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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2019-20 Track & Field Roster

Brady McBride
Sandy King

Nickson Rotich

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Eldoret, Kenya
  • High School Lelmokwo
  • Prev School Lelmokwo

Biography

Personal Bests:
400m - 48.78
800m - 1:49.5
Mile - 4:16.87


National/Regional Honors:
Indoor Track - OVC Male Freshman of the Year (2017)
Outdoor Track - Regional Qualifier, 800 meters (2017)


OVC Individual Championships:
Indoor Track - 800m (2019)
Outdoor Track - 800m (2018, 2019)


2019-20: Scored points with a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships, clocking a time of 1:54.78 … also helped the EKU men to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay (3:22.59) … ran a season-best converted 800 meters time of 1:50.75 at the Camel City Invitational in February … also ran a converted 400 meters time of 49.35 at the Camel City Invitational … named OVC Male Track Athlete of the Week on Jan. 29 after winning the 800 meters at the Thundering Herd Invitational with a time of 1:52.61.


2018-19: Established himself as the premier 800-meter runner in the OVC with half-mile gold at the OVC Indoor and Outdoor Championships … struck gold at the indoor championships with a time of 1:54.1 … also scored points with a fifth-place finish in the 400 meters at the indoor championships (ran a personal-best 48.78 in the prelims) … won another 800-meter title at the outdoor championships with a time of 1:53.3 … clocked a personal-best time of 22.70 in the 200 meters at the outdoor championships … also scored points as a member of EKU’s 4x400 meter relay team … ran his fastest 800 meters time of the season (1:50.53) at the indoor-opening Jim Green Invitational on Jan. 11.


2017-18
Cross Country – Did not compete
Track and Field – Missed all of the indoor season to injury, but stormed back to win his first conference title in the 800 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships in May, clocking a time of 1:50.6 in the finals.


2016-17:
Cross Country – Placed seventh out of 64 runners at the season-opening Eagle Opener on September 2, helping the EKU men win the team title.
Track and Field – Qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminaries by running 1:49.5 in the 800 meters at Louisville’s Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational on April 28 … that is the fourth-fastest outdoor half-mile in school history and the fastest since 1987 … placed 38th at the NCAA regional meet with a time of 1:52.1 … he was the first EKU man too run the 800 meters at an NCAA regional meet since 2008 ... took bronze in the 800 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships, clocking a time of 1:55.3 … also scored points as a member of EKU’s 4x400-meter relay team, which took fifth in a time of 3:21.4 … voted the OVC Male Indoor Freshman of the Year ... helped EKU score 24 points at the OVC Indoor Championships in February, as he took silver in the 800 meters (1:52.3) and was a member of the Colonels’ gold medal-winning distance medley relay team (10:01.3) and the bronze medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team (3:23.7) … ran a PR of 50.44 in the 400 meters at Indiana’s Gladstein Invitational in February.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

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  • 2017-18Sophomore

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  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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