, graduating in 2001 … Ran cross country and track and field … Finished first place in 10,000 M and 400 x 100 senior and junior years … Team won national title all four years.

PERSONAL: Born in Kisil, Kenya to Julius Mokaya and Grace Nyaboke … Has four brothers ages (2, 8, 13, 21) and five sisters (4, 15, 18, 22, 27) … Sister, Megan, ran cross country and track and field at Colorado University and participated in the U.S. Olympic trials for marathon … Sister, Whitney, ran cross country at Colorado … Majoring in exercise and sports science with a minor in coaching … Plans to be a collegiate coach … Enjoys making friends and running cross country.