2012-2013 Indoor Season: Ran the 3,000m with a career-best time of 8:49.48 at the MTSU Valentine Invite (Feb. 9)… Finished fourth with a time of 15:28.16 in his only 5,000m race of the year at the Arkansas State Kickoff Classic (Dec. 2)...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for maintaining a GPA above 3.5.
2012 Cross Country Season: Finished eighth with a time of 25:40.7 in the 8K to finish Second Team All-Conference at the SBC Championships (Oct. 27)… Ran a season-best time in the 8K with a mark of 25:10.19 to finish eighth at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 29)… Ran a season-best in the 10K with a season-best time of 32:13.0 at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 9)… Finished ninth in the 5K with a time of 15:51.43 at the UALR Invite (Sept. 7).
2012 Indoor & Outdoor Track Season: Redshirted
2011 Cross Country Season: Finished in 10th place with a time of 20:28.51 at the Brooks Memphis Twilight ... Placed second in 20:00.42 at the Arkansas Tech Twilight Run ... Was the top Trojan finisher for the men placing 19th out of 288 runners recording a new school record time of 30:15.7 for the 10K at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival ... Received All-Sun Belt honors and placed seventh in the 8K in 25:19.0 at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships ... Earned All-Region honors after placing 21st out of 119 runners in 31:33.8 for the 10K at NCAA South Central Regional in Waco, Texas.
2011 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded career-high in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the UCA Relays placing second in 9:33.83 ranking him seventh in UALR career records...Recorded career-high in the 5,000-meter run at the Rhodes College Open placing fifth in 15:06.34 ranking him tenth in UALR career records.
2011 Indoor Track Season: Recorded career-high in the 5,000-meter run at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships placing eighth in 15:08.20 and ranking him ninth in UALR career records...Recorded season-high in the 3,000-meter run at the Indoor Championships placing 11th in 8:58.46...Also recorded 5,000 meter finishes at the ASU Invitational placing fourth in 15:34.80 and the Middle Tennessee Invitational placing sixth in 15:18.06.
2010 Cross Country Season: Placed 17th at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships recording a time of 26:15.5 for the 8K and helping the Trojans to the championship title...Recorded career-high in the 8K at the Brooks Memphis Twilight placing 28th in 25:09.33 ranking him 12th in UALR career records...Recorded career-high in the 10K at the NCAA South Central Regional in 32:33.9 ranking him 18th in UALR career records and helping the Trojans to a seventh place finish...Recorded season-high in the 5K at the UALR Invitational placing third in 15:31.00...Placed fourth at the Arkansas Tech Twilight four-mile in 20:15.37.
UTEP: Earned Conference USA 2009-10 Commissioners Honor Roll.
High School: Competed at Sochoi High School competing in cross country and track...Also was captain of the basketball team and of the table tennis team.
Personal: Born May 5, 1987 in Kapsabet, Kenya...Son of Rosaline Chepkosgei Keino...Has two brothers, Ken and Ben, and three sisters, Monicah, Brenda, and Foansicah...Majoring in nursing.
