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2011 Men's Cross Country Roster

Jerry Altares
Jerry Altares

Amos Kipkosgei

  • Ht./Wt. 5-6 /

Biography

Personal Records
Cross Country
8,000 Meters: 24:58.90 (2010 MEAC XC Championship)
Indoor
Mile: 4:17.86 (2010 MEAC ID)
3,000 Meters: 8:32.31 (2010 Penn State National)
5,000 Meters: 15:04.66 (2011 MEAC ID)
Outdoor
1,500 Meters: 3:51.37 (pre-college)
3,000 Meter SC: 9:25.32 (2011 MEAC OD)
5,000 Meters: 14:29.83 (2010 Sea Ray Relays)

2010-11: Cross Country: Placed third overall and second among Spartan runners with a 25:43.68 at the UMES Lid-Lifter to begin the season…finished sixth overall the following week at the Lou Onesty Invitational (25:34.65)…crossed the finish line third overall and third on the team with a 6K time of 18:34 at the Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge…was also third among the Spartans and third overall at the Great American Invitational (25:06.1)…earned All-MEAC honors for the second consecutive year with a personal-best 8K time of 24:58.90, good enough for third place at the conference championship. Indoor: Registered top-five finishes in all three distance races at the MEAC Indoor Championship…ran a PR of 15:04.66 to finish second to teammate Josef  Tessema in the 5,000 meters…also finished third in the 3,000m (8:55.14) and was fifth in the mile (4:28.91)…in addition, ran the anchor leg to help the distance medley relay team win the MEAC title in that event (10:17.17)…posted a season-best time of 4:24.81 in the mile to take 10th place at Penn State…ran a season-best time of 8:48.59 in the 3,000 meters at the CNU Vince Brown Invitational, finishing as runner-up. Outdoor: Was MEAC runner-up in three events to help the Spartans to the team title…ran a PR of 9:25.32 to take second place in the 3,000m steeplechase…posted a time of 14:46.38 to finish second in the 5,000m, and clocked a 3:56.81 to take runner-up in the 1,500m…took 14th place in the 5,000 meters at the Penn Relays in a season-best time of 14:46.34.

2009-10: Cross Country: Placed fourth overall at the MEAC Championship with a time of 26:02…earned All-MEAC honors…ran a time of season-best time of 25:11 to finish third overall at the Great American Cross Country Festival…the 25:11 was the third-fastest time of the year in the MEAC…also placed seventh at the UMES Lid-Lifter (26:22). Indoor: MEAC Indoor champion in the 5,000m (15:18)…took third place in the 5,000 at Virginia Tech (15:04.83)…came in fourth in the 3,000m at Penn State and posted the MEAC’s second-fastest time of the indoor season (8:32.31)…placed fourth in that event at the conference indoor meet (8:53.43)…was MEAC runner-up, behind teammate Philemon Kimutai, in the mile run (4:17.86). Outdoor: Named Most Outstanding Performer at the conference outdoor meet…won the 5,000m to complete a personal indoor-outdoor sweep of that event (14:58.23)…MEAC outdoor runner-up in the 1,500m (season-best 3:53.60) and the 3,000m steeplechase (9:34.82)…placed fourth in the 1,500 at Wake Forest (3:54.93)…was 10th in the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays…ran the MEAC’s fastest 5,000m time and established his own PR with a time of 14:29.83 at the Sea Ray Relays, where he finished fifth…also finished eighth in the collegiate section of the 5,000m at the Penn Relays (14:32.19).

At New York Tech: 2008 East Coast Conference Cross Country champion…finished the 8K course in 26:47.63…named ECC Runner of the Year Award and named to the all-conference first team…ran a season-best time of 25:41 to finish fifth at the Paul Short Invitational…did not run track at New York Tech, but has run a top 1,500-meter time of 3:51.37.

Personal: Amos Kipkosgei was born on June 3, 1984…son of Isaack and Milka Sitienei…majoring in nursing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2010Junior

    5'6"
  • 2011Senior

    5'6"