Oklahoma State University Athletics
2019-20 Men’s Cross Country & Track Roster
Roster
Victor Shitsama
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6990067/Oklahoma_State/Victor_Shitsama.html
Personal Bests
1,500 Meters – 3:48.59
Mile - 4:11.13
3,000 Meters – 8:08.12
Steeplechase - 8:29.89
5,000 Meters – 13:53.45
10,000 Meters – 28:51.86
5K (XC) – 15:06.9
8K (XC) – 23:20.5
10K (XC) – 29.16.1
Honors and Awards
2024 Track & Field Academic First Team All-Big 12
2023 Cross Country Academic First Team All-Big 12
2024 Outdoor Second Team All-American – Steeplechase (14th)
2024 Outdoor NCAA West Preliminary Champion - Steeplechase
2024 Outdoor All-Big 12 (Steeplechase)
2023 Cross Country All-American – 12th
2023 Academic First Team All-Big 12
2023 Outdoor First Team All-American – Steeplechase (7th)
2023 Outdoor Big 12 Champion - Steeplechase
2023 Outdoor All-Big 12 (Steeplechase)
2022 Cross Country All-American – 31st
2022 Cross Country All-Region
2022 Cross Country All-Big 12
2022 Outdoor All-Big 12 (Steeplechase)
2021 NCAA Cross Country All-American
2021 Cross Country All-Big 12
2021 Outdoor NCAA Honorable Mention All-America
2021 Outdoor All-Big 12
2020 NCAA Cross Country All-America
2020 Big 12 Cross Country Newcomer of the Year
2020 Cross Country All-Big 12
2019 Indoor All-Big 12
2024 Outdoors
Returned to the Steeplechase for his final outdoor campaign, opening up with a time of 8:36.71 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in California… Placed second at the Big 12 Championships in the Steeplechase with a personal-best time of 8:29.89, which was third in program history… Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the Steeple, taking home the individual victory with a time of 8:37.15 to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships… Earned second team All-America honors as he placed 14th overall.
2024 Indoors
Competed three times during the indoor season, setting a new personal best in the 3,000 Meters with his mark of 8:08.12 at the Arkansas Qualifier.
2023 Cross Country
One of the veterans in the Cowboy lineup, Shitsama opened his fourth cross country season with a fourth-place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree to help the Pokes defeat Texas 26-32… At the NCAA Championships, Shitsama delivered a career performance… After finishes of 34-29-31 at his first three championships, he came through with a 12th-place finish at the national championship, coming through as the fourth Cowboy scorer on a team that won its fifth NCAA title with just 49 points overall.
2023 Outdoors
Had a career year during the outdoor season in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase… Opened his campaign at the Stanford Invitational, clocking a time of 8:40.66 for a fifth-place finish… Set a personal best at the Payton Jordan Invitational, finishing second overall with a time of 8:31.50… Dominated the field at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, leading from wire-to-wire on his way to an eleven-second victory for his first career Big 12 title… Once again set a new personal best at the NCAA West Prelims, finishing third overall with his time of 8:30.70, which ranks third in program history… Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the Steeplechase, earning first team All-America honors with a seventh-place finish overall.
2022 Cross Country
One of OSU’s premier distance runners, Shitsama had another impressive 2022 campaign that included a top-10 and top-three finish… Kicked off the year on a high note in the Cowboy Jamboree, where he tabbed a career-best 23:20.5 finish in the 8K, good enough for third in the competition… Resumed action in the postseason, where he was one of OSU’s nine runners to place in the top-15 of the Big 12 Cross Country Championships, and earned All-Big 12 honors for the third consecutive year… Picked up the momentum in the Midwest Regional Championships, where he was the second Cowboy across the line while picking up a seventh-place finish, the highest of his career in the competition… Became a three-time All-American as he scored for the Cowboys in the NCAA Cross Country Championships, as OSU finished on the podium for the third-straight year.
2022 Outdoors
Won his first race of the outdoor season at the Stanford Invitational, clocking a personal-best time of 28:51.86 in the 10,000 Meters, which ranks tenth in program history… Won his second consecutive race at the Sooner Invitational, finishing with a time of 9:09.78 in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase… Competed at the Oregon Relays before returning to the podium at the Arkansas Twilight, earning a runner-up finish with his time of 8:49.60… Picked up an All-Big 12 honor in the Steeplechase with a third-place time of 8:57.62… Competed at the NCAA West Prelims, earning a pair of 18th-place finishes in the Steeplechase and 10,000 Meters.
2022 Indoors
Appeared in four meets for the Cowboys during the indoor campaign… Kicked things off at the Wooo Pig Classic, finishing 10th overall in the 5,000 Meters with a time of 13:58.95… Also competed at the Razorback Invitational and Husky Classic before running at the Big 12 Indoor Championships… Finished 10th and 15th overall in the 5,000 and 3,000 Meters, respectively.
2021 Cross Country
The Cowboy long-distance specialist competed at all five meets for the Cowboys during the 2021 season… Earned a runner-up finish at the season-opening Cowboy Preview with a 5K time of 15:06.9… Picked up and impressive 10th-place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree with an 8K time of 23:58.6 as the Cowboys finished second overall… Earned his second career All-Big 12 honor as he came across the line ninth at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships, helping the Cowboys to the team title… Also earned All-Midwest Region honors for his eighth-place finish at the regional meet… Tabbed his second straight NCAA Cross Country All-America award after finishing 29th overall at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a 10K personal-best of 29:25.8, helping the Cowboys to their second-straight trophy finish.
2021 Outdoors
Posted a personal record 10,000 meter race: his 29:03.90 finish placed him third… tabbed a lifetime best, 13:53.45 in the 5,000 meters, good for sixth place… earned All-Big 12 honors on account of his eight-place performance in the 10,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships… ended his season at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where he finished 22nd in the 10,000 meters in 29:32.28.
2020 Cross Country
Earned Big 12 Cross Country Newcomer of the Year honors and proved to be a valuable addition to the Cowboys’ distance unit in his collegiate cross country debut… finished third at the Cowboy Jamboree… earned the 10th-place finish at the OSU Invitational… turned in a fifth-place, personal best performance at the Big 12 Championships and scored major points for the Cowboys’ tie-breaker championship win over Iowa State… finished sixth at the OSU Winter Open… his 34th-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships earned him the first All-America honors of his career and propelled the Pokes to the third-place team finish.
2020 Indoors
Competed in the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters… best finish came at the Big 12 Championships, where he finished sixth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:17.34… came in 10th in the mile at the Razorback Invitational at 4:11.74.
2019 Outdoors
Ran twice in his first outdoor season for the Pokes… Finished sixth place in the 1,500 meters at the Arkansas Spring Invitational… Ran a time of 29:40.41 in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational.
2019 Indoors
Ran three races for OSU… Earned All-Big 12 honors for the first time in his career with a fifth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships… Also finished 12th in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships.
Personal
Victor Shitsama is the son of Peter Musee and Margaret Jelimo Murkomen... Born on September 29, 1998, in Eldoret, Kenya... Also played soccer for five years.
