Josphine Kiptebeny

Men's Track & Field/Cross Country

/ Track & Field/Cross Country

Women's Track & Field/Cross Country

/ Track & Field/Cross Country

Position:
XC/Distance
Height:
5-5
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Eldoret, Kenya
Major:
Public Health

Josphine Kiptebeny's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)

Josphine Kiptebeny's TFRRS Cross Country Profile

Indoor Personal Bests
800 Meter
2/16/16    MT Invitational (2:18.54)
Mile
2/13/16    Music City Challenge (4:51.94)
3,000 Meter
1/30/16    Vanderbilt Invitational (9:42.97)
5,000 Meter
1/9/16      Ed Temple Classic (16:53.45)

Outdoor Personal Bests
800 Meter
4/25/15 Bellarmine Classic (2:17.86)
1,500 Meter
3/19/16    Alabama Relays (4:36.33)
3,000 Meter
4/4/15      Tiger Track Classic (10:08.78)
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
5/1/15      OSU High Performance Meet (10:19.63)
5,000 Meter
4/17/15 Georgia Tech Invitational (16:51.58)

2016-17:
Cross Country: Competed in six events…Placed in the Top 10 twice…Best finish came in the UTC PowerAde Invitational (9/9) 2-mile run, placing third overall with a time of 11:20.0…Finished seventh overall in the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (10/15) 5k with a 18:33.0 time…Placed 26^th overall in the C-USA Championships with a 18:20.8 mark in the 5k.

2015-16
Cross Country: Competed in all six races on the schedule, with four top-five finishes, including a win at the PowerAde Invitational with a two-mile time of 10:47.48 as well as a first place finish at the Front Runner Invitational (10:38.29, 2 miles) ... Finished eighth at the Belmont Opener and second among Blue Raiders (17:49.1, 5K) ... Placed sixth at the C-USA Championships with a 5K time of 17:51.0 ... Had a 6K time of 20:55.19 at the NCAA South Regional, finishing 21st overall and second among Blue Raiders.

Indoor: Notched a fourth place finish at the MT Invitational in the 800 Meter ... Won the Mile race at the Emory Invitational with a time of 4:59.76 ... Best time in the Mile race was 4:54.69 in a second place finish at the Vanderbilt Opener ... Placed third at the Vanderbilt Invitational (9:42.97) in the 3,000 Meter ... Finished eighth at the C-USA Championship in the 3,000 Meter ... Won the Ed Temple Classic 5,000 Meter race (16:53.45) ... Part of the 4x440-Yard Relay team that finished third at the MT Invitational with a time of 3:48.26 ... Placed first at the Music City Challenge and won the C-USA Championship in the Distance Medley Relay.

Outdoor: Season-best time of 4:36.33 in the 1,500 meter came at the Alabama Relays in a 15th place finish, while she was the runner-up in the 1,500 meter at the Joey Haines Invitational with a time of 4:37.77 ... Was sixth in her first 3,000-meter steeplechase race of the season, posting a time of 10:30.39 at the Raleigh Relays ... Season-best 3,000-meter steeplechase time of 10:21.07 came at the Mt. SAC Relays in a 16th place finish ... Was third at the C-USA Championship with a time of 10:44.62 ... Placed 39th at the NCAA Regional in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:38.64) ... Was 10th in her only 5,000 meter race of the season, the C-USA Championship (17:14.78).

2014-15
Cross Country: Was a member of the 2014 Conference USA Women’s Cross Country Championship team … Tallied her best performance of the season at the Front Runner Invitational, finishing a season-best 13th and also a season-best 11:34.19 on the two-mile course ... Notched her best 5K time at the Conference USA Championship, placing 23rd with her time of 17:56.35 … Raced at the NCAA East Regional, finishing 74^th in 21:13.10.

Indoor: Competed once in the 800-meter and six times in the mile run, notching one win and three top-10 finishes ... Placed 12th at the Commodore Invitational in the 800-meter with a time of 2:21.45 ... Won the mile race at the Christmas Invitational (5:03.75) ... Finished eighth in the mile at the MT Invitational (5:08.71) and sixth at the Samford Invitational with a career-best time of 5:00.93 ... Competed twice in the distance medley, finishing second at the Blazer Invitational and ninth at the C-USA Championships.

Outdoor: Competed in the 800-meter, 1,500-meter, 3,000-meter, 3,000-meter steeplechase and 5,000-meter ... Finished second in the 800-meter at the Bellarmine Classic with a season-best time of 2:17.86 ... Placed ninth in her only 1,500-meter race of the season, and had a time of 4:37.88 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Fifth at the Tiger Track Classic in the 3,000-meter (10:08.78) ... Won the OSU High Performance Meet 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:19.63 ... Runner-up at the Alabama Relays and Sea Ray Invitational in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ... Finished fifth at the C-USA Championships in the 5K run (17:46.87) ... Was apart of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished second at the Bellarmine Classic.

Prior to MT: Competed for Victory University as a member of the cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field teams ... Tallied a cross country team-best in the 5K (20:35.34) and the 6K (25:02.00) in 2013 ... Raced at the 2013 National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Indoor Championship in the 5,000 meter (19:19.51) and the mile (5:31.37).

Personal: Josphine Jepsercion Kiptebeny ... Daughter of Chepkdot Chanes and Monical Largok … Favorite hobby is running … Majoring in public health.