Gilbert Boit Season 2021-22

Ht5-8
YrR-Sr.
HometownIten, Kenya
Previous SchoolTennessee Tech
EventsDistance
Gilbert Boit MTR 2021-22
Gilbert Boit MTR 2021-22
Career highlights

  • Three-time NCAA first-team All-America | Cross Country (2), Indoor (1)

  • Three-time SEC Champion | Cross Country (1), Indoor (1), Outdoor (1)

  • 2018 SEC Cross Country Champion

  • 2019 SEC Outdoor 5,000m Champion

  • 2019 SEC Outdoor Silver | 10,000m

  • 2019 SEC Indoor 5,000m Champion

  • 2021 SEC Outdoor Silver | 10,000m

  • 2021 SEC Indoor Silver | 5,000m


Senior (2020-21)

Outdoor: Placed 13th in 10,000m at NCAA Championships, setting a career best of 28:09.11 which ranks No. 4 on the Arkansas all-time list … Silver medalist in 10,000m (29:10.98) at SEC Championships … Opened outdoor campaign placing 10th in Invitational 10,000m (28:46.31) at Hayward Premier in Eugene … Finished fifth in Invitational 5,000m (13:53.42) at John McDonnell Invitational … Fourth in 5,000m (14:05.27) in SEC Championships.

Indoor: Moved to No. 7 on Arkansas all-time indoor list in 5,000m with a career best 13:40.20 runner-up performance at Tyson Invitational … Silver medalist in 5,000m (14:01.26) at SEC Championships, finished 12th in NCAA Championships (13:46.48) … Established career best of 7:53.62 in 3,000m, placing fifth in Razorback Invitational … Placed seven in SEC Championships (8:06.23) and 11th in NCAA Championships (7:57.90) … Also set career best in mile with a 4:02.74 for fifth at Wooo Pig Classic and clocked 2:25.65 in debut at 1,000m.

Cross Country: Third among Razorbacks on fourth-place podium team finish in the NCAA Cross Country Championships, finishing 40th (30:46.4) to collect All-America honor ... Seventh runner among Razorbacks in SEC Championships, placing 16th with a time of 24:31.5 on 5 mile course at Baton Rouge … Third among Razorbacks and seventh overall in SEC Preview, clocking 17:42.9 on 6k course, as Arkansas defeated Mississippi (29-37) to open season ... Fifth runner for Arkansas, placing ninth in UAB Blazer Classic while clocking a time of 23:38.6 over an 8k course, as Arkansas bettered Mississippi (29-50) among a nine-team field.

Senior (2020)
Indoors: Placed sixth in two events at SEC Indoor Championships, running 8:12.87 in 3,000m and 14:08.78 in 5,000m ... Razorback crew scored 19 points in each event, with 1-3-6 finish in 5,000m and from 1-4-6-8 finish in 3,000m, which secured team title ... Produced a season best of 13:44.95 in 5,000m to place 10th at Boston University in December race ... Ran 13:59.49 at Husky Classic ... Won 3,000m in 8:07.12 at Arkansas Qualifier.

Junior (2019)
Competed in four meets during the indoor season ... Captured the SEC Indoor title in the 5k ... Ran a leg of the All-American DMR ... Competed in five meets during the outdoor season ... Ran sixth-fastest time in program history in the 10K (28:25.15) ... Scored 18-points at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a 1st-place finish in the 5K and a runner-up finish in the 10k ... Earned Second-Team All-American honors in the 10K at the NCAA Championships ...

Redshirt-Sophomore (2018)
Named SEC Runner of the Year … Competed in five meets … Made Razorback Debut in cross country at the Chile Pepper Festival where he finished runner-up behind former Razorback Frankline Tonui … Became the fifth Razorback over the last eight seasons to bring home the individual conference title joining Eric Fernandez, Kemoy Campbell, Stanley Kebenei, and most recently Alex George … SEC Runner of the Year ... USTFCCCA South Central All-Region honors ... Posted a fifth-place finish at the NCAA South Central Regiona l… Finished 126th at the NCAA Championships …

At Tennessee Tech
Freshman (2016)
Competed for Tennessee Tech … set a school record in the 8K at the Greater Louisville Classic on Oct. 1, where he completed the race with a time of 23:59.70 … claimed the 2016 OVC Men’s Cross Country title when he beat out all other runners from around the League with an 8K time of 24:20.9, which also earned him OVC Male Runner of the Championship accolades … placed 11th at the NCAA South Regions in a field of 157 runners … led the Golden Eagle men to an 11th place overall finish at the NCAA South Regions, marking the best finish a men’s team has had in school history … led the Golden Eagles in all seven races this season, including four first-place overall finishes … holds the fastest 6K-time in the OVC this year for his time of 18:33.7, which he established in Tech’s opening meet at the Golden Eagle Invitational on Sept. 3 … twice received OVC Male Runner of the Week accolades … named the OVC Freshman of the Year, to the All-OVC first team, and to the All-Region first team.

Personal
Born Nov. 24, 1994 ... Son of Joel Boit and Lucy Maiyo Boit ... Has three siblings, Mercy, Faith, and Gloria ... Majoring in Political Science
Gilbert Boit MTR 2021-22

R-Sr.
2020-21

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Gilbert Boit MTR 2021-22

R-Sr.
2019-20

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Gilbert Boit MTR 2021-22

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2018-19

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