Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Personal Bests:
Mile - 4:14.79 (indoor)
3,000m - 8:32.17 (indoor)
5,000m - 14:47.14 (indoor)

National/Regional Honors: Cross Country- NCAA Championship Participant (2011); Southeast Region Participant (2011); All-OVC, First Team (2011)

2012-13:
Cross Country – Earned second team All-OVC honors after finishing eighth at the OVC Championships with an 8K time of 24:51.15 … his performance helped the Colonels capture their seventh consecutive OVC title … Placed 19th out of 367 runners in the blue race of the Greater Louisville Classic to help lead the EKU men’s ‘B’ team to a first place finish out of 46 teams … finished third on the team and 39th overall in the black race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with an 8K time of 25:07.6.
Track and Field – Finished fifth in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships, recording a personal-best time of 14:47.14 and scoring four points for the Colonels … ran a PR in the 3,000 meters (8:32.17) at the Indiana Gladstein Invitational on Jan. 18 … also scored points at the OVC Outdoor Championships, finishing seventh in the 5,000 meters in a time of 15:10.80 … recorded a personal-best of 3:54.32 in the 1,500 meters during the outdoor season.

2011-12:
Cross Country - Came into his own during the cross country season, as he was the runner-up to Soufiane Bouchikhi at the OVC Cross Country Championships with an 8K time of 25:20.77 … named first-team All-OVC for his efforts … placed fourth on the team and 39th overall at the Southeast Region Championships to help the EKU men capture their first-ever team berth to the NCAA Championships … finished fifth on the team and 209th overall at the NCAA Championships.
Track and Field – Scored points with a seventh-place finish in the 800 meters at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships, recording a time of 1:58.72 in the finals … ran a personal-best time of 1:56.76 in the preliminaries of the 800 meters to qualify for the finals …also posted a personal-best time of 4:14.79 in the mile during the indoor season before being shut down due to injury during the outdoor season.

2010-11:
Cross Country - Placed 10th at the Western Kentucky Old Timers Classic with an 8K time of 26:14.74 … finished 109th out of 323 runners with an 8K time of 25:15.44 at the Greater Louisville Classic.
Track and Field - Scored points with a sixth place finish in the 5,000 meters (15:12.00) at the OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships … ran a personal best in the 5,000 meters (15:05.74) at the N.C. State Raleigh Relays in March.

High School Accomplishments: The latest in a long line of Colonel recruits from the Great Rift Valley … a relative newcomer to running with raw talent.

Personal: Son of Samson Lagat and Susan Lagat … major is nursing … one interesting fact about Adams: he loves history and international affairs.