Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Cross Country
5k: 15:50.90 (2024 UMES Hawks Season Opener)
8k: 23:41.8 (2021 Royals XC Challenge)
10k: 29:47.60 (2023 NCAA Division I Southeast Region Championships)
 
Indoor:
Mile: 4:13.12 (2025 East Coast Invitational)
3,000 meters: 8:23.15 (2022 SAC Indoor T&F Championships)
5,000 meters: 14:15.31 (VMI Classic)
 
Outdoor:
1,500 meters: 3:51.58 (2025 Bill Carson Invitational)  
5,000 meters: 14:06.82 (2024 Duke Invitational)
10,000 meters: 29:07.85 (2025 Penn Relays)  
 
2024-25: XC: Placed 23rd at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regionals with a 10k time of 30:35.00 … Opened the season with a second-place finish in the 5k at the UMES Hawks Season Opener (15.50.90) … Clocked an 8k time of 24:40.40 at the MEAC Championships to take fifth … Took sixth at the Pirate Invitational with a time of 23:57.60. Indoor: Placed second in a pair of events at the MEAC Indoor Championships, including the 5,000 meters (14:50.47) and on the DMR relay team (10:17.67) … Also took third in the mile (4:14.15) and the 3,000 meters (8:28.59) at the same event … Member of the DMR Team that took first at the Division I Pre-Nationals (10:40.04), before taking second in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:23.73 at the same event … Recorded a personal best time of 4:13.12 in the mile at the East Coast Invitational … Clocked a second place personal best time of 8:23.42 at the VCU Rams Indoor Invitational in the 3,000 meters … Won the 3,000 meters at the HBCU Showcase (8:31.18), and the 5,000 meters at the Penn State National Open (14:28.95). Outdoor: Broke the school and MEAC record for the second consecutive year at the Penn Relays in the 10,000 meters, clocking a time of 29:07.85 … Named MEAC Track Athlete of the Week Apr. 30 … Won a pair of events at the MEAC Outdoor Championships, including the 5,000 meters (15:29.91) and the 10,000 meters (30:36.11) … Recorded two first-place finishes in back-to-back weeks in the 5,000 meters, first at the Bill Carson Invitational (14:59.74) and second at the NSU Invitational (14:51.83).
 
2023-24: XC: Competed in five meets … Named Outstanding Performer after winning the MEAC Championships clocking in at 24:39.1 … Placed 28th at the NCAA Division I Southeast Region Championships in the 10k (29:47.6) … Won the Great American Festival clocking in at 24:15.90 … Also had a second-place finish at the Pirate Invite (23:42.40). Indoor: Competed in five indoor meets … Opened the season with a first-place finish in the 5,000 meters (15:33.65) … Placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Penn State National Open (14:40.42) and sixth in the 3,000 meters at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge (8:30.04) … Took first in the mile at the DIII Pre-Nationals Invite (4:25.04) … Garnered four top-five finishes at the MEAC Indoor Championships, placing second with the DMR team (10:12.90), third in the 5,000 meters (14:42.97), third in the 3,000 meters (8:25.86 – personal best), and fifth in the mile (4:17.53). Outdoor: Competed in six meets … Posted a second place finish at the NSU Invite in the 1,500 meters (3:58.76) … Earned a fifth place finish with a personal best in the 5,000 meters at the Duke Invitational to place fifth (14:06.82) … Ran the 1,500 meters in a personal best time of 3:54.49 at the Virginia Challenge … Notched a personal best and school record in the 10,000 meters at the Penn Relays (29:11.76) … Earned three top-five finishes at the MEAC Outdoor Championships starting with a fourth place finish in the 1,500 meters (3:58.53), fourth in the 5,000 meters (14:43.71) and third in the 10,000 meters (30:32.42).
 
2022-23: XC: Competed in six meets … Named Outstanding Performer after winning the MEAC Championships clocking in at (24:38.80) … Placed 40th at the NCAA Division I Southeast Region Championships (30:38.70) … Also won the Lehigh Paul Short Run (23:51.10). Indoor: Competed in six meets … Had a total of eight first place finishes in the season … The first win came at the VCU Rams indoor invite in the 3,000 meters (8:35.73) … Won two events at the HBCU Showcase in the mile (4:18.56) and the 3,000 meters (8:38.99) … Clocked a 14:46.04 in the 5,000 meters to win the event at the Winter Classic … Racked up three wins at the MEAC Indoor Championships in the 5,000 meters (14:43.08), the 3,000 meters (8:34.60) and as a part of the DMR team (10:12.53). Outdoor: Competed in six outdoor meets … Placed second at the NSU Invite in the 1,500 meters (3:59.43) … Notched a third-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge in the 10,000 meters (29:37.52) … Earned a pair of wins at the MEAC Outdoor Championships in the 5,000 meters (15:13.33) and the 10,000 meters (32:22.78).

At Lincoln Memorial: Cross Country: Earned first place in the Louisville Classic 8,000 as a freshman with a time of 24:03.2 … Finished fourth in the Royals XC Challenge, clocking in with a PR 23:41.8. Indoor: Recorded multiple first place finishes in 5k races, with one coming at the ETSU Track and Field Invitational (15:07.66) and another at the VMI Classic (14:15.31), notching a PR in the process … Also finished second in the Tiger Paw Classic mile run with a PR of 4:19.69 … Placed third in both the 3,000m and 5,000m at the SAC Indoor Track and Field Championships with times of 8:23.15 and 14:23.82 respectively … Named to the 2022 USTFCCCA Indoor Track All-Region Team for the 5,000 meters … Named to two SAC Indoor Track All-Conference rosters (3000m and 5000m). Outdoor: Did not Compete.
Personal: Gidion Kipngetich Sigei is the son of Ezekiel Kosgei and Linah Kosgei … Hobbies include running and watching soccer … Majoring in business management.