Monica Wanjiku Season 2025

• Hometown Kaimbu, Kenya
• High School Gachie High School
• Event Cross Country-Distance

HONORS

2025 Cross Country All-American

2025 Cross Country All-SEC, 1^st team

2026 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2026 TRACK AND FIELD

Outdoor

In the 10,000m race at the Bryan Clay Invitational in California, placed 5^th with a time of 32:28.20 … won the 1500m run at the Drake Relays with the third-best time ever at Missouri – 4:17.15 … 6^th in the 5000m run at the SEC Championships in 15:55.18 … at the NCAA Midwest Regional, ran 33:08.68 in the 10,000m semifinal and 16:19.44 in the 5000m semifinal.

Indoor

Running on the Hearnes Fieldhouse track for the first time, she won the 3000m run at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational in a Hearnes record time of 9:13.70, which is also the fourth-best time in school history … she placed fourth in the 5000m run at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational with a time of 15:24.84 that was her personal best and the second-best time ever by a Missouri Tiger … she bettered that time at the SEC Championships, placing fifth with a time of 15:23.44 … she also placed fifth in the 3000m run at the SECs with a PR time of 8:59.03 that also stands as the second best mark ever at Mizzou.

2025 CROSS COUNTRY

In her first race at Mizzou, was the team’s top finisher in 11^h place at the 6k Gans Creek Classic with a time of 19:35.1, which is also the 15^th-best time in the seven-year-old course’s history … led the Tigers to third-place at the Pre-National Invitational with a time of 19:47.9, placing 9^th … placed 6^th at the SEC Championships (20:02.2) to earn all-conference honors … led the Tigers at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 6^th in 20:10.1 … became only the second Mizzou freshman to earn all-America honors when she placed 35^th at the NCAA Championships, hosted by MU at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course, with a personal-best 6k time of 19:17.4.

2025 TRACK AND FIELD

Outdoor

Placed third in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays (32:21.97) … was second in the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge with a personal-best time of 15:40.79 … was sixth in the 10,000m at the SEC Championships in 34:29.76).