Personal Records
Cross Country
8,000 Meters: 24:46 (2010 Great American)
Indoor
Mile: 4:16.24 (2010 MEAC ID)
3,000 Meters: 8:28.28 (2011 Penn State National)
5,000 Meters: 14:45.51 (2010 Va. Tech Invite)
Outdoor
1,500 Meters: 3:45.23 (2009 Gem City Dual)
3,000 Meter SC: 9:25.51 (2011 MEAC OD)
5,000 Meters: 14:21.99 (2009 Gem City Dual)
2010-11: Cross Country: Earned All-MEAC status for the second straight year with a 12th-place finish at the MEAC Championship (26:06.20)…started off the season with a fourth-place finish at the UMES Lid-Lifter (25:48.63)…placed 10th at the Lou Onesty Invitational the following week (25:57.45)…came in sixth in the 6K Colonial Inter-Region Challenge (18:49)…was eighth at the Great American meet (8K, 26:16.40). Indoor: Won the 3,000 meters at the Penn State National, running an indoor PR of 8:28.28…placed fourth in the same event at the CNU Holiday Open (8:34.65)…placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Hokie Invitational in 14:54.27, the top time in the MEAC in 2011…at the MEAC Indoor Championship, was runner-up in the 3,000 (8:53.72), third in the mile (4:22.54) and sixth in the 5,000 (15:44.91). Outdoor: Ran a season-best 5,000m time of 14:29.82 to take sixth place at the Raleigh Relays…earned three top-four finishes at the MEAC Outdoor Championship, earning NSU a total of 16 points…ran a PR of 9:25.51 to take third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the conference championship…also finished fourth in both the 1,500 (3:58.24) and the 5,000 (14:53.09).
2009-10: Cross Country: MEAC Championship runner-up with a time of 25:46…three-time MEAC Cross Country Athlete of the Week…won the HBCU Challenge section of the Great American Cross Country Festival in a personal-best time of 24:46…that was the fastest time in the MEAC for the season…also placed first at William and Mary’s Colonial Inter-Regional meet (25:29) and second at U.Va.’s Lou Onesty Invitational (25:00.10). Indoor: Named the Most Outstanding Runner at the 2010 MEAC Indoor Championship after having a hand in 26.5 NSU points…MEAC champion in the mile (4:16.24)…was conference runner-up in the 5,000 (15:19.91) and placed third in the 3,000 (8:51.52)…also ran the anchor leg on the victorious distance medley relay team (10:14.08)…ran a season-best 3,000m time of 8:30 at George Mason, finishing in fourth place…won the 5,000m at Virginia Tech in a MEAC season-best clocking of 14:45.51…also ran on the DMR team that posted a season-best time of 10:11.08 at Penn State. Outdoor: Earned three top-three finishes at the MEAC Outdoor Championship…was second in the 5,000m (15:09.46) and third in the 1,500m (season-best 3:54.77) and 3,000m steeplechase (9:46.79)…took third place in the steeplechase in 9:28.46 at Wake Forest, which was his fastest clocking of the season…season-best 5,000m time was 14:46.65 at William & Mary.
At Wyoming: Lettered two years in track and one in cross country at Wyoming…as a sophomore in 2008-09, Kimutai ran a personal-best time of 3:45.23 in the 1,500 meters to win first place at the Gem City Dual and attain a regional qualifying mark during outdoor season…finished fourth in the 1,500 meters at the Mountain West Conference Championship (3:49.40)…best 5,000-meter time was 14:21.99 a the Oregon Relays…also took first place in the 3,000 meters at the Gem City Dual (8:19.01, PR)…top 8K time in cross country was 27:04 during his one season on the Cowboys’ cross country team (2008).
Personal: Philemon Kibor Kimutai was born on Dec. 2, 1985…son of Benjamin and Gladys Kimutai…majoring in accounting.
