Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Cross Country
8,000 meters: 24:51.4 (2017 ECU Pirate Invitational)
10,000 meters: 32:16 (2017 NCAA SE Regional)
Indoor
800 meters: 1:54.85 (2018 VMI Winter Relays)
Mile: 4:15.86 (2017 MEAC Indoor)
3,000 meters: 8:37.25 (2017 Vince Brown Invitational)
5,000 meters: 15:18.35 (2017 MEAC Indoor)
Outdoor
800 meters: 1:51.79 (2017 Charlotte Invitational)
1,500 meters: 3:53.08 (2017 Virginia Grand Prix)
3,000 meters: 8:24 (Pre-NSU)
3,000 meter steeplechase: 9:32.97 (2017 Morgan State Legacy Meet)
5,000 meters: 14:22 (Pre-NSU)
10,000 meters: 31:30.25 (2017 Colonial Relays)

2017-18: Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester … Also a member of the MEAC All-Academic Team. Cross Country: Was NSU’s high finisher in the season-opening U.Va. Duals, placing 10th in 12:38 on the 4K course … Finished 11th at the W&M XC Invitational … Posted an 8K PR of 24:51.4 at the ECU Pirate Invitational, good for a ninth-place finish … Earned his second straight All-MEAC cross country honor by placing fifth at the championship meet in 25:35.7 … Finished the 10K NCAA Southeast Regional course in 32:16, good for 132nd. Indoor: Won the 3,000-meter race at the Jack Pyrah Invitational to open the season (8:50.04) … Ran on the third-place 4x800 meter relay team at the VMI Keydet Invitational (8:15.61) … Also took third in the 800 at the VMI Winter Relays (1:54.85, and indoor PR) … Scored in three events at the MEAC Indoor Championships … Placed fifth in the 3,000 (8:58.07) and on the distance medley relay team (10:25.57) and finished eighth in the mile (4:24.40). Outdoor: Ran a leg on NSU’s fifth-place sprint medley relay team at the Colonial Relays … Won the 800 meters at the Charlotte Invitational (1:54.15) and VSU Trojan Invitational (1:56.55) … Took fourth in the 1,500 meters (3:57.32) and fifth in the 3,000m steeplechase (9:51.23) at the MEAC Outdoor Championships.

2016-17: Member of the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters. Cross Country: Was selected as NSU’s Rookie of the Year … Won the William and Mary Invitational finishing the 6,000-meter course in a time of 18 minutes, 37.8 seconds in his first college race … Notched his second consecutive victory the following week with a time of 15:18.6 at the East Carolina Pirate Invitational … Finished fifth in a season-best time of 25:25.5 at the George Mason Invitational … Placed 52nd at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in a time of 26:01.1 … Crossed the finish line at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship in a time of 25:51.21, taking sixth overall to earn All-MEAC honors. Indoor: Competed in middle and long distance races for NSU … Scored in four different events at the MEAC Indoor Championships … MEAC runner-up in the mile (4:15.86), was third in the 3,000 (8:42.13) and fifth in the 5,000 (15:18.35) … Also ran a leg on NSU’s third-place distance medley relay team (10:22.65) … Season-best 3,000m time was 8:37.25, which he clocked in a runner-up finish at the CNU Vince Brown Invitational … Was eighth in the mile at the Penn State National (4:16.72) … Won the 5,000m (15:21.42) and was runner-up in the 800 (1:57.55) at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open. Outdoor: Scored in all four of his events at the MEAC Outdoor Championships with three top-five finishes … Took fourth in both the 1,500 (4:02.18) and 5,000 (15:36.21) … Placed fifth in the steeplechase (9:46.59) … Also came in eighth in the 10,000 (33:08.12) … Won the steeplechase at the Morgan State Legacy Meet (9:32.97) and was runner-up in the 1,500 (4:03.95) … Won the 800 at the Charlotte Invitational (1:51.79) … Also ran on the winning sprint medley relay at the Colonial Relays … Posted a season-best 5K time of 15:08.85 in a runner-up showing at the Fred Hardy Invitational … Also took fourth in the 800 at that meet, clocking a time of 1:53.20, and ran on the fifth-place 4x400 relay squad.
 
Personal: Full name is Felix Kiprotich … Born on April 2, 1996 … Son of Nancy Jebet and Paul Kieyama … Has one brother, Remmy, and one sister, Celestine … Majoring in biology.