Sammy Kipkirui
Sammy Kipkirui
Height: 5-6
Year: So.
Hometown: Kapsabet, Kenya
Previous School: Western Kentucky

2018: Was the team’s No. 1 runner in the first three meets of the season … claimed an individual victory with a four-mile time of 20:16.8 at the Golden Eagle Invitational on Sept. 8 … turned in the team’s fastest eight-kilometer time of the season and the eighth-fastest time in Tech history, 24:27.74, for second place overall at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational on Sept. 22 … came in sixth at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic on Sept. 15, clocking an 8K time of 25:07.7 … ended the year with all five 8K times residing in the top 36 in the Tech record book … had four sub-25-minute 8K marks.

2017: Finished most races as TTU's No. 3 runner ... earned top ten finishes at the Golden Eagle Invitational on Sept. 2 and at the UF Mountain Dew Invitational on Sept. 23 ... clocked the No. 16 8K time in Tennessee Tech history at the Mountain Dew Invitational, a career-best 25:10.4 for sixth place ... recorded three other 8K marks that are among Tech's top 50.

Personal: Spent the 2016 season at Western Kentucky before transferring to Tech in 2017 ... native of Kapsabet, Kenya ... nursing major.