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Evans Kiplagat - Track & Field - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Evans Kiplagat

Position

Distance

Class

Fr.

Hometown

Eldoret, Kenya

Previous School

Friends Bwake Boys HS

Evans Kiplagat TFRRS Results
Evans Kiplagat World Athletics Profile

Awards
USTFCCCA All-American – Cross Country – 2023
USTFCCCA All-Mountain Region – Cross Country – 2023
Mountain West All-Conference – First Team – Cross Country – 2023
Mountain West Freshman of the Year – Cross Country – 2023
Mountain West Championships Runner-Up – Cross Country – 2023

2023-24

Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Ran the second-fastest indoor 5,000m in program history with a 13:30.56 finish at the Sharon Danville-Colyear Season Opener on Dec. 2, one of two Lobos to finish under the prior school record on that day along with Habtom Samuel …

Cross Country (Freshman): MW Freshman of the Year … All-Mountain Region … All-American … Opened up the season with a fifth-place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational … Placed 18th at Nuttycombe Invitational … Finished as MW Runner-Up and was named MW Freshman of the Year as the Lobos won their first Men’s conference championship since 2014 … Finished fourth at Mountain Regionals as Lobo men finished third to punch their ticket to NCAA National Championships … Placed 33rd at NCAA Championship race (29:41.8) to earn All-American honors as the Lobo men finished 18th.

Friends Bwake Boys HS

Ran personal bests in both 3000m (8:09.07) and 5000m (13:43.89) at Kipchoge Stadium in Eldoret, Kenya summer of 2023.