Agnes Jebet Ngetich

Agnes Jebet Ngetich (born January 23, 2001) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won two medals at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships with bronze in the senior women's race and team gold. In January 2024, she improved the world record for a 10 km run by 28 seconds with a time of 28:46. She also broke the 5km world record by passing the 5km mark in 14:13, 6 seconds faster than the previous world record.

Career
At 16, Ngetich placed 8th in the 2017 Under-20 Kenya National Cross Country. That same year, she finished 6th in the World Youth Trials, clocking 9:13.0 over 3000 meters.

In February 2018, Ngetich rose to 4th place in the Under-20 Kenya National Cross Country. Shortly after, she secured another 4th position at the Under-20 Africa Cross Country Championship in Algeria, contributing to Kenya's Team Gold win.

In March 2019, aged 18, Ngetich won the 5000 metres at the Kenya African Under-20 Trials.

In September 2022, Ngetich finished runner-up to Sheila Chepkirui at the Brasov Running Festival 10 km road race in Brașov, Romania.

On 18 February 2023, aged 22, Ngetich won the bronze medal in the individual race and gold in the team standings at the World Cross Country Championships held in Bathurst, Australia.

In September 2023, Ngetich broke the women-only world 10km record in the Transylvania 10km in Brasov, Romania, with a time of 29:24. This surpassed the previous mark of 30:01 set by Agnes Tirop in Herzogenaurach in 2021. Ngetich completed the first 5km in 14:25, which was four seconds faster than the previous women-only world record over this distance. The same month, the organizers of the run released a statement that the distance of the run was 25 m short which led to a non-record-eligible course.

On January 14, 2024, Ngetich set a world record for the 10 km run in a mixed-gender race. At the 10 K Valencia, she improved on the former WR by Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethopia) set in 2022 by 28 seconds. Ngetich had a finishing time of 28:46. Her performance was faster than Letesenbet Gidey's 10,000 m world record with 29:01.03. She also improved the world record for the 5 km run in a mixed-gender race as she went through the 5km checkpoint in 14:13, 6 seconds faster than the previous record set by Ethiopia’s Ejgayehu Taye in 2021.

At the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia she finished in fifth place as Kenya won team gold.

Personal bests

 * Track
 * 3000 metres – 8:32.62 (Oslo 2023)
 * 5000 metres – 14:36.70 (Paris 2023)
 * Road
 * 5 kilometres – 14:13 ( Valencia 2024)
 * 10 kilometres – 28:46 (Valencia 2024)