DOHA, Qatar – Razorback alum Stanley Kebenei advanced to the final of the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase Tuesday night at the IAAF World Championships at Khalifa Stadium.
Kebenei entered the meet with a season-best of 8:14.20 from a meet in Stade Charléty, Paris on Aug. 24 of this year. The silver-medalist at the 2019 USA Track & Field Championships, Kebenei was a fifth-place finisher at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London.
Kebenei ran right up front for most of the race before falling off the pace over the final 400-meters. Kebenei finished sixth in his heat running 8:19.02q that was the 10th-fastest on the night.
The final of the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase will be Friday, Oct. 4 at 1:45 p.m.
COMPLETE RESULTS (HEATS)
| POS | RANK | HEAT | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 710 | Getnet WALE |  ETH | 8:12.96 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 757 | Djilali BEDRANI |  FRA | 8:13.02 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1272 | Leonard Kipkemoi BETT |  KEN | 8:13.07 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 406 | Matthew HUGHES |  CAN | 8:13.12 q SB |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 649 | Fernando CARRO |  ESP | 8:13.56 q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 703 | Lamecha GIRMA | ETH | 8:16.64 Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 1373 | Soufiane EL BAKKALI |  MAR | 8:17.96 Q |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 1278 | Abraham KIBIWOT | KEN | 8:18.46 Q |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 1864 | Andrew BAYER |  USA | 8:18.66 q |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | 1901 | Stanley Kipkoech KEBENEI | USA | 8:19.02 q |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 1283 | Conseslus KIPRUTO | KEN | 8:19.20 Q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 1279 | Benjamin KIGEN | KEN | 8:19.44 Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 1869 | Hillary BOR | USA | 8:20.67 Q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 698 | Chala BEYO | ETH | 8:21.09 q |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | 850 | Zak SEDDON |  GBR | 8:22.51 q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 1792 | Albert CHEMUTAI |  UGA | 8:23.08 |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 653 | Ibrahim EZZAYDOUNI | ESP | 8:23.99 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | 1794 | Benjamin KIPLAGAT | UGA | 8:24.44 SB |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | 1084 | Yohanes CHIAPPINELLI |  ITA | 8:24.73 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | 1047 | Avinash SABLE |  IND | 8:25.23 q NR |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | 335 | Altobeli SANTOS DA SILVA |  BRA | 8:25.34 SB |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | 1766 | Amor BEN YAHIA |  TUN | 8:26.12 SB |
| 23 | 7 | 2 | 638 | Yemane HAILESELASSIE |  ERI | 8:26.58 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | 912 | Martin GRAU |  GER | 8:26.79 SB |
| 25 | 11 | 1 | 1487 | Tom Erling KÅRBØ |  NOR | 8:27.01 PB |
| 26 | 12 | 1 | 1802 | Boniface Abel SIKOWO | UGA | 8:27.96 |
| 27 | 8 | 2 | 1115 | Osama ZOGHLAMI | ITA | 8:28.57 |
| 28 | 9 | 2 | 646 | Daniel ARCE | ESP | 8:31.69 |
| 29 | 8 | 3 | 739 | Topi RAITANEN |  FIN | 8:32.44 |
| 30 | 9 | 3 | 415 | Ryan SMEETON | CAN | 8:32.53 |
| 31 | 10 | 2 | 901 | Karl BEBENDORF | GER | 8:32.58 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | 405 | John GAY | CAN | 8:33.74 |
| 33 | 10 | 3 | 539 | Carlos Andres SAN MARTIN |  COL | 8:35.10 |
| 34 | 12 | 2 | 107 | Bilal TABTI |  ALG | 8:35.15 |
| 35 | 11 | 3 | 633 | Salem Mohamed ATTIAALLAH |  EGY | 8:35.18 |
| 36 | 13 | 1 | 1369 | Abdelkarim BEN ZAHRA | MAR | 8:36.67 |
| 37 | 12 | 3 | 781 | Yoann KOWAL | FRA | 8:37.90 |
| 38 | 13 | 3 | 708 | Takele NIGATE | ETH | 8:38.34 |
| 39 | 14 | 1 | 689 | Kaur KIVISTIK |  EST | 8:39.26 |
| 40 | 14 | 3 | 1594 | Yaser Salem BAGHARAB |  QAT | 8:39.65 |
| 41 | 13 | 2 | 1634 | Rantso MOKOPANE |  RSA | 8:42.22 |
| 42 | 14 | 2 | 161 | Ben BUCKINGHAM |  AUS | 8:42.86 |
| 43 | 15 | 2 | 1544 | Krystian ZALEWSKI |  POL | 8:51.79 |
| 44 | 15 | 3 | 149 | Otmane NAIT HAMMOU |  ART | 9:30.17 |
| 3 | 1380 | Mohamed TINDOUFT | MAR | DNF | ||
| 1 | 147 | Fouad IDBAFDIL | ART | DNF |