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Shadrack Kipchirchir

Shadrack Kipchirchir

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Age
35 years
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Biography

Shadrack Kipchirchir (born February 22, 1989) is a Kenyan-born American distance track and field Olympian specializing in the 10,000 m. He was a silver medalist at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meters and placed second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials - Track & Field 10,000 m. He qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Early life and college

Oklahoma State University

YearBig 12 xcNCAA xcBig 12 indoorNCAA indoorBig 12 OutdoorNCAA Outdoor
2011-1223:34.8 5th30:22.4 50th13:49.04 1st13:54.24 9th14:03.02 3rd
29:32.99 2nd
2012-1323:58.5 3rd29:43.0 18th7:56.20 2nd13:55.00 11th
2013-1430:36.6 8th30:37.8 31st14:44.21 2nd
30:27.34 2nd
28:32.31 2nd
13:47.18 9th

Western Kentucky University

YearSun Belt xcNCAA xcSun Belt indoorNCAA indoorSun Belt OutdoorNCAA Outdoor
2010-1124:33.10 1st30:20.50 27th4:13.10 2nd
8:26.89 2nd
14:40.81 2nd
30:16.87 1st29:38.39 16th
2009-1014:39.15 3rd
8:26.18 5th
4:03.00 7th
14:40.71 4th

International Championships

Shadrack Kipchirchir finished 4th in the Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres. On 22 August 2015, Shadrack finished 16th in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres for United States at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.

Kipchirchir ran a season best time 27:58.32 at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres to place 19th.

USATF

Shadrack Kipchirchir finished 4th in the 10,000 meters at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to qualify for the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres.

Kipchirchir finished second in 44:40 in the 2016 USATF 15 km championships in Jacksonville, Florida.

In 2016, he finished in second place in the 10,000 meters race at the Stanford Invitational in 27:58.91. More important than the victory is the time was under the qualification standard for the 2016 Olympics. At the 2016 US Olympic Trials, Kipchirchir finished in second place behind Galen Rupp. His time at the trials would not have qualified him for the Olympics, but his place and already having a qualifying time did. Kipchirchir finished in second place behind Ryan Hill at USATF 5 km Championships hosted by CVS Health Downtown 5k in Providence, Rhode Island in a time of 13:58.

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