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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Steve Fohl
Jermaine Bibb

Enock Kipchumba

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Eldoret, Kenya

Biography

Personal Bests
Mile: 4:17.70
3,000m: 8:15.70
5,000m: 14:12.63
10,000m: 29:41.02

National/Regional Honors:
CSC Academic All-District (2022-23)
Cross Country - OVC Freshman of the Year (2019); All-OVC, first team (2019), ASUN XC Runner of the Week (Oct. 2022), All-ASUN Second Team (2022), All-ASUN First Team (2023), NCAA Cross Country Championships participant (2023)
Outdoor - All-ASUN Second Team, 5,000-meters (2023), All-ASUN Third Team, 10,000-meters (2023), ASUN All-Academic Team (2023)

2023-24
Cross Country – Posted a season-best 8K time of 24:41.0 to finish in sixth place at the ASUN Cross Country Championships.
 
2022-23
Cross Country – Ran a career-best five-mile time of 24:04.50 at the Joe Piane Invitational… finished in 14th place with a personal-best 8K time of 23:35.60 at the XC 23 Invitational… Clocked an 8K time of 23:52.20 at the ASUN Cross Country Championships finishing in 10th place… posted a 10K time of 30:25.00 finishing in 32nd place at the NCAA Southeast Regional.
Track and Field – Posted a personal-best 3,000m time of 8:15.70 at the Music City Challenge… clocked a 5,000m time of 14:12.95 finishing in fifth place at the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championships… finished in seventh place with a 3,000m time of 8:16.35 at ASUN indoors… posted a personal-best 5,000m time of 14:12.63 at the Raleigh Relays… finished in fourth place in the 5,000m with a time of 14:23.28 at the Rick Erdmann Twilight… won the 3,000m at the Jim Green Invitational (8:20.71)… clocked a personal-best 1,500m time of 3:53.88 at the Jim Green Invitational… earned a bronze medal with a personal-best 10,000m time of 29:41.02 at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championships… earned a silver medal in the 5,000m (14:20.53) at ASUN Outdoors.

2021-22
Cross Country – Clocked a career-best 5K time of 15:04.0 at the Furman Invitational.
Track and Field – Posted a personal-best 3,000m time of 8:18.73 at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational finishing fifth overall… finished second overall with a 3,000m time of 8:26.85 at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational… ran a 5,000m time of 14:22.92 at the Clark Wood Invitational finishing second overall… clocked a career-best 10,000m time of 30:15.89 at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2020-21
Cross Country – Did not compete
Track and Field – Did not compete

2019-20
Cross Country – Voted OVC Male Cross Country Freshman of the Year … named first team All-OVC after finishing fourth overall at the OVC Championships with an 8K time of 24:55.7 … his performance helped the Colonels capture their 14th straight conference crown … placed fourth on the team and 66th overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional in November with a 10K time of 31:38.2 … finished second on the team with a season-best 8K time of 24:12.01 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational in October.
Track and Field – Did not compete.


2018-19
Track and Field - Arrived at EKU in January and made an immediate impact ... scored points with a fifth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships (14:52) ... just missed on more points in the 3,000 meters, placing ninth with a time of 8:38.86 ... ran personal-best times of 14:21.46 in the 5,000 meters, 8:38.43 in the 3,000 meters and 4:17.70 in the mile during the indoor season ... did not compete during the outdoor season.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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  • 2022-23Graduate Student

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  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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