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Vincent Chirchir - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Vincent Chirchir

Class

Fr. (XC) / Fr. (I) / So. (O)

Hometown

Keringet, Kenya

Previous School

Keringet Boys School

 


Vincent Chirchir TFRRS Results
Vincent Chirchir World Athletics Profile

Awards
NCAA West Region Qualifier – 10,000 Meters – Outdoor Track & Field – 2024
NCAA West Region Qualifier – 5,000 Meters – Outdoor Track & Field – 2024
NCAA West Region Qualifier – 10,000 Meters – Outdoor Track & Field – 2025
NCAA West Region Qualifier – 5,000 Meters – Outdoor Track & Field – 2025
Mountain West All-Conference – 10,000 Meters – Outdoor Track & Field – 2024
Mountain West Champion – 10,000 Meters – Outdoor Track & Field – 2025

2024-25

Cross Country (Freshman): Opened the season with a 4th-place finish at the Lori Fitzgerald Open (14:36.2, 5k) … Placed 9th at the Cowboy Jamboree (23:54.3, 8k) and 11th at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (23:06.5, 8k) … Took 2nd at the Mountain West Championships (23:41.5, 8k) before earning 7th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (29:29.0, 10k) … Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 148th (30:13.5, 10k).

Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Ran 4:12.12 in the mile at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational (9th) … Clocked 13:48.73 in the 5000m at the Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener and 13:44.55 at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic … Finished 6th in the 5000m at the Husky Classic (13:40.33) … At Mountain West Indoor Championships, placed 9th in the 3000m (8:09.75) and 4th in the 5000m (13:59.14).

Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Opened with a 4:01.50 in the 1500m at the New Mexico Spring Invitational … Ran 28:21.08 in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational …. At the Bryan Clay Invitational, placed 7th in the 5000m (13:36.11) … Won the Mountain West 10,000m title (28:59.75) and took 7th in the 5000m (13:42.09) … Competed at the NCAA West First Round, placing 15th in the 10,000m (28:39.89) and 17th in the 5000m (13:42.80).

2023-24

Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Opened the season with a 1500m personal best (3:52.36) in his first competition in a Lobo uniform at the UNM Spring Invitational (3/23) … Ran the No. 8 10,000m time in program history at the Stanford Invitational (28:19.01) on March 29, finishing 15th … Followed with a 5,000m PB (13:34.14) at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/12) that ranks No. 4 in program history … Competed in both the 5,000m and 10,000m at MW Outdoor Championships, finishing as a MW runner-up in the 10K (29:10.71) for his first All-Conference honors before finishing 8th in the 5K (14:09.13) … Qualified for NCAA West Region Preliminaries in both distances, narrowly missing out on a trip to NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 13th-place finish in the 5K (13:57.94) and a 15th-place finish in the 10K (29:02.96).