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TFRRS Profile
Cross Country PRs
6.6K: 20:08.80, Sept. 6, 2013 (Arkansas Duels)
8K: 23:34.80, Oct. 5, 2013 (Chile Pepper Festival)
10K: 29:08.10, Nov. 14, 2014 (NCAA South Central Regional)
Indoor PRs
Outdoor PRs
As A Senior (2014)
NCAA All-American … USTFCCA South Central Runner of the Year … NCAA All-Region … SEC Runner of the Year … SEC Championship Individual Champion … All-SEC first team member … Two-time SEC Runner of the Week (Oct. 7, Oct. 21) … Claimed three individual titles … Finished first in Arkansas’ scoring rotation in five of the six races he competed in … Finished third in his season-debut race at the Iona Meet of Champions (Sept. 20) with an 8K time of 25:41.65 … Won his first individual title of the year at the Chile Pepper Festival, where his time of 23:53.50 earned him both a first-place finish and his first SEC Runner of the Week honor this season … Picked up his second SEC Runner of the Week award after placing sixth at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 17), completing the 8K course in 23:55.00 … Won the 2014 SEC Championship with a season-best 8K time of 23:49.27 to earn All-SEC first team honors and helped Arkansas win its fifth straight SEC Cross Country Championship … Set a personal-best 10-kilometer time of 29:08.10 at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 14) to capture the event’s individual title for the second straight year … Placed sixth (10K; 30:30.10) for the second-straight season at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 22) to earn his second NCAA All-American honor.
As A Junior (2013)
Earned NCAA All-American honors by finishing sixth at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 23) ... Named to the NCAA All-Region team after winning the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 15) ... Finished second in the SEC Championships (Nov. 1) to earn All-SEC first team accolades ... Named the USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week for Sept. 23 after winning the Southern Stampede ... Two-time SEC Runner of the Week (Sept. 10, Sept. 24) ... Competed in all seven meets ... Won three races on the year (Arkansas Duels, Southern Stampede, NCAA South Central Regional) ... Finished either first or second in the Arkansas scoring rotation in every race ... Ran a season-best 8K time of 23:40.12 at the SEC Championships to help the Razorbacks win the conference title ... Posted a 10K time of 29:41.30 at the NCAA South Central Regional to help Arkansas win the meet and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship ... Finished with a time of 30:10.10 to finish sixth at the NCAA Championship.
Prior to Arkansas
Iowa Central (2010-11)
A nine-time NJCAA national champion at Iowa Central ... Led his team to three NJCAA team titles ... Claimed two indoor national titles in the 1,000m and 5,000m in 2012 ... Won the indoor national title in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m in 2011 ... Placed first in the 1,500m, 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase at the 2011 NJCAA outdoor championship ... Won the individual title at the NJCAA half marathon meet.
Personal
Born on Nov. 6, 1989 ... Son of Samuel and Alice Kebenei ... Has three siblings, Frankline, Viola and Evelyne.
- Currently ranked No. 1 in the country in the 3,000m steeplechase
- Recorded the second best time in the 3,000m steeplechase in program history (8:23.93)
- SEC Champion 3,000m steeplechase (Outdoor 2014, 2015)
- 2015 All-SEC First Team (Outdoor: 3,000m steeplechase)
- Two-Time 2015 All-SEC Second Team (Indoor: 3,000m; Outdoor: 5,000m)
- Two-Time 2015 USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor: DMR, 3,000m)
- Double-Scorer with runner-up finish in the 3,000m and fifth-place in the 5,000m (2015 SEC Indoor)
- Sixth-place finisher (2014 NCAA Cross Country)
- Two-Time USTFCCCA Cross Country All-American (2013, 2014)
- 2014 USTFCCCA South Central Runner of the Year
- Two-Time NCAA All-Region (2013, 2014)
- 2014 SEC Cross Country Runner of the Year
- 2014 SEC Cross Country Champion
- Runner-up in the 3,000m steeplechase (2014 NCAA Outdoor)
- Two-Time 2014 USTFCCCA All-American (Outdoor: 3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m)
- 2014 SEC Champion in the 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m
- Two-Time 2014 All-SEC First Team (Outdoor: 3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m)
- Two-Time 2013 USTFCCCA First Team All-American (Indoor: 5,000m; Outdoor: 3,000m steeplechase)
- Finished third in the 3,000m steeplechase (2013 NCAA Outdoor)
- Has the N0. 6 fastest 5,000m Indoor time in program history (13:42.15)
- Raced to a fifth-place finish in the 5,000m (2013 NCAA Indoor)
- Three-Time 2013 All-SEC Second Team (Indoor: 3,000m, 5,000m; Outdoor: 3,000m steeplechase)
- USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week (Sept. 23, 2013)
- Four-Time SEC Runner of the Week (Sept. 10, 2013, Sept. 24, 2013, Oct. 7, 2014, Oct. 21, 2014)
- Career Cross Country Individual Titles
- NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 14, 2014)
- SEC Cross Country Championship (Oct. 31, 2014)
- Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 4, 2014)
- NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 15, 2013)
- Southern Stampede (Sept. 21, 2013)
- Arkansas Duels (Sept. 6, 2013)
TFRRS Profile
Cross Country PRs
6.6K: 20:08.80, Sept. 6, 2013 (Arkansas Duels)
8K: 23:34.80, Oct. 5, 2013 (Chile Pepper Festival)
10K: 29:08.10, Nov. 14, 2014 (NCAA South Central Regional)
Indoor PRs
- 1,000m: 2:26.47
- Mile: 4:04.37
- 3,000m: 7:49.74
- 5,000m: 13:42.15
Outdoor PRs
- 1,500m: 3:46.13
- 5,000m: 13:42.15
- 10,000m: 29:33.58
- 3,000 Steeplechase: 8:23.93
As A Senior (2014)
NCAA All-American … USTFCCA South Central Runner of the Year … NCAA All-Region … SEC Runner of the Year … SEC Championship Individual Champion … All-SEC first team member … Two-time SEC Runner of the Week (Oct. 7, Oct. 21) … Claimed three individual titles … Finished first in Arkansas’ scoring rotation in five of the six races he competed in … Finished third in his season-debut race at the Iona Meet of Champions (Sept. 20) with an 8K time of 25:41.65 … Won his first individual title of the year at the Chile Pepper Festival, where his time of 23:53.50 earned him both a first-place finish and his first SEC Runner of the Week honor this season … Picked up his second SEC Runner of the Week award after placing sixth at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 17), completing the 8K course in 23:55.00 … Won the 2014 SEC Championship with a season-best 8K time of 23:49.27 to earn All-SEC first team honors and helped Arkansas win its fifth straight SEC Cross Country Championship … Set a personal-best 10-kilometer time of 29:08.10 at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 14) to capture the event’s individual title for the second straight year … Placed sixth (10K; 30:30.10) for the second-straight season at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 22) to earn his second NCAA All-American honor.
As A Junior (2013)
Earned NCAA All-American honors by finishing sixth at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 23) ... Named to the NCAA All-Region team after winning the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 15) ... Finished second in the SEC Championships (Nov. 1) to earn All-SEC first team accolades ... Named the USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week for Sept. 23 after winning the Southern Stampede ... Two-time SEC Runner of the Week (Sept. 10, Sept. 24) ... Competed in all seven meets ... Won three races on the year (Arkansas Duels, Southern Stampede, NCAA South Central Regional) ... Finished either first or second in the Arkansas scoring rotation in every race ... Ran a season-best 8K time of 23:40.12 at the SEC Championships to help the Razorbacks win the conference title ... Posted a 10K time of 29:41.30 at the NCAA South Central Regional to help Arkansas win the meet and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship ... Finished with a time of 30:10.10 to finish sixth at the NCAA Championship.
Prior to Arkansas
Iowa Central (2010-11)
A nine-time NJCAA national champion at Iowa Central ... Led his team to three NJCAA team titles ... Claimed two indoor national titles in the 1,000m and 5,000m in 2012 ... Won the indoor national title in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m in 2011 ... Placed first in the 1,500m, 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase at the 2011 NJCAA outdoor championship ... Won the individual title at the NJCAA half marathon meet.
Personal
Born on Nov. 6, 1989 ... Son of Samuel and Alice Kebenei ... Has three siblings, Frankline, Viola and Evelyne.