Complete Results

RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's and women's cross country teams swept the titles at the United Athletic Conference Championships on Friday at the University Club at Arlington.
 
It marks the first time EKU has pulled off the men / women sweep at a conference cross country championships since 2019.
 
Running on their home grass a conference championship for the first time since 2011, The EKU men dominated the field with a perfect score of 15 points. The Colonels put seven runners in the top eight to secure victory. 

It was the Colonel men's fifth consecutive conference title and 33rd overall.
 
Freshman Abel Kirui won the men's individual title, covering the 8K course in time of 23:52.6. He was named UAC Runner and Freshman of the Year following the race.
 
Sophomore All-American Brian Kimutai was the runner-up in the men's race with a time of 24:00.5. He was followed by senior Felix Rivet (3^rd / 24:09.7), sophomore Enoch Bokaba (4^th / 24:11.0), freshman George Wyllie (5^th / 24:27.5), and senior Aiden Coles (6^th / 24:40.3). Sophomore Cosmas Kiprop finished eighth in a time of 24:47.0
 
It was the EKU men's first perfect score at a conference championship since 2014.
 
Kirui, Kimutai, Rivet, Bokaba, Wyllie and Coles were all named first team All-UAC following the meet.
 
Kiprop and freshmen Dillon Millard (11^th / 24:55.4) and Hamish Murray (12^th / 25:10.6) earned second team All-UAC honors.
 
The EKU women also won the championship convincingly, placing five runners in the top eight to finish with 20 points.

It was the Colonel women's first conference title since 2020, and their 35th overall.
 
Freshman Brighter Jepchumba won the women's 5K race in a time of 16:24.2, becoming the first EKU freshman to win an individual conference cross country championship since 2019. She was named UAC Runner and Freshman of the Year following the meet.
 
Sophomore All-American Edna Chelulei was second overall in a time of 16:39.4. Sophomore Morgan Kobylinski (4^th / 17:34.4), sophomore Metrine Serem (5^th / 17:47.7), and junior Ines Mrabet (8^th / 18:09.9) rounded out EKU's scoring five on the day.
 
Jepchumba, Chelulei, Kobylinski, and Serem were all named first team All-UAC following the race. Mrabet, freshman Bailee Montgomery (12^th / 18:32.6), and junior Hadil Chiha (13^th / 18:40.4) earned second team All-UAC honors.
 
Head coach Cory Erdmann was named the UAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the meet.
 
The EKU cross country teams return to action at the NCAA Southeast Regional on Friday, November 13 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.