Oklahoma State University Athletics
2013-14 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Shadrack Kipchirchir
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
- High School:
- Kipkabus
Personal Bests
1,500 meters - 3:53.57
Mile - 4:07.13
3,000 meters - 7:56.20
5,000 meters (indoors) - 13:38.57
5,000 meters (outdoors) - 13:54.82
10,000 meters - 29:08.64
All-American
2010 Cross Country (27th place)
2012 Indoor 5,000 meters (Second Team; Ninth Place)
2012 Cross Country (18th Place)
2013 Indoor 5,000 meters (Second Team; 11th Place)
Big 12 Champion
2012 Indoor 5,000 meters
Oklahoma State School Record Holder
Indoor 5,000 meters - 13:38.57
All-Big 12
2011 Cross Country
2012 Indoor 5,000 meters
2012 Outdoor 5,000 meters
2012 Outdoor 10,000 meters
2012 Cross Country
2013 Indoor 3,000 meters
Sun Belt Conference Champion
2010 Cross Country
2011 Outdoor 10,000 meters
All-Sun Belt
2010 Indoor 3,000 meters
2010 Indoor 5,000 meters
2010 Outdoor 1,500 meters
2010 Outdoor 5,000 meters
2010 Cross Country
2011 Indoor mile
2011 Indoor 3,000 meters
2011 Indoor 5,000 meters
2011 Outdoor 10,000 meters
Honors and Awards
2010 Cross Country All-Southwest Region
2011 Cross Country All-Midwest Region
2011 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
2012 Cowboy Jamboree individual Champion
2012 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2012 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
2013 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track & field)
2013 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2013 Indoors: Set a new school record when he clocked a 13:38.57 in the 5,000 meters at the Husky Classic, smashing the previous mark of 13:45.01 set by Colby Lowe in 2010 ... Earned an All-Big 12 honor with a runner-up finish in the 3,000 meters in 7:56.20 ... That mark was good for eighth in school history ... Placed 11th in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships in 13:55.00 to earn second-team All-America honors.
2012 Cross Country: Enjoyed a banner season in helping lead Oklahoma State to Big 12 and NCAA titles ... Turned in his best-ever finish at nationals, placing 18th in 29:43.0 to earn All-America recognition ... Took third at the Big 12 Championships in 23:58.5 to secure All-Big 12 honors ... Won the individual title at the Cowboy Jamboree by edging UTEP's Anthony Rotich by less than a tenth of a second in a thrilling sprint of a finish ... Fourth-place finisher at the Chile Pepper Festival in 30:19.0 ... Earned recognition as both a first-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree and as a USTFCCCA All-Academic performer.
2012 Outdoors: NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the 10,000 meters, but didn't finish the race at the Regional ... Was the Big 12 runner-up in the 10,000 meters with a 29:32.99 and took third at the conference meet in the 5,000 meters with a 14:03.02 ... The 13:54.82 that he ran in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational was good for 46th in the nation and fifth in the Midwest Region during the regular season.
2012 Indoors: Finished ninth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships with a time of 13:54.24 to earn second-team All-America honors ... Won the Big 12 title in the 5,000 meters, posting a time of 13:49.04 to earn his first Big 12 championship ... Set a personal best in the 5K with a time of 13:46.00, which he set at the Husky Invitational ... That time also checks in as the second-best 5,000 meter time in OSU history ... Also set a personal best in the 3,000 meters when he clocked a 7:59.79 at the Razorback Invitational to place seventh.
2011 Cross Country: Placed fourth at the Midwest Regional, completing the 10,000-meter race in 31:22.89 ... Came in fifth at the Big 12 conference meet, posting a time of 23:34.8, which is the third-fastest 8,000 meter time in OSU history ... Earned all-region and all-Big 12 honors ... Was the Cowboys' fourth finisher at the NCAA Championships, placing 50th with a time of 30:22.4 ... Placed fourth at the Cowboy Jamboree with a 23:57.96 ... Came in eighth at the Chile Pepper Festival with a 10,000 meter time of 29:45.7.
2011 Outdoors (at Western Kentucky): Won the individual title in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Championships behind a 30:16.87 effort ... Ran the 10k at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 29:38.39 to finish 16th ... Set a personal best in the 1,500 meters at the Hilltopper Relays with a time of 3:53.57 ... Was strong in the 5,000 meters at the Florida Relays, finishing in 14:04.52.
2011 Indoors (at Western Kentucky): Ran three events during the Sun Belt Indoor Championships, finishing runner-up in all three ... Ran the mile in 4:13.10, finished the 3,000 meters in 8:26.89 and completed the 5,000 meters in 14:40.81 to earn his three second-place finishes at the SBC Championships ... Set his personal best of 4:07.13 in the mile at the Rod McCravy Invitational ... Clocked an 8:07.88 in the 3,000 meters at the Kentucky Invitational.
2010 Cross Country (at Western Kentucky): Won the Sun Belt Conference individual title after running the 8,000 meters in 24:33.10 ... Placed 27th at the NCAA Championships, running the 10,000-meter race in 30:20.50, earning All-America honors ... Placed 10th at the Pre-Nationals event in Terre Haute, Ind., with a time of 23:54.50 ... Finished second at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic, completing the 8,000-meter race in 23:21.18 ... Set a personal best in the 10k at the Southwest Regional, clocking a 29:08.64.
2010 Outdoors (at Western Kentucky): Recorded a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Championships after running a 14:40.71 ... Placed seventh in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:03.00 at the SBC Championships ... Set a season best in the 1,500 meters at the WKU Invitational after clocking a 3:58.67.
2010 Indoors (at Western Kentucky): Placed third in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships, completing the race in 14:39.15, which was a season best ... finished fifth at the SBC Championships in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 8:26.18, which was also a season best.
2009 Cross Country (at Western Kentucky): Did not compete.
Personal: Shadrack Kipchirchir was born Feb. 22, 1989 in Kenya ... Son of John and Rose Tirop ... Assisted with the Red Cross ... Played soccer as a youth ... Brothers Nicholas (Jacksonville State) and Titus Tirop (Lindenwood University) both ran collegiately in the U.S.
