Utah Valley University Athletics

CAREER STATS ON TFRRS

All-American Honors:

• 2022 All-American (Outdoor Track & Field - 10,000 meters)
• 2022 All-American (Cross Country)

WAC Honors:

• 2022-23 WAC Indoor Championships Most Outstanding Track Performer
• 2022-23 WAC Indoor Championships Women's High Point Award
• 2022 WAC Cross Country Athlete of the Year
• 2022 First Team All-WAC (Cross Country)
• 2022 WAC Outdoor Championships Most Outstanding Track Performer
• 2021-22 WAC Indoor Championships Most Outstanding Track Performer

2023 Outdoor Track:

• WAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/19/23, 4/5/23)

2022-23 Indoor Track:

• WAC Track Athlete of the Week (2/15/23, 2/1/23)

2022 Cross Country:

• Competed in seven events during season
• 19th place at NCAA Cross Country Championships (6k, 19:59.7)
• WAC's first top-25 finisher since 2014
• Led team to first-ever NCAA Championships appearance and a 26th-place finish
• NCAA Mountain Region Champion (UVU's first)
• WAC Champion (6k)
• First-place finishes at UVU Invitational (5k), Lehigh Paul Short Run (6k), WAC Championships (6k)
• WAC Athlete of the Week (9/7/22 and 10/5/22)

2022 Outdoor Track 

• 10K: 12th place at NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn 2nd team All-America 
• 10K: Fifth at NCAA West Preliminaries  
• 5K: 28th at NCAA West Preliminaries 
• WAC Champion in 5k and 10k (set new WAC Championship record in both including 10k (33:58.39) that had stood since 1997
• Most Outstanding Track Performer at WAC Championships
• First-place finishes at Hayward Premiere (5k) and Aggie Open (1500 and 3k)
• Second-place finish (10k) at Bryan Clay Invitational
• WAC Athlete of the Week (4/19/22, 3/15/22)

2021-22 Indoor Track

• Won both the 5,000 and 3,000 at the WAC Championships
• Broke WAC Championship record in the 5k (16:40.46)
• First place at Stacy Dragila (3k)

2021 Cross Country

• Fourth place at WAC Championships
• First place at Utah XC Open
• 13th place at NCAA Mountain Regional

Before Utah Valley ...
Attended Sing'ore Girls HS in Iten, Kenya ... also played soccer and volleyball in high school. 

Other College ...
Redshirted the 2020-21 campaign at the University of Arizona ... attended El Paso CC and ran cross country and half marathon during both her freshman and sophomore seasons for the Tejanas ... a four-time NJCAA All-American while at El Paso CC ... crowned the 2018 NJCAA Cross Country National Champion after winning the 5K race in a time of 18:17.1 ... also finished second at the 2019 NJCAA Cross Country National Championships to earn runner-up honors ... also posted second-place finishes at both the 2018 and 2019 NJCAA Hal Marathon National Championships ... tabbed the USTFCCCA NJCAA National Women's Runner of the Year in 2018. 

Personal ...
Graduated from Utah Valley University in 2023 with a degree in public health ... daughter of Leonard Kiptoo and Rael Kimboi ... enjoys traveling and cooking ... her greatest sports thrill is the thrill of winning ... favorite professional athletes are Faith Kipyegon and Sifan Hassan ... related to professional runner Gideon Kipketer of INEOS 1:59 Challenge ...