Career Honors:
NCAA Southeast All-Region (2017)
Big South All-Conference (2015, 2016, 2017)
Big South Runner of the Week (9/27/17)
2018-19: Outdoor - Set a personal record in the 800m (1:54.67) finishing sixth at the HPU VertKlasse Meeting...Broke another personal best in the 1500m (3:56.12) to finish third at the Gamecock Invitational... Indoor - Competed in the 800m and mile primarily this season... Placed fourth in the 800m at the Big South Championships (1:55.84) and fifth in the mile (4:17.80)...Ran the 1000m for first time in his career, taking a second-place finish at the Liberty Flames Invite... Cross Country - Placed 11th in the 8K (26:36.5) at the Big South Championships...Competed at the NCAA Southeast Regionals for the fourth time in his career, finishing the 10K in 32.40.1...
2017 Cross Country: Set new PRs at the 6K, 8K and 10K distances during the season ... Opened the season with a lifetime best 6K of 18:22.3 to finish third in the Elon Opener ... Ran a 8K PR of 23:37.2 at the adidas D1 Pre-Nationals to place 26th ... Improved upon his personal best in the 10K by nearly two minutes at the NCAA Southeast Regional, clocking in at 29:47.2 ... Named the Big South Runner of the Week on Sept. 27 after breaking 24 minutes in the 8K for the first time at the UVa Panorama Farms Invitational ... Placed fourth at the Big South Championship to garner All-Conference honors for the third straight year ... Earned All-Region accolades.
2016 Cross Country: Finished 22nd with a time of 18:36.8 in the adidas XC Challenge ... One of five Camels to earn All-Conference honors, finishing 11th at the Big South Championship in 26:14.5 ... Finished 89th in the NCAA Southeast Regional with a mark of 31:30.0 in the men's 10K.
2015 Cross Country: Recorded his highest finish of the season at the Royals XC Challenge, taking home third place with his time of 24:24.1 ... Finished 8th in the Big South Championship race with a time of 24:56.1 ... He competed in the NCAA Southeast Race, finishing 104th with a time of 31:56.2.
Kipruto's Career Performances
4K:
13:13.3 (3rd) - Campbell Duals (Sept. 8, 2017)
6K:
18:22.3 (3rd) - Elon Opener (Sept. 2, 2017)
18:36.8 (22nd) - adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 16, 2016)
19:14.3 (14th) - Elon Opener (Aug. 31, 2018)
8K:
23:37.2 (26th) - adidas D1 Pre-Nationals (Oct. 14, 2017)
23:56.9 (4th) - UVa Panorama Farms Invitational (Sept. 23, 2017)
24:24.1Â (3rd) - Royals XC Challenge (Oct. 9, 2015)
24:53.1 (4th) - Big South Championship (Oct. 28, 2017)
24:56.1 (8th) - Big South Championship (Oct. 31, 2015)
25:10.2Â (237th) - adidas DI Pre-Nationals (Oct. 17, 2015)
25:22.7 (39th) - UVa Panorama Farms Invitational (Sept. 23, 2016)
25:27.0Â (58th) - UVa Panorama Farms Invitational (Sept. 26, 2015)
25:36.8 (81st) - Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (Sept. 21, 2018)
26:09.6 (213th) - ISU adidas D1 Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15, 2016)
26:36.5 (11th) - Big South Championships (Oct. 26, 2018)
26:50.4 (226th) - Wisconsin Pre Nationals (Oct. 13, 2018)
26:14.5 (11th) - Big South Championship (Oct. 28, 2016)
10K:
29:47.2 (24th) - NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 10, 2017)
31:30.0 (89th) -Â NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 11, 2016)
31:56.5Â (104th) - NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 13, 2015)Â
32:40.1 (119th) - NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 9, 2018)