Helen Jepkurgat

[6] In Italy, she won half marathons in Torino in 2012,[7] she was second in Milan to Pauline Kahenya in 2013,[8] she won in Jesolo (in 2014),[9] and Piacenza (in 2015, clocking 1:09:56, one of the fastest women's half marathon times of that year).

At the race, she led more than 10,000 other women, including Kenyan Jane Kibii and Ethiopian Biruktayit Degefa, punching through the miles in the mild 60-degree air to break the tape and finish in 2:34:24.

Starting in Two Harbors, Minnesota, she raced with the top runners along the North Shore of Lake Superior to capture the first-place prize.

In 2019, she chased Ethiopian Lemelem Berha to finish second in 2:31:33 at the World Athletics Bronze-labeled BP Castellón Marathon in Spain.

In April 2022, she competed at the Izmir Marathon in Turkey, finishing in third behind Lilian Chemweno and Letebrhan Haylay.