NEW ORLEANS – A program-best four Alabama women earned a place on the 2022 Cross Country All-America list, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Monday.
Mercy Chelengat tallied her third All-America honor for cross country while Flomena Asekol and Amaris Tyynismaa both took home the honor for the second time and Hilda Olemomoi earned the accolade for the first time.
Alabama’s previous best total in a single season was three during the 2020 season when Chelangat, who won the national title that season, Tyynismaa, who was third, and Esther Gitahi, who was 36th, all earned All-America recognition.
The Alabama women were the only team, men or women, at the 2022 NCAA Championships to put four runners among the individual top-20. Olemomoi finished sixth (19:45.6), Tyynismaa (19:48.2) ninth, Asekol (19:56.5) 14th and Mercy Chelangat (19:58.4) crossed the line in 16th.
As a team, Alabama finished third with 166 points, the Crimson Tide’s best finish in program history and first trip to the podium for the women’s team. It also marked Alabama’s third top-10 finish after taking sixth in 1987 and eighth during the 2020 season.
A total of 14 UA women have earned 19 cross country All-America honors, with Chelangat becoming the first three-time honoree in program history. Asekol and Tynnismaa join Elspeth Turner (1986 and 1987) as the Tide’s two-time cross country All-Americans.
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