Cherubet, Kiplimo shine in Ames Saturday morning
AMES, Iowa – Juliet Cherubet paced the women’s cross country team with a third-place individual finish as Gideon Kiplimo led the men’s side coming in 12th at the Big 12 Championships Saturday morning at the ISU Cross Country Course.
The men’s team scored 171 points for a fifth-place team finish while the women scored 240 points finishing ninth.
Cherubet became the first Tech women’s cross country runner to finish in the top-3 at Big 12s since Rose Tanui finished third in 2011 as Tech also claimed the top finisher in Carolina Jepleting. The freshman stayed at the front of the pack throughout the entire race, taking the lead a one point at the 3k mark.
Her final time clocked in at 19:43.40, just a little over one second shy of second place. Meanwhile, Anastasia Chepkorir (20:34.7) placed 23rd, Taylor Limbaugh (22:14.90) finished 76th as Halena Rahmaan (22:25.0) and Melanie Jacobs (22:27.90) rounded out Tech’s five scorers coming in 84th and 88th, respectively.
Kiplimo crossed the finish line with a personal best time of 23:17.70. Vincent Koech (23:51.80) was TTU’s second scorer coming in 29th as Isaac Hernandez (24:21.90) finished 43rd with Edward Rush (24:29.30) and Samuel Ashley (24:40.10) placing 49th and 59th, respectively, to cap off the scoring. Ashley recorded a new personal best time.
Cherubet and Kiplimo each received All-Big 12 individual honors placing inside the top-15.
Notables
In three 6k races this season, Cherubet has recorded two first-places outings along with one third (today).
Cherubet was the meet’s top freshman placer and one of only two in the top-10.
Kiplimo was the first Tech runner for the men to finish inside the top-15 since 2019 (Takieddine Hedeilli, 5th).
Freshman Lee Taylor recorded a personal best time of 26:00.20.
The weather in Ames was 33 degrees with winds out of the south at 11 mph.
Up Next
Tech is back in action on Nov. 10 as it hosts the 2023 NCAA Cross County Mountain Region Championships at the LCU Cross Country Course.
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Release provided by Chris Duarte Texas Tech Athletics
