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Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

VaniceKerubo Nyagisera

  • position Sprints/Hurdles
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Kenya
BIO

https://www.tfrrs.org/teams/tf/KY_college_f_Kentucky.html

Personal Bests:

Indoor

600 – 1:26.52

800 – 2:01.14

Outdoor

400H – 55.12

800 – 2:02.90

In the Record Book:

  • Holds the Kentucky varsity and freshman indoor 600m and 800m records with times of 1:26.52 and 2:01.14, set in 2026
  • Holds the Kenyan national 400m hurdles record with a time of 55.12, set in 2026
  • Ranks third all-time in the outdoor 800m with a time of 2:02.90, set in 2026
  • Ranks fifth all-time in the outdoor 400m hurdles with a time of 55.12, set in 2026
  • Ranks third and sixth all-time in the outdoor 4x400m relay with a times of 3:25.68 and 3:26.81, set in 2026
  • Ranks fourth all-time in the indoor 4x400m with a time of 3:28.80, set in 2026
  • Ranks second all-time in the indoor DMR with a time of 10:56.93, set in 2026

Career Accolades:

  • 2026 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor First Team All-American
  • 2026 SEC Indoor Bronze Medalist
  • 2026 SEC Indoor All-SEC Third Team

Academic Accolades:

  • SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll – 2026

2025-26 (Freshman):
Outdoor

  • Finished seventh in the women’s 400m hurdles final at the NCAA Championships, and ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay to place ninth
  • Qualified for nationals in the 400m hurdles with the second-fastest qualifying time of 55.13 at the NCAA East First Rounds
  • Ran the fifth-fastest 400m hurdles time in Kentucky history (55.12) to finish fourth at the SEC Championships
  • Won the 800m, 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay events at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Won the 4x400m relay and placed eighth in the 400m hurdles at the Tom Jones Memorial Invite
  • Won the 4x800m, placed second in the 400m hurdles and finished sixth in the 4x400m in her outdoor season debut at the Texas Relays

Indoor

  • Broke the Kentucky indoor 800m record (2:01.14) at the NCAA Championships, placing fifth in the final and placed fourth in the 4x400m relay final
  • Finished with the top qualifying time in the women’s 800m prelims and earned a bronze medal in the women’s 800m final at the SEC Championships
  • Won the 800m event and placed second in the 4x400m relay at the Tiger Paw Invite
  • Won the 800m and 4x400m events at the Crossroads of America Invite
  • Broke the Kentucky 600m record (1:26.52) and placed third in the 4x400m at the Rod McCravy Memorial
  • Made her Kentucky debut at the Commodore Winter Challenge, winning the 600m event and placing second in the 4x400m relay
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